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Bobby Darin (1936–1973)


Walden Robert Cassotto, nicknamed "Bobby", was born in The Bronx, New York, in 1936. Severe rheumatic fever as a child scarred his heart and led to an overprotected and pampered childhood. He was the focal point of a family that fostered and encouraged his love of music. His music career started out with writing songs and taking demos around to different music producers... See full bio »

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2013 Celebrity Splash! Australia (TV series)
Heat 2 (2013) (writer: "Splish Splash" - uncredited / performer: "Splish Splash" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Dictator (writer: "Splish Splash")
 
2010 Standing Ovation (writer: "Splish Splash")
 
2010 Rock & Chips (TV series)
Pilot (2010) (writer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited / performer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited)
 
2009 Hitchhiker Munchkins (short) (performer: "More Theme From nm4688935")
 
2009 White Collar (TV series)
Pilot (2009) (performer: "The Good Life" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary) (performer: "That Darn Cat")
 
2009 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
Allegra Caldarello (2009) (performer: "Theme from Come September" - uncredited)
 
2008 That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (TV movie) (performer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
2008 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round 1: Part 1 (2008) (performer: " Up a Lazy River" - uncredited)
 
2007 Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2007 Afterfall (short) ("Dream Lover")
 
2007 BioShock (Video Game) (performer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
2007 It Takes Two (TV series)
Episode #2.8 (2007) (writer: "Splish Splash")
 
2007 The Savages (writer: "Two of a Kind")
 
2006 Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Grand Finale (2006) (performer: "Mack The Knife")
Las Vegas Special (2006) (performer: "Mack the Knife")
 
2006 Volando voy (performer: "Mack the Knife")
 
2005 Two for the Money (performer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
 
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie (writer: "Splish Splash")
 
2004 Beyond the Sea (writer: "Splish Splash" 1958, "18 Yellow Roses", "Dream Lover" 1959, "Change" 1968, "Simple Song of Freedom" 1969, "As Long as I'm Singing" 1962)
 
2004 The Sopranos (TV series)
Unidentified Black Males (2004) (performer: "If I Were a Carpenter")
 
2003 Joan of Arcadia (TV series)
Bringeth It On (2003) (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2003 Matchstick Men (performer: "The Good Life", "Beyond the Sea")
 
2003 Gay Hollywood (TV documentary) (performer: "Don't Rain on My Parade")
 
2003 I'll Be There (performer: "Irresistible You")
 
2003 It Runs in the Family (performer: "You'll Never Know")
 
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember (performer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
2001 61* (TV movie) (writer: "Dream Lover" / performer: "Dream Lover")
 
2001 Sweet November (performer: "The Other Half of Me")
 
2000 What Women Want (performer: "Mack The Knife")
 
2000 Lucky Numbers (performer: "Mack The Knife")
 
1999 American Beauty (writer: "As Long As I'm Singing" / performer: "Don't Rain On My Parade", "As Long As I'm Singing", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Where Love Has Gone")
 
1999 A Walk on the Moon (performer: "More 'Ti guardero nel cuore'" 1962)
 
1998 You've Got Mail (writer: "Splish Splash" / performer: "Splish Splash")
 
1998 Out of Sight (writer: "Things")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
Apollo One (1998) (performer: "Beyond The Sea")
Can We Do This? (1998) (performer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
1997 A Life Less Ordinary (performer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1997 Cop Land (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1997 Air Bud (writer: "Splish Splash")
 
1997 Out to Sea (performer: "More Ti guardero nel cuore" 1962)
 
1997 Traveller (writer: "Dream Lover")
 
1996 Swingers (performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
1995 Apollo 13 (performer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1994 Quiz Show (performer: "MACK THE KNIFE")
 
1994 The X-Files (TV series)
Beyond the Sea (1994) (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1993 Jack the Bear (writer: "Dream Lover")
 
1993 Amos & Andrew (performer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
1991 Hot Shots! (writer: "DREAM LOVER")
 
1990/I Havana (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 Goodfellas (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (performer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 C'est la vie (writer: "Dream Lover" / performer: "Dream Lover")
 
1989 Black Rain (performer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1989 Sea of Love (performer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1989 Dream Baby (TV movie) (writer: "Splish Splash" - uncredited / arranger: "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" - uncredited)
 
1988 Johnny Be Good (performer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1988 Aloha Summer (writer: "Splish Splash", "Dream Lover" / performer: "Beyond the Sea", "Splish Splash", "Dream Lover")
 
1987 Ahava Tzeira (performer: "Splish Splash")
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
Pilot (1987) (writer: "Dream Lover")
 
1984 Roman Za'ir (performer: "Splish Splash", "Dream Lover")
 
1982 Diner (performer: "Dream Lover", "Beyond the Sea")
 
1979 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Ricky Nelson/Judy Collins (1979) (writer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited)
 
