Bobby Darin
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.
Fotos
Películas (24)
The True Buddy Holly Story
2012 · Self (archive footage)
In Concert Series: Bobby Darin
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973 · Eddie
Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
1973
The Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Billy Dobbs
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971 · Self
The Vendors
1970 · Director, Writer
The Happy Ending
1969 · Franco
Stranger in the House
1967 · Barney Teale
Bobby Darin in London
1967 · Self
Gunfight in Abilene
1967 · Cal Wayne, Original Music Composer
That Funny Feeling
1965 · Tom, Original Music Composer
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 · Cpl. Jim Tomkins
Pressure Point
1962 · Patient
If a Man Answers
1962 · Eugene Wright
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962 · Self
State Fair
1962 · Jerry Dundee
Too Late Blues
1961 · John 'Ghost' Wakefield
Come September
1961 · Tony, Songs
Pepe
1960 · Bobby Darin
Shadows
1960 · Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Series (29)
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Midnight Special
1972 · Self
Night Gallery
1970
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Ironside
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966 · Self
Run for Your Life
1965 · Mark Shepherd
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Self
Burke's Law
1963 · Roland Trivers (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
The Grammys
1959 · Self
The Big Party
1959 · Self
Startime
1959 · Self
The Music Shop
1959
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
The Bob Crosby Show
1958
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · Self
American Bandstand
1957 · Self
The Big Beat
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Bobby Darin
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self