Still of Robert Colbert, James Darren and Lee Meriwether in The Time Tunnel (1966)
Caption: Still of Robert Colbert, James Darren and Lee Meriwether in The Time Tunnel (1966)
Actor, Director, Soundtrack
Born: June 8, 1936
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Known for: T.J. Hooker (1982), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Time Tunnel (1966), Gidget (1959)
Source: IMDB
Tall, good-looking James Darren was a student of acting coach Stella Adler and made his name in the 1950s in a series of teenage-themed films. A better actor than most of his contemporary teenage heartthrobs, he nevertheless found it difficult to escape the teen-idol image he got in pictures like Gidget (1959) and Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961). He ...