Bobby Darin
Acting
Born 1936-05-14
Died 1973-12-20
New York, New York, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
45 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Burke's Law
Run for Your Life
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Jack Benny Program
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Kraft Music Hall
This Is Your Life
American Bandstand
The Flip Wilson Show
Startime
The Dick Clark Show
The Midnight Special
ABC Stage 67
Come September
The Judy Garland Show
The Barbara McNair Show
Hell Is for Heroes
The Big Party
Captain Newman, M.D.
Too Late Blues
Pepe
Shadows
The Happy Ending
State Fair
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Pressure Point
Judy Garland Duets
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
That Funny Feeling
Gunfight in Abilene
Stranger in the House
If a Man Answers
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
The Grammys
The Marshal of Madrid
Bobby Darin in London
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
The True Buddy Holly Story
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
Other credits
7 credits
Ironside
Night Gallery
The Bobby Darin Show
The Music Shop
The Bob Crosby Show
The Big Beat
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
Directing
1 credit
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