Bobby Darin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1936
- Died
- Dec 20, 1973 (aged 37)
- Place of birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Credits
- 52
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.
Known for
Filmography
The True Buddy Holly Story
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
2006Movie
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973Movie
Eddie
The Bobby Darin Show
1973TV
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973Movie
The Midnight Special
1972TV
Self
The Marshal of Madrid
1972Movie
Billy Dobbs
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971Movie
Self
Night Gallery
1970TV
The Flip Wilson Show
1970TV
Self
The Happy Ending
1969Movie
Franco
The Barbara McNair Show
1969TV
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self
Stranger in the House
1967Movie
Barney Teale
Bobby Darin in London
1967Movie
Self
Ironside
1967TV
Gunfight in Abilene
1967Movie
Cal Wayne
ABC Stage 67
1966TV
Self
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Mark Shepherd
That Funny Feeling
1965Movie
Tom
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963Movie
Cpl. Jim Tomkins
The Judy Garland Show
1963TV
Self
Burke's Law
1963TV
Roland Trivers (uncredited)
Pressure Point
1962Movie
Patient
If a Man Answers
1962Movie
Eugene Wright
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Hell Is for Heroes
1962Movie
Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962Movie
Self
State Fair
1962Movie
Jerry Dundee
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Co-Host
Too Late Blues
1961Movie
John 'Ghost' Wakefield
Come September
1961Movie
Tony
Pepe
1960Movie
Bobby Darin
Shadows
1960Movie
Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
The Grammys
1959TV
Self
The Big Party
1959TV
Self
Startime
1959TV
Self
The Music Shop
1959TV
Kraft Music Hall
1958TV
Self
The Bob Crosby Show
1958TV
The Dick Clark Show
1958TV
Self
American Bandstand
1957TV
Self
The Big Beat
1957TV
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950TV
Bobby Darin
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self