Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to ...

James Darren, who went from teen idol status acting in youth-oriented movies like "Gidget" to become an actor in TV shows such as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "T.J. Hooker" and a singer and ...

Surfer gal Francie "Gidget" Lawrence vacations in Rome with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie. Chaperoning the pair is Aunt Albertina, but that doesn't stop Gidge and Jeff from experiencing ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --James Darren, best known for a wide range of television shows and movies from Gidget to T.J. Hooker and Star ...

But to young movie fans of the late 1950s, he would be remembered best as Moondoggie, the dark-haired surfer boy in the smash 1959 release “Gidget.” Dee starred as the title character ...