Dan Dailey
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.
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Dan Dailey
Filmography
Movies
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Clyde Tolson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Joshua Cabe (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Say Hello to a Dead Man | Frank Faraday (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Koska and His Family | Director | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Matter of Magic | Frank Faraday (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire and Ice | Frank Faraday (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Michael O'Hara III (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones | Mr. Greher (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Adventures of a Young Man | Billy Campbell (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Pepe | Ted Holt (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Underwater Warrior | Cmdr. David Forest (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Arthur Turner (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Wayward Bus | Ernest Horton (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Wings of Eagles | "Jughead" Carson (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Ray Henderson (Character) | - | 1956 |
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Meet Me in Las Vegas | Chuck Rodwell (Character) | - | 1956 |
91% |
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It's Always Fair Weather | Doug Hallerton (Character) | - | 1955 |
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There's No Business Like Show Business | Terence Donahue (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Left Field | Larry `'Pop'` Cooper (Character) | - | 1953 |
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The Girl Next Door | Bill Carter (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taxi | Ed Nielson (Character) | - | 1953 |
100% | No Score Yet | Meet Me at the Fair | Doc Tilbee (Character) | - | 1953 |
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What Price Glory? | 1st Sgt. Quirt (Character) | - | 1952 |
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The Pride of St. Louis | Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (Character) | - | 1952 |
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Teddy Sherman (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Me Mister | Sergeant Shep Dooley (Character) | - | 1951 |
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When Willie Comes Marching Home | William "Bill" Kluggs (Character) | - | 1950 |
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My Blue Heaven | Jack Moran (Character) | - | 1950 |
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A Ticket to Tomahawk | Johnny Behind-the-Deuces (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're My Everything | Timothy O'Connor (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Chicken Every Sunday | James C. "Jim" Hefferan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Were Meant for Me | Chuck Arnold (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Give My Regards to Broadway | Bert Norwick (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When My Baby Smiles at Me | "Skid" Johnson (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Mother Wore Tights | Daddy (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunday Punch | Unknown (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Panama Hattie | Dick Bulliard (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mokey | Herbert Delano (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Get-Away | Sonny Black (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Lady Be Good | Bill "Billy" Pattison (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Ziegfeld Girl | Jimmy Walters (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Rex (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Down in San Diego | Al Haines (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Washington Melodrama | Whitney King (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hullabaloo | Bob Strong (Character) | - | 1940 |
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The Mortal Storm | Holl (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeping Company | Jim Reynolds (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Captain Is a Lady | Perth Nickerson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dulcy | Bill Ward (Character) | - | 1940 |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Couple | Director | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Governor & J.J. |
Gov. William Drinkwater (Character), Director |
1969-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |