1. Edgar Raymond Darby Hinton was born on August 19,1957 and is an American actor.
12 Facts About Darby Hinton
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Darby Hinton's parents were actor Ed Hinton and Marilyn Mau Hinton.
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Darby Hinton is best known for playing Israel Boone on Daniel Boone.
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Darby Hinton's acting debut was as an infant in a 1958 Playhouse 90 episode with his father.
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When Darby Hinton was six years old, his mother dropped him off at 20th-Century Fox to audition for a part in The Sound of Music, and then she went to park the car.
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Darby Hinton made a mistake, stood in line for Daniel Boone auditions, and so impressed the casting department that he was signed for the role of Israel Boone, though they had been looking for an older boy for the part.
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Darby Hinton was on the series from 1964 to 1970, and became especially close to Fess Parker, who played his father.
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Darby Hinton had been only a year old when his own father died, and Parker became a father figure to him.
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Darby Hinton was in the 1978 film Goodbye, Franklin High, the 1979 ABC special When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion, the 1981 martial arts film Firecracker and the 1985 film Malibu Express.
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From 1985 to 1986, Darby Hinton played Ian Griffith on Days of Our Lives.
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In 2015, Hinton appeared as David G Burnet in Texas Rising, which was shown on History, and in 2019 he played Philip Fuller in the Hallmark Channel film Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses.
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Darby Hinton later married Shan Griffiths, and had two more children, Ryder and India.