In her youth, she was a real-life surfer girl heroine who inspired the “Gidget” movies, TV show and a book. Among the actors to portray Gidget were Sandra Dee and Sally Field. After the ...

James Darren, who became an instant teen idol as the boyish surfer Moondoggie in the "Gidget" movies and went on to a prolific career in TV and music, has died. He was 88.

"Gidget" later became a television show ... and doing guest spots and small recurring roles in TV shows such as "The Love Boat," "Hawaii Five-O" and "Fantasy Island." Darren was a series regular ...

The 15 best Sally Field movies and TV shows, ranked "I had no choices in ... And by the end of that year, I was Gidget. I was the quintessential, all-American girl next door." ...

Actor and singer James Darren, who became famous after starring the Gidget movies and on TV in shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and T.J Hooker, has died. He was 88 years old, per TMZ.

James Darren, who became an instant teen idol as the boyish surfer Moondoggie in the “Gidget” movies and went on to a prolific career in TV and music, has died. He was 88. Darren went to a Los ...

James Darren in 'For Those Who Think Young (1964), left, and with Sandra Dee in 'Gidget' (1959 ... He continued in Hollywood in the TV realm, with popular series like the 1966 sci-fi show The ...

The actor was best known for his role in the 1959 film Gidget, as well as his TV role decades later on T.J. Hooker. At the start of his career, Darren was considered to be a teen idol. According ...

Darren remained a staple on TV, appearing as the lead on the sci ... role of Moondoggie — a surfer boy in the hit 1959 film “Gidget.” Getty Images Born James Ercolani in 1936, the actor ...