Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 14, 1936
Place of Birth:
New York, New York, USA
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Bobby Darin
Biography
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.
He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra Dee.
During the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy's assassination. During the same year, he discovered he had been raised by his grandmother, not his mother, and that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother. Those events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of seclusion.
Although he made a successful comeback (in television) in the early 1970s, his health was beginning to fail, as he had always expected, following bouts of rheumatic fever in childhood. The knowledge of his vulnerability had always spurred him on to use his musical talent while still young. He died at the age of 37 after a heart operation in Los Angeles.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The True Buddy Holly Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | In Concert Series: Bobby Darin | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Judy Garland Duets | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Eddie |
| 1973 | Bobby Darin: Mack is Back | |
| 1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Billy Dobbs |
| 1971 | Goin' Back to Indiana | Self |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending | Franco (as Robert Darin) |
| 1967 | Gunfight in Abilene | Cal Wayne |
| 1967 | Cop-Out | Barney Teale |
| 1967 | Bobby Darin in London | Self |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling | Tom Milford |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Cpl. Jim Tomkins |
| 1962 | Hell Is for Heroes | Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby |
| 1962 | Pressure Point | Patient |
| 1962 | State Fair | Jerry Dundee |
| 1962 | If a Man Answers | Eugene Wright |
| 1962 | President Kennedy's Birthday Salute | Self |
| 1961 | Come September | Tony |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | John 'Ghost' Wakefield |
| 1960 | Pepe | Bobby Darin |
| 1960 | Shadows | Man at Rehearsal (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show | |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special | Self |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self |
| 1969 | The Barbara McNair Show | Self |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Mark Shepherd |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Roland Trivers (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1959 | The Music Shop | |
| 1959 | The Grammys | Self |
| 1959 | The Big Party | Self |
| 1958 | The Bob Crosby Show | |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show | Self |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self |
| 1957 | American Bandstand | Self |
| 1957 | The Big Beat | |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Bobby Darin |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |