James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer who played the dreamy surfer Moondoggie in three Gidget movies before starring on television on The Time Tunnel and T.J. Hooker, died Monday. He was ...

Actor and singer James Darren was a teen heartthrob back in the 1960s. Tall, dark and handsome, he starred in three of the "Gidget" beach movies. Darren died on Monday in his sleep at a hospital in ...

The actor and singer James Darren has died at the age of 88. On screen, he was forever young, a teen heartthrob who starred in the "Gidget" beach movies. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has an appreciation.

James Darren, the wildly diverse singer-actor who scored Billboard hits and was featured in everything from Gidget to TJ Hooker to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, has passed away. He was 88. Although ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film "Gidget," died Monday at 88. Darren ...