Bobby Darin
Acting • Born 1936-05-14 – Died 1973-12-20
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.
Filmography
51 credits
Come September
Movie • 1961
Tony
Hell Is for Heroes
Movie • 1962
Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
Captain Newman, M.D.
Movie • 1963
Cpl. Jim Tomkins
Pressure Point
Movie • 1962
Patient
State Fair
Movie • 1962
Jerry Dundee
That Funny Feeling
Movie • 1965
Tom Milford
If a Man Answers
Movie • 1962
Eugene Wright
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Bobby Darin
Too Late Blues
Movie • 1961
John 'Ghost' Wakefield
Gunfight in Abilene
Movie • 1967
Cal Wayne
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Movie • 1973
Eddie
Stranger in the House
Movie • 1967
Barney Teale
The Marshal of Madrid
Movie • 1972
Billy Dobbs
Goin' Back to Indiana
Movie • 1971
Self
The True Buddy Holly Story
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The Happy Ending
Movie • 1969
Franco
Judy Garland Duets
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Movie • 1962
Self
Shadows
Movie • 1960
Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
Movie • 1973
Bobby Darin in London
Movie • 1967
Self
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Roland Trivers (uncredited)
American Bandstand
TV • 1957
Self
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Ironside
TV • 1967
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Mark Shepherd
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Music Shop
TV • 1959
The Barbara McNair Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Big Beat
TV • 1957
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Bobby Darin Show
TV • 1973
The Bob Crosby Show
TV • 1958
The Dick Clark Show
TV • 1958
Self
The Midnight Special
TV • 1972
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Bobby Darin
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Big Party
TV • 1959
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self