Bobby Darin's Impressions of Hollywood Stars

This is the brilliant Bobby Darin impersonating many Hollywood stars on one of his TV specials!

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Entertainment

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• bobby
• darin
• impression
• impersonations
• clark gable
• dean martin
• james cagney
• robert mitchum
• jerry lewis
• cary grant
• marlon brando
• alfred hitchcock
• walter brennan

[mtdewchallenger]

I've been ignorant of the talent of this man. I barely knew of him as a singer and had no idea of his other abilities. Might be because I wasn't born 'til '63. I'm amazed and inspired to search for more. There seems to be a dearth of multi-faceted talent today, not that they don't exist, just that they seem scarce. Nearly anybody can be a celebrity....some for the wrong reasons/actions. The same internet that makes those people also provided me with the ability to view this gem.

[ILoveRayMilland]

@mtdewchallenger This is so exciting to me! In searching for more Bobby, you'll find a brilliant singer and performer and a hugely talented actor -- in both comedies and drama (he was nominated for an Oscar for "Captain Newman M.D.").

And I absolutely agree that there no longer is this kind of celebrity -- for the most part -- today. So sad. But, at least we do have the ability to discover more and more classic stars today! :-D

[norgie0685]

i'm a huge bobby darin fan. i'm also a huge sammy davis jr fan. so i gotta ask, who did this act first? becuz sammy does this almost the exact same way

[ILoveRayMilland]

@norgie0685

I'm not sure, I don't know too much about Sammy Davis Jr.

This particular act is from somewhere in 1960-62, I'm 99% certain of that! When did Sammy do his act?!

I do know that Bobby and Sammy both GREATLY admired each other! In fact, a telegram from Sammy is on the back of Bobby's album "That's All". AND, Sammy was once quoted saying that Bobby was "the only person I never wanted to follow".

WOW, this is a large reply! Haha!

If you find out who did it first, let me know! :-D

[silentsandtalkies]

haha this is fantastic!!

[ILoveRayMilland]

@silentsandtalkies My favorite is Clark Gable!

[leverne85]

Love his Walter brennan and jimmy stewart!

[EloiseDecember]

Must be stepford wives night out judging from the audience's reception

[Citylife6]

he did this act better than Sammy both good but Bobby was the first ,a real showman,and then some.

[SammyDfan1]

Bobby Darin was a large admirer of Sammy, Sammy had be doing the impression in his act from the moment he got back from the Army.

[realfunny7]

yep he was good - but a better singer than impressionist - what did he die from

[lightfoot828]

What a talented man he was...one of very favorite singers from that era...i didn't know he was such a great impressionist...of course 'Mack the Knife' is one of the most unique,catchy tunes ever...plus...check out his rendition of 'If i were a carpenter'...very moving...he could blow you away with his vocal ability or take a song like that and interpret it perfectly...no frills..a straight to the heart performance...check it out....you'll see what i mean...he was one of a kind.one of the best.

[ladymoviestar1]

I Love Bobby Darin!!! Thank You So Much for posting this !!!

[MegaGum1]

Person for person this is Sammy's routine

[msgaus1]

Wow! He doesn't just do a person's voice and mannerisms (though he has those down perfectly). He changes his face to have a truly uncanny resemblance to the actors he impersonates. I noticed that he even changes the shape of his eyes for each person. Anyone who doesn't appreciate this hasn't seen much of the work of the actors he impersonates.

[meloveicecream24]

he's a pretty man

[twoslices]

There was no end to this guys talent!