(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GIDGET") JAMES DARREN: (As Moondoggie) This is it. Now hold on for your life. We're going to shoot the curl. BLAIR: Darren grew up in South Philadelphia. He studied acting ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GIDGET") JAMES DARREN: (As Moondoggie) This is it. Now hold on for your life. We're going to shoot the curl. BLAIR: Darren grew up in South Philadelphia. He studied acting ...

James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s ... his fan mail at the studio was running "second only to Kim Novak's. ... The studio now feels that the young man is ready to hit the ...

Darren was born James Ercolani in 1936 and grew up in South ... was running “second only to Kim Novak’s. … The studio now feels that the young man is ready to hit the jackpot.” ...

Their only child, James Darren Jr. aka Jim Moret, was born in 1956. The reason behind Darren and his first wife's divorce is not known. Gloria's third husband adopted Jimmy, who now uses his last ...

Darren was born James Ercolani in 1936 and grew up in South ... was running “second only to Kim Novak’s. … The studio now feels that the young man is ready to hit the jackpot.” ...

FILE - James Darren — left, one of the stars of the film ... was running “second only to Kim Novak’s. … The studio now feels that the young man is ready to hit the jackpot.” ...

LOS ANGELES — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the ... was running “second only to Kim Novak's. ... The studio now feels that the young man is ready to hit the jackpot.” ...