- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.51
- Peak run
- 1957’61
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.51
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
62y
1956 to 2017
Total votes
114K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Guns of Navarone
Worst
5.6
Venus in Furs
Newest first
Filmography
| 2017 |  Lucky | Paulie | 7.3 | 28,904 |
| 1969 | Venus in Furs | Jimmy Logan | 5.6 | 2,501 |
| 1964 | For Those Who Think Young | Ding Pruitt | · | 670 |
| 1964 | The Lively Set | Casey Owens | · | 304 |
| 1964 | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') | 6.5 | 1,428 |
| 1963 | Gidget Goes to Rome | Moondoggie (Jeff Matthews) | · | 885 |
| 1963 | Under the Yum Yum Tree | James Darren - Singer Behind Title Credits | 6.0 | 2,288 |
| 1962 | Diamond Head | Paul Kahana | 6.0 | 1,149 |
| 1961 | Gidget Goes Hawaiian | Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews) | 5.7 | 1,387 |
| 1961 |  The Guns of Navarone | Spyros Pappadimos | 7.5 | 61,172 |
| 1960 | All the Young Men | Pvt. Cotton | · | 743 |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Nick Romano | · | 785 |
| 1959 | The Gene Krupa Story | Eddie Sirota | · | 847 |
| 1959 | Gidget | Jeffrey Matthews aka Moondoggie | 6.6 | 4,364 |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk | Davy Hackett | 7.1 | 2,438 |
| 1957 | The Brothers Rico | Johnny Rico | 6.8 | 1,824 |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Pvt. Widowskas | 6.5 | 1,472 |
| 1957 | The Tijuana Story | Mitch | · | 291 |
| 1956 | Rumble on the Docks | Jimmy Smigelski | · | 333 |
Better together?
James Darren's regulars
- Paul WendkosDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.15 avg▼−0.21
- Phil KarlsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.47
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Darren
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