Dan Dailey

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Actor • Dancer

Birth Date: December 14, 1915

Death Date: October 16, 1978

Birth Place: New York, New York

Dan Dailey was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1937, he made his Broadway acting debut in "Babes in Arms." In his early acting career, Dailey appeared in such films as "Keeping Company" (1940) with Frank Morgan, the Ann Sothern comedy adaptation "Dulcy" (1940) and "The Mortal Storm" (1940). He also appeared in the musical comedy "Hullabaloo" (1940) with Frank Morgan, "Lady Be Good" (1941) and "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941) with James Stewart. His film career continued throughout the forties and the fifties in productions like "You're My Everything" (1949).

In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "The Wayward Bus" (1957) with Joan Collins and "Pepe" (1960). He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "Adventures of a Young Man" (1962) with Richard Beymer and the dramatic biopic "The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover" (1977) with Broderick Crawford. Dailey was most recently credited in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999-). Dailey won an Actor in a Television Series - Musical Or Comedy Golden Globe Award for "The Governor and J.J." in 1969. Dailey was nominated for an Actor Academy Award for "When My Baby Smiles at Me" in 1948. Dailey passed away in October 1978 at the age of 63.

Credits

Los Archivos Privados de J. Edgar Hoover

Actor
Movie
1978

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Actor
Clyde Tolson
Movie
1978

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Actor
Joshua Cabe
Movie
1975

Say Hello to a Dead Man

Actor
Frank Faraday
Movie
1974

Faraday and Company

Actor
Frank Faraday
Show
1973

Fire and Ice

Actor
Frank Faraday
Movie
1973

Koska and His Family

Director
Movie
1973

A Matter of Magic

Actor
Frank Faraday
Movie
1973

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Actor
Michael O'Hara III
Movie
1972

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

Actor
Mr. Greher
Movie
1971

The Odd CoupleStream

Director
Series
1970

The Governor & J.J.

Actor
Gov. William Drinkwater
Show
1969

The Governor & J.J.

Director
Show
1969

Here's LucyStream

Guest Star
Series
1968

Low Man on the Totem Pole

Actor
H Allen Smith
Show
1964

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young ManStream

Actor
Billy Campbell
Movie
1962
0%

Pepe

Actor
Ted Holt
Movie
1961

The Untouchables

Guest Star
Series
1959

The Four Just Men

Actor
Tim Collier
Show
1959

Underwater Warrior

Actor
Cmdr. David Forest
Movie
1958

The Wings of EaglesStream

Actor
"Jughead" Carson
Movie
1957
40%

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Actor
Arthur Turner
Movie
1957

The Wayward BusStream

Actor
Ernest Horton
Movie
1957

Paris in the Springtime

Actor
Steven
Show
1956

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Actor
Ray Henderson
Movie
1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Actor
Chuck Rodwell
Movie
1956

Burlesque

Actor
Skid Johnson
Show
1955

It's Always Fair Weather

Actor
Doug Hallerton
Movie
1955

Climax!

Actor
Series
1954

There's No Business Like Show BusinessStream

Actor
Terence Donahue
Movie
1954
73%

Taxi

Actor
Ed Nielson
Movie
1953

Meet Me at the Fair

Actor
Doc Tilbee
Movie
1953

The Kid From Left Field

Actor
Larry `'Pop'` Cooper
Movie
1953

The Girl Next Door

Actor
Bill Carter
Movie
1953

The Pride of St. LouisStream

Actor
Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
Movie
1952

What Price Glory?

Actor
1st Sgt. Quirt
Movie
1952

Call Me Mister

Actor
Sergeant Shep Dooley
Movie
1951

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Actor
Teddy Sherman
Movie
1951

The Jack Benny ProgramStream

Actor
Series
1950

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Actor
William "Bill" Kluggs
Movie
1950

My Blue HeavenStream

Actor
Jack Moran
Movie
1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Actor
Johnny Behind-the-Deuces
Movie
1950

Chicken Every Sunday

Actor
James C. "Jim" Hefferan
Movie
1949

You're My Everything

Actor
Timothy O'Connor
Movie
1949

You Were Meant for Me

Actor
Chuck Arnold
Movie
1948

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Actor
"Skid" Johnson
Movie
1948

Give My Regards to Broadway

Actor
Bert Norwick
Movie
1948

Mother Wore Tights

Actor
Daddy
Movie
1947

Mokey

Actor
Herbert Delano
Movie
1942

Panama Hattie

Actor
Dick Bulliard
Movie
1942

Sunday Punch

Actor
Movie
1942

The Get-Away

Actor
Sonny Black
Movie
1941

Lady Be GoodStream

Actor
Bill "Billy" Pattison
Movie
1941

Down in San Diego

Actor
Al Haines
Movie
1941

Washington Melodrama

Actor
Whitney King
Movie
1941

Ziegfeld Girl

Actor
Jimmy Walters
Movie
1941

Moon Over Her Shoulder

Actor
Rex
Movie
1941

Dulcy

Actor
Bill Ward
Movie
1940

The Mortal Storm

Actor
Holl
Movie
1940
100%

Keeping Company

Actor
Jim Reynolds
Movie
1940

Hullabaloo

Actor
Bob Strong
Movie
1940

The Captain Is a Lady

Actor
Perth Nickerson
Movie
1940