Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 14, 1936
Died
December 20, 1973
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Walden Robert Cassotto
Bobby Darin
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
🎬
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The True Buddy Holly Story
2012
0.0
Self (archive footage)
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
2006
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
2003
6.0
Eddie
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
0.0
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
0.0
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973
7.8
Self
The Midnight Special
1972
0.0
Billy Dobbs
The Marshal of Madrid
1972
0.0
Self
Goin' Back to Indiana
1971
Credits
🎬
The True Buddy Holly Story
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
as Self (archive footage)
2003
8.0
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Eddie
1973
6.0
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
0.0
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973
0.0
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
7.8
The Marshal of Madrid
as Billy Dobbs
1972
0.0
Goin' Back to Indiana
as Self
1971
0.0
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
The Happy Ending
as Franco
1969
6.0
🎬
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Stranger in the House
as Barney Teale
1967
5.2
🎬
Bobby Darin in London
as Self
1967
0.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Gunfight in Abilene
as Cal Wayne
1967
6.5
ABC Stage 67
as Self
1966
6.2
Run for Your Life
as Mark Shepherd
1965
7.2
That Funny Feeling
as Tom Milford
1965
6.1
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Cpl. Jim Tomkins
1963
6.6
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
Burke's Law
as Roland Trivers (uncredited)
1963
6.0
Pressure Point
as Patient
1962
6.5
If a Man Answers
as Eugene Wright
1962
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Hell Is for Heroes
as Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
1962
6.5
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
as Self
1962
7.3
State Fair
as Jerry Dundee
1962
4.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Too Late Blues
as John 'Ghost' Wakefield
1961
6.4
Come September
as Tony
1961
6.8
Pepe
as Bobby Darin
1960
6.3
Shadows
as Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
1960
6.9
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
🎬
The Big Party
as Self
1959
0.0
🎬
The Music Shop
1959
0.0
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
🎬
The Bob Crosby Show
1958
0.0
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
American Bandstand
as Self
1957
8.4
🎬
The Big Beat
1957
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
The Jack Benny Program
as Bobby Darin
1950
7.8
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8