James Darren the actor best known as the heartthrob Mundi in the gigg movies has died at the age of 88 the former Hollywood teen star who also starred on television in the cop drama TJ hooker and Star Trek Deep Space 9 died peacefully at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Monday following a heart related illness his family said his son Jim morett an inside edition correspondent told The Hollywood Reporter I always thought he would pull through because he was so cool he was always always cool Darren won the leading man role in 1959's Gig despite being unable to Surf and acted opposite iconic actress Sandra d he also starred in the sequels gig goes Hawaiian in 1961 and gig goes to Rome in 1963 he played