1978 American Hot Wax (performer: "Splish Splash")
 
1976 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
Pilot (1976) (writer: "Splish Splash" - uncredited)
 
1973 That'll Be the Day (writer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited / performer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 17 December 1970 (1970) (writer: "Things" - uncredited)
 
1970 Kustom Kar Kommandos (short) (writer: "Dream Lover" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) (performer: "Talk To The Animals" - uncredited, "Sixteen Tons" - uncredited)
 
1967-1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
A Grand Night for Swinging (1968) (performer: "Talk To The Animals")
Give My Regards to Broadway (1967) (performer: "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Always Leave 'Em Laughing", "You're A Wonderful Girl")
 
1967 Movin' with Nancy (TV special) (writer: "Things")
 
1967 Bobby Darin in London (TV movie) (writer: "Funny What Love Can Do" / performer: "Don't Rain on My Parade", "About a Quarter to Nine", "Once Upon a Time", "I Wish I Were in Love Again", "Mack the Knife", "One for My Baby", "The Girl Who Stood Beside Me", "Funny What Love Can Do", "What'd I Say", "That's All")
 
1967 Gunfight in Abilene (music: "Amy" / lyrics: "Amy" / performer: "Amy")
 
1966 Mickie Finn's (TV series)
Episode #1.12 (1966) (performer: "Mame")
 
1965 That Funny Feeling (writer: "That Funny Feeling" / performer: "That Funny Feeling")
 
1964 The Lively Set (music: "The Lively Set", "If You Love Him", "Look at Me", "Boss Barracuda", "Casey Wake Up!" / lyrics: "The Lively Set", "If You Love Him", "Look at Me", "Casey Wake Up!")
 
1964 La sombra de los hijos (writer: "Cosas Things")
 
1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Bobby Darin, Guest (1964) (writer: "As Long as I'm Singing" - uncredited / performer: "As Long as I'm Singing" - uncredited)
 
1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Episode #7.8 (1963) (performer: "When You're Smiling", "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella", "Blue Skies", "Everybody's Doin' It", "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", "Let's Fall in Love", "Alberta Let Your Hair Hang Down", "Go Down Old Hannah", "Bidin' My Time", "If I Had My Druthers", "Empty Pockets Filled with Love")
 
1962 If a Man Answers (music: "If A Man Answers", "A True, True Love" / lyrics: "If A Man Answers", "A True, True Love" / performer: "If A Man Answers", "A True, True Love")
 
1962 State Fair (performer: "It's A Grand Night For Singing", "This Isn't Heaven")
 
1961 Come September (music: "'Come September' Theme", "Multiplication" / lyrics: "'Come September' Theme", "Multiplication")
 
1960 Pepe (performer: "That's How It Went, All Right")
 
1960 Tall Story (performer: "Tall Story")
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Episode #1.23 (1958) (performer: "Splish Splash", "Early In The Morning")
 
Show ShowActor (25 titles)
1989-1993 Sesame Street (TV series)
Singer 'Splish Splash' / Singer
Episode #24.115 (1993) … Singer (voice)
Episode #23.41 (1992) … Singer 'Splish Splash' (voice)
Episode #20.87 (1989) … Singer 'Splish Splash' (voice)
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Landau (segment "Dead Weight")
Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (1972) … Landau (segment "Dead Weight")
 
1971 Cade's County (TV series)
Billy Dobbs
A Gun for Billy (1971) … Billy Dobbs
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
Charlie Rhine
The Gambling Game (1971) … Charlie Rhine
 
1969 The Happy Ending
Franco (as Robert Darin)
 
1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Lonnie
The Cage (1968) … Lonnie
 
1967 Cop-Out
Barney Teale
 
1967 Gunfight in Abilene
Cal Wayne
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Mark Shepherd
Who's Watching the Fleshpot? (1966) … Mark Shepherd
 
1965 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Indian Medicine Man Running Fever
Fastest Crumb in the West (1965) … Indian Medicine Man Running Fever
 
1965 That Funny Feeling
Tom Milford
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Roland Trivers
Who Killed Hamlet? (1965) … Roland Trivers (uncredited)
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Brad Kubec
Murder in the First (1964) … Brad Kubec
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
John Gillman
The John Gillman Story (1964) … John Gillman
 
