Darren Dalton

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Darren Dalton
Born	Darren Jack Dalton (1965-02-09) February 9, 1965 (age 59) Powell, Wyoming, United States
Occupation(s)	Film, television actor, writer
Years active	1983–2012
Spouse	Kristen Dalton ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2009)​

Darren Jack Dalton (born February 9, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for playing Randy the Soc in The Outsiders (1983) and Daryl in Red Dawn (1984),

Life and career

Dalton was born in Powell, Wyoming. Dalton's career began in 1982 when cast as Randy Anderson by Francis Ford Coppola during a nationwide talent search for the teen ensemble The Outsiders.

After The Outsiders, Dalton appeared with C. Thomas Howell and Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn (1984), a story of a group of teenagers fighting Soviet Union troops who had invaded the United States.^[1] Dalton portrayed Daryl Bates, the son of the mayor.

After Red Dawn, Dalton's first made-for-television movie was

. Shortly after, he returned to film, including in Dancing in the Forest (1989) and The Wolves (1996).

Turning to screenwriting full-time, Dalton did not appear in other TV shows or movies until 2007's The Stolen Moments of September. He then returned to acting in War of the Worlds 2, Children of the Hunt, Darkroom (which he also executive produced and provided music for), the 3-D zombie thriller Day of the Living and The Day the Earth Stopped which Dalton also wrote and produced, and The Land That Time Forgot, which Dalton adapted from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Outsiders	Randy Anderson
1984	National Lampoon's Joy of Sex	Ed Ingalls
1984	Red Dawn	Daryl
1986	Brotherhood of Justice	Scottie	TV movie
1987	Daddy	John Sparks	TV movie
1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Zach	Episode: "Freddy's Tricks and Treats"
1989	Dancing in the Forest	Sy
1990	Montana	Jimbo	TV movie
1992	To Protect and Serve	Hall
1994	Scanner Cop	Officer Longo
1995	Hourglass	Pete the bartender / Dog Man
1996	The Wolves	Blackie
1996	Pure Danger	Cook
1997	The Big Fall	Larry
1997	Sleeping Dogs	Dexter
2007	The Stolen Moments of September	Det. Scott Kawalski
2008	Darkroom	Baron Bradley
2008	War of the Worlds 2	Shackleford
2008	The Day the Earth Stopped	Prewitt
2009	The Jailhouse	Donnie
2009	The Land That Time Forgot	Cole Stevens
2009	Vault of Darkness	Malcolm
2009	Children of the Hunt	Mayor Paulo
2010	The Auctioneers	Tuscon
2012	The Cottage	Detective Martin

References

External links

• Darren Dalton at
  IMDb
• http://darrenjdalton.com/