Bobby Darin
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Credits
- 2012 · The True Buddy Holly Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · In Concert Series: Bobby Darin as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 · Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Eddie
- 1973 · The Bobby Darin Show as
- 1973 · Bobby Darin: Mack is Back as
- 1972 · The Midnight Special as Self
- 1972 · The Marshal of Madrid as Billy Dobbs
- 1971 · Goin' Back to Indiana as Self
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1969 · The Happy Ending as Franco (as Robert Darin)
- 1969 · The Barbara McNair Show as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Cop-Out as Barney Teale
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · Gunfight in Abilene as Cal Wayne
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Self
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Mark Shepherd
- 1965 · That Funny Feeling as Tom Milford
- 1963 · Captain Newman, M.D. as Cpl. Jim Tomkins
- 1963 · The Judy Garland Show as Self
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Roland Trivers (uncredited)
- 1962 · Pressure Point as Patient
- 1962 · If a Man Answers as Eugene Wright
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Hell Is for Heroes as Pvt. J.J. Corby
- 1962 · President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
- 1962 · State Fair as Jerry Dundee
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Too Late Blues as John 'Ghost' Wakefield
- 1961 · Come September as Tony
- 1960 · Pepe as Bobby Darin
- 1960 · Shadows as Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Grammy Awards as Self
- 1959 · The Big Party as Self
- 1959 · The Music Shop as
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 1958 · The Bob Crosby Show as
- 1958 · The Dick Clark Show as Self
- 1957 · American Bandstand as Self
- 1957 · The Big Beat as
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Bobby Darin
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Singer