James Darren

James William Ercolani, known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including Gidget (1959) and its sequels, The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962). As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including "Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961. He later became more active in television, starring as Dr. Anthony Newman in the science fiction series The Time Tunnel (1966–1967). He appeared in the regular role of Officer III James Corrigan in the police drama T. J. Hooker (1983–1986) and in the recurring role of Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998–1999).

8 June 1936

Born on the same birth date (8 June 1936): Kenneth G. Wilson

Born on the same birth day (8 June): Alexis Smith • Annie Haslam • Eric F. Wieschaus • Ernst Enno • Harry Holtzman • John Q. A. Brackett • José Antonio Camacho • Julianna Margulies • Lena Baker • Lindsay Davenport • Mary Bonauto • Peter Eggert • Rachel Held Evans • Robert Aumann • Santiago Bernabéu (footballer) • Sonja Vectomov (sculptor)

Born in the same month (June 1936): Anatoly Albul • Benjamin Adekunle • Chuck Howley • Enn Vetemaa • Ferran Olivella • Gerald Scarfe • Hermeto Pascoal • Kris Kristofferson • Robert Downey Sr. • Volodymyr Holubnychy