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The True Buddy Holly Story
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bobby Darin
1936-05-14
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New York, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973 · Movie
as Eddie
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973 · Movie
The Bobby Darin Show
1973 · TV Show
The Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Movie
as Billy Dobbs
The Midnight Special
1972 · TV Show
as Self
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971 · Movie
as Self
Night Gallery
1970 · TV Show
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · TV Show
as Self
The Happy Ending
1969 · Movie
as Franco
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The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · TV Show
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
as Self
Gunfight in Abilene
1967 · Movie
as Cal Wayne
Stranger in the House
1967 · Movie
as Barney Teale
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Bobby Darin in London
1967 · Movie
as Self
Ironside
1967 · TV Show
ABC Stage 67
1966 · TV Show
as Self
That Funny Feeling
1965 · Movie
as Tom
Run for Your Life
1965 · TV Show
as Mark Shepherd
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 · Movie
as Cpl. Jim Tomkins
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
as Roland Trivers (uncredited)
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · TV Show
as Self
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · Movie
as Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
Pressure Point
1962 · Movie
as Patient
State Fair
1962 · Movie
as Jerry Dundee
If a Man Answers
1962 · Movie
as Eugene Wright
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962 · Movie
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Come September
1961 · Movie
as Tony
Too Late Blues
1961 · Movie
as John 'Ghost' Wakefield
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self - Co-Host
Pepe
1960 · Movie
as Bobby Darin
Shadows
1960 · Movie
as Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
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The Music Shop
1959 · TV Show
The Grammys
1959 · TV Show
as Self
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The Big Party
1959 · TV Show
as Self
Startime
1959 · TV Show
as Self
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The Bob Crosby Show
1958 · TV Show
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · TV Show
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · TV Show
as Self
American Bandstand
1957 · TV Show
as Self
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The Big Beat
1957 · TV Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952 · TV Show
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · TV Show
as Bobby Darin
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
