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James Darren

1936 - Today

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James William Ercolani (born June 8, 1936) known by his stage name James Darren, is 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 Gidget (1959) and its sequels, The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962). As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including "Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Darren has received more than 3,104,245 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Darren is the 4,805th most popular actor (down from 4,308th in 2019), the 7,160th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,678th in 2019) and the 2,238th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Darren ranks 4,805 out of 9,996Before him are Marie Avgeropoulos, Pilou Asbæk, Buster Crabbe, Sherry Stringfield, Michael Rennie, and Theodore Roberts. After him are Grant Heslov, Kirsten Vangsness, Ruth Roman, Jean Stapleton, Teresa Palmer, and Mare Winningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, James Darren ranks 384Before him are Anthony Kennedy, Vladimir Bagirov, Kenneth Copeland, Vladimir Maslachenko, Akio Kaminaga, and Antonio Mercero. After him are Hal Greer, Ádám Bodor, Jean-Claude Turcotte, Eduard Gufeld, Tomáš Pospíchal, and Salvador Reyes Monteón.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Darren ranks 7,160 out of 18,182Before him are Andrea Elson (1969), Mark Snow (1946), Buster Crabbe (1908), Henry Charles Carey (1793), Sherry Stringfield (1967), and Theodore Roberts (1861). After him are Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Grant Heslov (1963), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Ruth Roman (1922), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), and Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Darren ranks 2,238Before him are Rashida Jones (1976), Keri Russell (1976), Andrea Elson (1969), Buster Crabbe (1908), Sherry Stringfield (1967), and Theodore Roberts (1861). After him are Grant Heslov (1963), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Ruth Roman (1922), Jean Stapleton (1923), Mare Winningham (1959), and Isabel Sanford (1917).

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