Bobby Darin

Known for ActingBorn 1936-05-14Died 1973-12-20New 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Bobby Darin Show

The Grammys

Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2

The Judy Garland Show

The Midnight Special

American Bandstand

Night Gallery

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

The Jack Benny Program

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Run for Your Life

The Vendors

The Oscars

What's My Line?

Shadows

Ironside

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

ABC Stage 67

The Merv Griffin Show

Come September

Startime

Captain Newman, M.D.

The Dick Clark Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

Pressure Point

Gunfight in Abilene

Hell Is for Heroes

This Is Your Life

Too Late Blues

Pepe

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

That Funny Feeling

Burke's Law

The Happy Ending

If a Man Answers

The Mike Douglas Show

Stranger in the House

Kraft Music Hall

The Flip Wilson Show

The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana

State Fair

The True Buddy Holly Story

In Concert Series: Bobby Darin

Judy Garland Duets

Bobby Darin: Mack is Back

The Marshal of Madrid

The Barbara McNair Show