James Darren James Darren is an actor , director , and singer known for his role as the holographic lounge singer Vic Fontaine on . He also played the mirror version of Vic in the episode and is best known for his regular roles in the television series " The Time Tunnel " and " T . J . Hooker " with William Shatner . Personal . Darren , born James William Ercolani , is originally from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA and moved to New York City to fulfill his dream to become a singer and actor . After a short time taking acting lessons he met talent agent Joyce Selznick who gave him a seven year contract with Columbia . In 1955 he moved to Hollywood , California and stood in front of the camera for nineteen Columbia films . The following year he took his stage name James Darren , named after the Kaiser - Darrin sports car . In 1955 Darren and his first wife Gloria Terlitsky married . They later divorced in 1959 . Terlitsky is also the mother of Darren ' s first son , James " Jim " Jr . During his early years he was friends with the famous Rat Pack , which included , , , and . He was also chosen to be the godfather of Angela Jennifer Lambert , daughter of Frank Sinatra ' s daughter . Since 1960 , Darren has been married to Evy Norlund , Miss Denmark 1958 , the actress who played Suzanne Fontaine in the 1959 movie " The Flying Fontaines " . The couple has two sons . Acting career . After Darren received his seven year contract with Columbia he starred and co - starred in films such as the drama " Rumble on the Docks " ( 1956 , with Celia Lovsky ) , the war comedy " Operation Mad Ball " ( 1957 , with Dick Crockett and Roy Jenson ) , the drama " The Brothers Rico " ( 1957 ) , the crime drama " The Tijuana Story " ( 1957 ) , the western " Gunman ' s Walk " ( 1958 ) , and the biopic " The Gene Krupa Story " ( 1959 , with Susan Oliver , Yvonne Craig , Lawrence Dobkin , an uncredited Stanley Adams and Celia Lovsky ) . Other appearances include the television series " The Web " ( 1957 , with DeForest Kelley ) , " The Donna Reed Show " ( 1959 , with Ted Knight ) , and " The Lineup " ( 1959 ) . In 1959 Darren earned the audiences attraction for playing Jeffrey " Moondoggie " Matthews in the comedy " Gidget " , which also featured Yvonne Craig . Darren would reprise his role for the two following Gidget films " Gidget Goes Hawaiian " ( 1961 , with music by George Duning ) and " Gidget Goes to Rome " ( 1963 ) . Other acting credits in the ' 60s include the drama " Because They ' re Young " ( 1960 ) , the war drama " All the Young Men " ( 1960 , with Paul Baxley ) , the drama " Let No Man Write My Epitaph " ( 1960 , with Ricardo Montalban and uncredited appearances by Peter Brocco and Roy Jenson ) , the war drama " The Guns of Navarone " ( 1961 ) ( with Walter Gotell ) , the romance " Diamond Head " ( 1963 , with France Nuyen ) , the comedy " For Those Who Think Young " ( 1964 ) , the action film " The Lively Set " ( 1964 , with Charles Drake ) , the horror film " Paroxismus " ( 1969 ) , and an episode of " Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea " ( 1966 , with Seymour Cassel ) . Parallel to , Darren portrayed the leading role of Dr . Anthony Newman in the science fiction series " The Time Tunnel " ( 1966 - 1967 ) . Fellow " Trek " actors Whit Bissell and Lee Meriwether were part of the main cast while " Trek " stunt performers Charlie Picerni and David Sharpe served as stunt doubles for Darren . The series featured fellow Trek alumni John Winston , Bart La Rue , Warren Stevens , Paul Fix , Paul Carr , Torin Thatcher , Victor Lundin , Joseph Ruskin , Abraham Sofaer , Paul Comi , Lawrence Montaigne , Bruce Mars , Perry Lopez , Theo Marcuse , David Opatoshu , Nehemiah Persoff , Michael Ansara , Dick Geary , Elizabeth Rogers , Malachi Throne , Peter Brocco , Dick Dial , John Crawford , Vince Howard , John Hoyt , Arnold Moss , Rhodes Reason , Anthony Caruso , Robert Walker , Arthur Batanides , Chuck Hicks and Gil Perkins in guest roles . Writers included Carey Wilber and Robert Hamner , and the show also featured music by George Duning . After " The Time Tunnel " was cancelled , producer cast Darren in the titular role of the sci - fi pilot " The Man From the 25th Century " , which also featured John Crawford , however the project was not picked up as a series . While touring through the United States , Darren participated in a few film projects such as the science fiction television movie " City Beneath the Sea " ( 1971 , with Whit Bissell ) , the drama " The Lives of Jenny Dolan " ( 1975 , with Percy Rodriguez , Paul Carr , Rod Arrants , and Alan Oppenheimer ) , and the drama " The Boss ' Son " ( 1978 ) . He was also more prominently seen as guest actor in a few television series including " S . W . A . T . " ( 1976 , with David Opatoshu and Paul Sorensen ) , " Police Woman " ( 1976 , with Charles Dierkop ) , " Baa Baa Black Sheep " ( 1977 , with Joey Aresco and John Larroquette ) , " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 1977 , with Patty Maloney ) , " Hawaii Five - O " ( 1978 - 1979 , with Nehemiah Persoff and Brian Tochi ) , " Vega $ " ( 1980 , with William Lucking ) , " The Love Boat " ( 1981 , with Gina Hecht ) , and " Fantasy Island " ( 1979 - 1982 , starring Ricardo Montalban , and with Wendy Schaal ) . Between 1982 and 1986 he returned to a regular role and starred as Officer Jim Corrigan in the police drama series " T . J . Hooker " along with William Shatner as the title character and Richard Herd as police chief . Beside Shatner himself , Winrich Kolbe , Cliff Bole , Charlie Picerni , and Richard Compton directed him in several episodes . After the end of " T . J . Hooker " , Darren made only a few guest performances in the television series " Raven " ( 1992 , with Paul Collins ) , " Renegade " ( 1992 , with Branscombe Richmond and Tracy Scoggins ) , " Silk Stalkings " ( 1994 , with Charlie Brill , Gary Frank , and Jon Rashad Kamal ) , and " Diagnosis Murder " ( 1997 , with Darwyn Carson ) . He also portrayed the cruel Tony Marlin in five episodes of the drama series " Melrose Place " in 1999 , along with " Trek " performers Mark L . Taylor , Dey Young , Kathleen Garrett , Susan Savage , and David Doty . Darren ' s only known acting part after " Deep Space Nine " is the role of Allen in the drama " Random Acts " in 2001 . Music career . For " Gidget " he performed the title song " Gidget " and the song " The Next Best Thing to Love " , the previous one became a successful release the same year . In 1961 his song " Goodbye Cruel World " stepped on position three of the US music charts and one year later his song " Her Royal Majesty " was voted into the top ten and he also lent his voice and likeness to an episode of ( 1965 ) , with his character called " Jimmy Darrock " . He also performed two times at the Academy Award s ; 1959 the song " Almost in Your Arms " and 1964 the song " It ' s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World " . After his television experience with " The Time Tunnel " , which was cancelled after one season , Darren formed a duo with comedian and the two toured about ten years through the country . During this time he only stopped the tour for a few film breaks . In 1999 Darren released the album " This One ' s From The Heart " with songs he performed as Vic Fontaine on " Deep Space Nine " , his first album after twenty years . The album included the following seventeen songs : Also in 1999 he performed on stage in Atlantic City after a fourteen year break . After this album , Darren released another studio album , " Because of You " , in 2001 . Other songs of his can be heard in the movies " Down to You " ( 2000 ) , " Hearts in Atlantis " ( 2001 ) , and " Chooch " ( 2003 ) . Director . Darren made his directing debut during his performance in " T . J . Hooker " and directed the fifth season episode " Into the Night " in 1986 . " Star Trek " performers in this episode include Shatner , Marc Alaimo , Rhonda Aldrich , and Philip Weyland . Darren ' s directorial experience was built up with directing jobs in the following years , including episodes of " The A - Team " ( 1986 , starring Dwight Schultz ) , " Stingray " ( 1987 ) , " Werewolf " ( 1987 - 1988 , starring Lance LeGault and with Brian Thompson , Ethan Phillips , and Todd Bryant ) , " Tequila and Bonetti " ( 1992 , with Charles Rocket and Erick Avari ) , " Walker , Texas Ranger " ( 1993 , starring Noble Willingham ) , " Renegade " ( 1994 ) , " Nowhere Man " ( 1995 , starring Bruce Greenwood and with " DS9 " co - star Mike Starr ) , " Silk Stalkings " ( 1994 - 1995 , with Charlie Brill , Gina Ravera , and Nicolas Surovy ) , and " Savannah " ( 1996 , starring Ray Wise and Beth Toussaint ) . His most recent directing jobs include episodes of the television drama series " Beverly Hills , 90210 " ( 1996 , with Steven Culp ) and " Melrose Place " ( 1996 - 1997 , with Lily Mariye ) .