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, the former teen idol and pop singer who played the dreamy surfer Moondoggie in three Gidget movies before starring on television on The Time Tunnel and T.J. Hooker, died Monday. He was ...

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 ...

The actor and singer James Darren has died at the age of 88. On screen, he was forever young, a teen heartthrob who starred in the "Gidget" beach movies. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has an appreciation.

Actor James Darren. Screen capture via YouTube https://youtu.be/qY-OYGibgS8?feature=shared Actor and director James Darren, best-known for his role in the “Gidget ...

Actor and singer James Darren was a teen heartthrob back in the 1960s. Tall, dark and handsome, he starred in three of the "Gidget" beach movies. Darren died on Monday in his sleep at a hospital in ...

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 ...