James Darren an actor director and singer who had his breakout role of Mund doy in the 1959 movie G died Monday at age 88 variety reported the Entertainer died at Ceda Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles according to varieties citing his son Jim morett a chief correspondent for Inside Edition CNN has sought comment from Darren's and morit agents in response to a post paying tribute to Darren onx from singer Nancy cotra Mor responded Nancy my father loved you thank you so much for your kind and loving words Darren had a lengthy resume spanning across film and television starting as early as 1956 according to IMDb but his role in digit helped him reach heartthrob status in the eyes of teenage movie goers in a 2015 interview with Los Angeles magazine he was asked when he first realized he was a Hollywood sensation the defining moment was when I was at a studio in San Francisco and word got out that I was there Darren said in the interview thousands of girls were screaming out front when I had to leave the building they tackled me to the ground and pulled pieces of my hair out the police had to rescue me and took me to the roof until thing settled down it was total pandemonium in Gig Darren played Mundi a surfer who rescues the main character from a bed of kelp and eventually Becomes Her romantic interest he also appeared into later gget movies 1961's gig goes Hawaiian and 1963's gig goes to Rome