James Darren who went from Teen Idol status acting in youth oriented movies like gigit to becoming an actor in TV shows such as Star Trek Deep Space 9 and TJ hooker and a singer and director died Monday at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles he was 88 his son Jim mored said that he had been able to express his love for his family while being treated in the cardiac unit he was a good man he was very talented Moret said he was Forever Young Moret said he was grateful that his father had been able to embrace his signature role as the surfer moond doggy in the gig movie and that he continued to interact with his fans born in Philadelphia he studied acting with Stella Adler in New York and was signed to Columbia pictures where his first role was in rumble on the docks he went on to appear in films including operation Madball and Gunman's Walk before being cast in the 1,959 movie G starring Sandra d and Cliff Robertson Darren also sang the title track for the the hit movie which was based on the experiences of a teenag surfer girl in Malibu and later became a popular TV series thank you so much for watching our video we can't wait to see you again in our next one if you'd like to see more content like this please don't forget to like the video leave a comment and subscribe to our Channel while turning on the notification Bell that way you'll be instantly notified of our new content and you can continue this enjoyable Journey with us your support means the world to us together we're grow growing into a bigger and better Community take care and we'll see you in the next video [Music]