what really happened to james darren star in the time tunnel james darren was born james william ercolani on june 8 1936 in philadelphia of italian descent in this guy's story known for his religious entanglement his first marriage was forbidden by the bride's family in 1955 darren married gloria terlitsky his sweetheart since 1953. her father opposed their marriage because terlitsky was jewish while darren was catholic darren and terlitsky had son james jr and divorced in 1958. jimmy was adopted by gloria's third husband and is now known as journalist and tv commentator jim morit two years after the divorce darren married evie norland miss denmark 1958. they had two sons christian and anthony james william ercolani known by his stage name james darren is an american television and film actor television director and singer he wanted to be an actor and studied in new york city with stella adler for a number of years he would also occasionally sing although he later said i wasn't really a singer i was a kid in philly whose dad would take him to bars and nightclubs and i would get up and sing two songs his experience was truly an interesting story it is recounted as follows columbia signed darren to a long-term contract in july 1956. a few weeks later he was filming his first film rumble on the docks a low-budget b movie produced by sam katzman where darren played the lead darren's appearance was well received and he got a lot of fan mail second at the studio only to kim novak the next he guest starred on an episode of tv's the web then columbia gave him a support role in in a picture the comedy operation mad ball starring jack lemmon he had support roles in two films directed by phil carlson the brothers rico a film noir playing the brother of richard conte and gunman's walk a western with van heflin and tab hunter in between he was second billed in another movie for katzman the tijuana story although his role was relatively small darren was third build in the surf film gidget starring sandra d and cliff robertson playing moon doggy the film was a hit with teen audiences and so was the song darren wound up recording a string of pop hits for colpix records the biggest of which was goodbye cruel world it sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc another sizeable hit was her royal majesty he is also featured in one of the scopatone series of pop music video jukebox films twice in 1959 and 1961 darren played teen idols on episodes of the donna reed show he did an episode of the lineup once again darren was third build in a series of films for colombia the gene krupa story a biopic with salminao all the young men a korean war movie with alan ladd and sydney poitier he had a cameo as himself in a teen film because they're young singing the title track he had a supporting role in the world war ii film the guns of navarone a huge hit at the box office however darren later said the people handling my career at that point didn't really take advantage of it also popular was gidget goes hawaiian where darren reprised his role as mundagi he had a new gidget and was given top billing darren had a good support role in a melodrama diamond head with charlton heston he played mundaki a third time in gidget goes to rome which he later said he hated i didn't want to do it i thought that id be doing those for the rest of my life he sang the title track for under the yum yum tree in 1963 darren signed a seven-picture deal with universal starting with the lively set that teamed him with pamela tiffin who was also in for those who think young a teen film darren made for united artists from 1966 to 1967 darren guest starred on an episode of voyage to the bottom of the sea as an android omar that was produced by erwin allen allen then cast darren in the lead of a series as an impulsive scientist and adventurer tony newman on the science fiction series the time tunnel when the series ended allen shot a brief pilot for a new series starring darren the man from the 25th century but it was not picked up darren then went to europe to make venus in furs for jess franco then was reunited with allen in city beneath the sea in 1971. in the 1970s darren performed regularly in nightclubs he focused on guest starring on tv series such as love american style swat policewoman black sheep squadron the feather and father gang charlie's angels the love boat and fantasy island he directed some episodes and launched a career as a director notably of action-based series including hunter the a-team silk stockings renegade and nowhere man as well as dramas such as beverly hills 90210 and melrose place in 1998 he achieved renewed popularity as a singer through his appearances on star trek deep space nine in the role of the holographic crooner and advisor vic fontaine his role in deep space nine inspired his return to singing in 1999 many of his vocal performances on the show were re-recorded for the album this one's from the heart the album shows darren a close friend of frank sinatra comfortably singing in the sinatra style the 2001 follow-up because of you showed similar inspiration from tony bennett later appearances include random acts 2001 and lucky in 2017 james darren has a very good quote every career has its hills and valleys darren said in 1983 the most important thing is that you are happy with yourself not anybody's career no one that i know of has always been climbing it always levels out and you want to make sure you have good investments and financial security and bread on the table if projects aren't coming to you then you seek them out and you try to develop and put projects together it's the story of james darren it really impressed me how about you comment below for the discussion thanks for your presence