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Bobby Darin
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 televis…
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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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2012
The True Buddy Holly Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Judy Garland Duets
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1973
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Movie Eddie
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1973
The Bobby Darin Show
TV show
- 1973
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1972
The Midnight Special
TV show Self
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1972
The Marshal of Madrid
Movie Billy Dobbs
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1971
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
Movie Self
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1970
Night Gallery
TV show
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1970
The Flip Wilson Show
TV show Self
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1970
The Vendors
Movie Director
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1969
The Happy Ending
Movie Franco
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1969
The Barbara McNair Show
TV show Self
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self
More credits
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1967
Stranger in the House
Movie Barney Teale
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1967
Bobby Darin in London
Movie Self
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1967
Ironside
TV show
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1967
Gunfight in Abilene
Movie Cal Wayne
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1966
ABC Stage 67
TV show Self
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1965
Run for Your Life
TV show Mark Shepherd
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1965
That Funny Feeling
Movie Tom
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1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
Movie Cpl. Jim Tomkins
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1963
The Judy Garland Show
TV show Self
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show Roland Trivers (uncredited)
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1962
Pressure Point
Movie Patient
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1962
If a Man Answers
Movie Eugene Wright
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
Hell Is for Heroes
Movie Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
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1962
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Movie Self
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1962
State Fair
Movie Jerry Dundee
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - Co-Host
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1961
Too Late Blues
Movie John 'Ghost' Wakefield
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1961
Come September
Movie Tony
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1960
Pepe
Movie Bobby Darin
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1960
Shadows
Movie Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
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1959
The Grammys
TV show Self
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1959
The Big Party
TV show Self
