# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-darren
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:00:51.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-darren"
name: "James Darren"
slug: "james-darren"
description: "James William Ercolani, known by his stage name James Darren, was an American actor, singer, and television director. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including the youth and beach-culture film Gidget (1959) and its sequels. He also appeared in The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962)."
tagline: "American actor, singer (1936–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Darren_(1966).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-06-08"
deathDate: "2024-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.63
  momentum:             17.97729294231389
  historical:           22.143648
  currentAttention:     18.16
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 248
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201626/"
    handle:    "nm0201626"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aRdnBeUqTNY9zdBzOrkvJ"
    handle:    "1aRdnBeUqTNY9zdBzOrkvJ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesdarren.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمس دارين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز دارن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren"
    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס דארן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェイムズ・ダレン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%8C%80%EB%9F%B0"
    title: "제임스 대런"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Даррен, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren"
    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren"
    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جیمز ڈیرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc296d4e-5bc5-482e-92b2-7eb2ad8804c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100318"
    title: "James Darren"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump