ACTOR

James Darren

1936 - 2024

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James William Ercolani (June 8, 1936 – September 2, 2024), known by his stage name James Darren, was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including the youth and beach-culture film Gidget (1959) and its sequels. He also appeared in the The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Darren has received more than 3,786,268 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Darren is the 5,281st most popular actor (down from 4,797th in 2019), the 7,700th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,145th in 2019) and the 2,387th most popular American Actor.

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  • 46.61

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  • 16

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  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Darren ranks 5,281 out of 13,578. Before him are Igor Kvasha, Angus Scrimm, Rokurō Naya, Michael K. Williams, Jung Hae-in, and Burt Kwouk. After him are Nam Joo-hyuk, Carlo Giuffrè, Azra Akın, Noah Hathaway, Sam Lloyd, and Noor Jehan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, James Darren ranks 411. Before him are James Stacy, Ronnie Bucknum, Anthony Kennedy, Viktor Kanevskyi, Salvador Reyes Monteón, and Trevor Taylor. After him are Erich Hof, Shelley Morrison, Carlos Blixen, Hal Greer, Mary Millar, and Dahlia Ravikovitch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Darren ranks 7,700 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael K. Williams (1966), Hal David (1921), Elda Emma Anderson (1899), Charles Darrow (1889), Nils Lofgren (1951), and Kenneth Lee Pike (1912). After him are Big Van Vader (1955), Noah Hathaway (1971), Sam Lloyd (1963), Walter Davis (1954), Gil Gerard (1943), and Elizabeth Gilbert (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Darren ranks 2,387. Before him are Billy Gilbert (1894), Mark Damon (1933), Vivica A. Fox (1964), Russell Simpson (1880), Angus Scrimm (1926), and Michael K. Williams (1966). After him are Noah Hathaway (1971), Sam Lloyd (1963), Gil Gerard (1943), Mary Alden (1883), Vanessa Marcil (1968), and Bill Robinson (1877).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Time Tunnel
Tony Newman
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
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The Guns of Navarone
Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Apr 27o 19617.3 / 10
Lucky
Paulie
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
Sep 29o 20177.327 / 10