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Dan Dailey

Actor, Dancer

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Also Known As

Daniel James Daily Jr., Dan Dailey Jr.

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

December 14, 1915

Died

October 16, 1978

Biography

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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 Morg...

Filmography

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The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

Underwater Warrior (1958)

Cmdr. David Forest

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It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) The Binge

It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Once Upon A Time

Biography

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.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

Underwater Warrior (1958)

Cmdr. David Forest

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)

The Wayward Bus (1957)

The Wings of Eagles (1957)

"Jughead" Carson

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Terrance Donahue

The Girl Next Door (1953)

The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Larry "Coop" Cooper

The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

Jerome Herman "Dizzy" Dean

What Price Glory (1952)

Meet Me at the Fair (1952)

Call Me Mister (1951)

[Staff Sgt.] Shep Dooley

I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)

I'll Get By (1950)

My Blue Heaven (1950)

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

You're My Everything (1949)

Timothy O'Connor

Chicken Every Sunday (1949)

You Were Meant for Me (1948)

When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)

Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)

Mother Wore Tights (1947)

Daddy, Frank Burt

Give Out, Sisters (1942)

Panama Hattie (1942)

Sunday Punch (1942)

Olaf [Ole] Jensen

Down in San Diego (1941)

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Lady Be Good (1941)

Washington Melodrama (1941)

Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

The Get-Away (1941)

Susan and God (1940)

Homer, publicist

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Hullabaloo (1940)

The Captain Is a Lady (1940)

Perth Nickerson

Keeping Company (1940)

Dance (Feature Film)

You Were Meant for Me (1948)

Dances created and staged by

Director (Special)

Kosta and His Family (1973)

Cast (Special)

Mitzi... the First Time (1973)

Papa G.I. (1964)

Sergeant Mike Parker

Paris in the Springtime (1956)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Testimony of Two Men (1977)

Life Events

1937

Made his Broadway acting debut in "Babes in Arms"

Photo Collections

It's Always Fair Weather - Group Publicity Stills

Here are a few cast Publicity Stills taken for It's Always Fair Weather (1955), starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Dolores Gray, and Michael Kidd. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

The Wings of Eagles - Movie Poster

Here is the original Half-sheet movie poster for The Wings of Eagles (1957), starring John Wayne.

Mokey - Lobby Cards

Here are a few Lobby Cards from MGM's Mokey (1942), starring Donna Reed and Bobby (Robert) Blake. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) The Binge This number known as "The Binge," Andre Previn music, Gene Kelly, co-directing with Stanley Donen, as a de-mobilized WWII vet, with buddies Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd, having hit some bars after learning that his girl got married, early in It's Always Fair Weather, 1955.

It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Once Upon A Time Perhaps the most technical of many distinctive stagings by co-directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (who also co-stars), here in a three-frame number with estranged war buddies (Dan Dailey left, Michael Kidd right), to a Previn, Comden and Green tune, in It's Always Fair Weather, 1955.

There's No Business Like Show Business -- (Movie Clip) Midnight Choo-Choo First number, introducing the parents of the nascent "Five Donahues," (Ethel Merman as mom "Molly," Dan Dailey as dad "Terry"), from 20th Century Fox's non-Broadway Irving Berlin musical, There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954.

There's No Business Like Show Business -- (Movie Clip) Heat Wave Still the most remembered number from a musical with many, Marilyn Monroe as "Vicki" with her provocative rendering of Irving Berlin's Heat Wave, staged by Robert Alton, from There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954.

Panama Hattie (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Dip Her In The Canal! Title character Ann Sothern with pal Flo (Virginia O’Brien) plans to impress “Gerry” (Jackie Horner), the snooty young visiting daughter of her Canal Zone-based soldier fiancè Dick (Dan Dailey), who’s brought butler Jerkins (Alan Mowbray) from Philadelphia, in MGM’s Panama Hattie, 1942.

Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956) -- (Movie Clip) If You Can Dream Frank Sinatra in his cameo at the slots, as gambler Chuck (Dan Dailey) and new-in-town lucky-charm ballerina Maria (Cyd Charisse) catch Lena Horne, song by Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn, at The Sands, in Meet Me In Las Vegas, 1956.

Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Vast Quantities Of Gold Framing the opening of MGM’s Las Vegas-based talent showcase, a vocal by The Four Aces as we meet leading man Dan Dailey as rancher-gambler Chuck, arriving at The Sands, meeting blackjack dealer Lotzi (Oscar Karlweis) and floor manager Culdane (Jim Backus), in Meet Me In Las Vegas, 1956.

Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Anybody I Can Poke In The Eye For You? Gambler Chuck (Dan Dailey) is entertaining the staff at The Sands when Cyd Charisse, as first-time headliner ballerina Maria, gets mad because he shared his proceeds after he believed she brought him luck, cameo from Vic Damone and Debbie Reynolds, in MGM’s Meet Me In Las Vegas, 1956.

Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Frankie And Johnny From the last big number, which MGM boss Dore Schary reportedly had to be convinced to shoot, a Sammy Davis Jr. vocal, a special lyric by Sammy Cahn, choreography by Hermes Pan, Cyd Charisse as ballet dancer Maria gone full vamp, with Casse Jaeger and William Chatham, in Meet Me In Las Vegas, 1956.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Buzz 'Em! Joining director John Ford’s raucous opening of his bio-pic about his Navy flier-turned-writer friend Frank “Spig” Wead, John Wayne in the lead, Kenneth Tobey co-piloting an unauthorized flight, Maureen O’Hara his furious wife leading pursuit, Penascola ca. 1920, in The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Gonna Move That Toe! Paralyzed after a freak household accident, Navy flyer Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) in rehab with trainer "Jughead" (Dan Dailey), a famous sequence from director John Ford's tribute to Wead, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Great Salesman Garment salesman Teddy (Dan Dailey) arrives at a Manhattan restaurant with girls of the sort he usually brings for buyer Savage (Harry Von Zell), angered to find his new business partner Harriet (Susan Hayward), whom he also covets, sealing the deal herself, in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, 1951.

Family

Irene Dailey

Sister

Actor.

Daniel James Daily III

Son

Born on September 18, 1947; committed suicide on July 1, 1975.

Bibliography

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