1963 Captain Newman, M.D.
Corporal Jim Tompkins
 
1962 Pressure Point
Patient
 
1962 Hell Is for Heroes
Pvt. Corby
 
1961 Too Late Blues
John 'Ghost' Wakefield
 
1961 Come September
Tony
 
1960 Pepe
Bobby Darin
 
1959 Shadows
Man Wearing Sun Glasses, Dancing and Later Chewing Gum at Rehearsal (uncredited)
 
1959 Hennesey (TV series)
Honeyboy Jones
Hennesey Meets Honeyboy (1959) … Honeyboy Jones
 
Show ShowComposer (3 titles)
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1969 The Vendors
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1969 The Vendors (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1969 The Vendors (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (64 titles)
2003 Bobby Darin: The Darin Invasion (video)
Himself (Host & Vocalist)
 
1973 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The Bobby Darin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host
Episode dated 16 February 1973 (1973) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 26 January 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 19 January 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1962-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 February 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 29 January 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 6 March 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 22 August 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode #1.3 (1962) … Himself
 
1972 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.9 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Engelbert with the Young Generation (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.11 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.128 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1970-1972 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.17 (1972) … Himself
Episode #1.17 (1971) … Himself
Episode #1.13 (1970) … Himself
Episode #1.10 (1970) … Himself
Episode #1.2 (1970) … Himself
 
1971 Celebrity Bowling (TV series)
 
1971 Goin' Back to Indiana (TV special)
Himself
 
1970 The Darin Invasion (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1970 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Disco 2 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.74 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 Della (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.165 (1970) … Himself
Episode #1.113 (1969) … Himself
Episode #1.46 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #2.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Barbara McNair Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 September 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.178 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.79 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.7 (1967) … Himself
 
1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 February 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Host / George M. Cohan / Himself
Episode #2.13 (1969) … Himself
A Grand Night for Swinging (1968) … Himself - Host
Give My Regards to Broadway (1967) … Himself - Host / George M. Cohan
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #2.5 (1968) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1968 ...And Debbie Makes Six (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 All-Star Benefit Celebrity Baseball Game (TV movie)
Himself - Player
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 July 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Bobby Darin in London (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Himself
Rodgers & Hart Today (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.10 (1966) … Himself
 
1964-1966 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 October 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 10 January 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 13 September 1965 (1965) … Himself
Episode dated 11 January 1965 (1965) … Himself
Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1966 Mickie Finn's (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.12 (1966) … Himself
 
1960-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 31 January 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 9 February 1964 (1964) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 9 December 1962 (1962) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 26 February 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 5 June 1960 (1960) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1957-1964 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.7 (1964) … Himself
Episode #4.71 (1960) … Himself
Episode #1.108 (1957) … Himself
 
1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1964 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 17 February 1964 (1964) … Himself - Guest
 
1964 The Object Is (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 February 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Here's Edie (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.10 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
Bobby Darin, Guest (1964) … Himself
 
1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #7.8 (1963) … Himself - Singer
 
1963 The Jerry Lester Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 February 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 Music Shop (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960-1962 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 29 November 1962 (1962) … Himself
Episode dated 3 October 1960 (1960) … Himself - Guest
 
1962 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.11 (1962) … Himself
 
1959-1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself
Episode #15.34 (1962) … Himself - Singer
Episode #13.23 (1960) … Himself - Singer
Episode #13.16 (1960) … Himself - Singer
Episode #12.51 (1959) … Himself
Episode #12.37 (1959) … Himself - Singer
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
 
1961 Bobby Darin and Friends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 Phillies Jackpot Bowling (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 January 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Guest / Himself
 
1959-1961 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Connie Francis (1961) … Himself
Bobby Darin (1959) … Himself
 
1960 Dan Raven (TV series)
Himself
The High Cost of Fame (1960) … Himself
 
1958-1960 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.53 (1960) … Himself
Episode #3.40 (1960) … Himself
Episode #2.51 (1959) … Himself
Episode #2.35 (1959) … Himself
Episode #2.19 (1959) … Himself
 
1960 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself - Host
This Is Bobby Darin (1960) … Himself - Host
 
1960 This Is Bobby Darin (TV movie)
Himself - Star
 
1960 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself - Singer - Top Of The Bill
Episode #5.27 (1960) … Himself - Singer - Top Of The Bill
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Performer
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) … Himself - Performer
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Himself
George Burns in the Big Time (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode dated 18 April 1959 (1959) … Himself - Singer
 
1958 The Bob Crosby Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.11 (1958) … Himself
 
1956 Stage Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 March 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2008 My Music: Love Songs of the '50s and '60s (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (video)
Himself
 
2004 Beyond the Sea
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Bobby Darin Singing at His Best (video)
Himself
 
2003 Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Bob Hope's Funniest Out-Takes (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 The Songmakers Collection (video)
Himself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Nightclub Years (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Laugh-In Past Christmas Present (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 Great Performances (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1958) Single: "Splish Splash" (Atco Records) See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 3 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Darin | Robert Darin

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it. See more »

Trivia:

Rather than internment, his body was donated to the UCLA Medical Center. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus