Cast & creator
Bobby Darin
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: Walden Robert Cassotto
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film credits
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television credits
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1948–2012 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Ironside
1967
Burke's Law
Roland Trivers (uncredited)
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Run for Your Life
Mark Shepherd
1965
The Jack Benny Program
Bobby Darin
1950
Night Gallery
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
American Bandstand
Self
1957
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
Startime
Self
1959
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
1969The Big Party
Self
1959
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Hell Is for Heroes
Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
1962
Come September
Tony
1961Come September
Songs
1961
Captain Newman, M.D.
Cpl. Jim Tomkins
1963
Too Late Blues
John 'Ghost' Wakefield
1961
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
Self
1971The Bob Crosby Show
1958
If a Man Answers
Eugene Wright
1962
Shadows
Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
1960
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Eddie
1973
Gunfight in Abilene
Cal Wayne
1967Gunfight in Abilene
Original Music Composer
1967
Stranger in the House
Barney Teale
1967
State Fair
Jerry Dundee
1962
The Happy Ending
Franco
1969The Big Beat
1957The Music Shop
1959
Pressure Point
Patient
1962
Pepe
Bobby Darin
1960
The Grammys
Self
1959
That Funny Feeling
Tom
1965That Funny Feeling
Original Music Composer
1965
The Marshal of Madrid
Billy Dobbs
1972
The Vendors
Director
1970The Vendors
Writer
1970
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Self
1962
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
Self (archive footage)
2003Bobby Darin in London
Self
1967The True Buddy Holly Story
Self (archive footage)
2012
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
Self (archive footage)
2006