Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. He wanted to be an actor and studied in New York City with Stella Adler for a number of years. He would also occasionally sing although he later said "I wasn't really a singer. I was a kid in Philly whose dad would take him to bars and nightclubs and I would get up and sing two songs...
Known For
Complete Filmography
New Dimensions
2018
as Self
Surf music came out of Orange County California in the late fifties and early sixties. It exploded the radio waves along the coast line to become one ...
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
as Self
A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the f...
Lucky
2017
as 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 ...
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
1986
as Officer Jim Corrigan
Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner tr...
Aliens From Another Planet
1982
as Tony Newman
A senator is sent to inspect a project that can send people into the future or past & decide if it is feasible to continue. One of the scientists work...
Scruples
1981
as Vito Orsini
Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owne...
Turnover Smith
1980
as Georgie Green
A criminology professor uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to ...
The Boss' Son
1978
as Buddy Weistein
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby...
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Orlando
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as James Darren
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
City Beneath the Sea
1971
as Dr. Talty
A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally intended as a purely scientific installation, the U. S. gover...
Venus in Furs
1969
as Jimmy Logan
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on the group of wealthy sadists respons...
The Lively Set
1964
as Casey Owens
A college student drops out to build a race car and falls for his buddy's sister.
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
1964
as Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') (singing voice)
Following a misunderstanding about Yogi Bear’s whereabouts, Cindy Bear ends up in captivity at a Missouri circus. It’s now up to Yogi and his friend, ...
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Gardner "Ding" Pruitt III
A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of hi...
Diamond Head
1962
as Paul Kahana
Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstro...
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961
as Jeffrey "Moondoggy" Matthews
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" i...
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as 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 fiel...
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
as Nick Romano
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him ...
All the Young Men
1960
as Pvt. Cotton
During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant, who's...
Because They're Young
1960
as Self
Director Paul Wendkos' 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel "Harrison High", about an idealistic young high-school teacher dealing with ove...
The Gene Krupa Story
1959
as Eddie Sirota
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his p...
Gidget
1959
as Moondoggie
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his cli...
Gunman's Walk
1958
as Davy Hackett
A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.
The Tijuana Story
1957
as Mitch
Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and ...
The Brothers Rico
1957
as Johnny Rico
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour whe...
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as Pvt. Widowskas
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obn...
Rumble on the Docks
1956
as Jimmy Smigelski
A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.