When Hollywood released "Gidget" in 1959 it unleashed one of the first waves of mainstream attention and popularity for surfing in America. All of a sudden, that young teenage girl from Malibu was ...

Darren was probably best known as Moondoggie in the “Gidget” film series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His son, Jim Moret, confirmed his father’s death, saying the actor died in his sleep at ...

Hollywood is looking to catch a new Gidget wave. Pterodactyl Prods. and “300” producer Mark Canton are teaming to bring the sun and surf icon back to film and TV for the first time in more than two ...

James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Darren, who died Monday, is shown in character in a 1963 photo with his "For Those Who Think Young" co-stars Nancy Sinatra, ...

LOS ANGELES -- James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer known for his role as Moondoggie in the "Gidget" films from the late '50s and early '60s, died Monday. He was 88. According to Variety, ...