James Darren, who has died aged 88, was a toothsome and tanned American actor who became a teen idol in his early twenties as singing surfer Jeff “Moondoggie” Matthews in Gidget (1959), a film that ...

James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. The entertainer died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital ...

Longtime actor, singer and television director James Darren has died at 88. To movie fans, he was remembered best as Moondoggie, the surfer boy in the smash 1959 film "Gidget" and its two sequels. His ...

James Darren, a former teen idol and pop singer known for his roles in movies and TV shows like “Gidget,” “Star Trek” and “T.J. Hooker,” died Monday, Sept. 2, The Hollywood Reporter reported. He was ...

Actor and singer James Darren, who rose to fame as a teen idol in the 1959 comedy film Gidget and went on to have roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and T.J. Hooker, has died. He was 88. According to ...

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(CNN) — James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. (CNN) — James Darren, an actor, ...

James Darren, who went from teen idol status acting in youth-oriented movies like “Gidget” to becoming an actor in TV shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “T.J. Hooker” and a singer and ...