Years active 19211937–1977 Siblings Irene Dailey Height 1.9 m | Role Dancer Name Dan Dailey | |
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Full Name Daniel James Dailey Born December 14, 1915 ( 1915-12-14 ) New York, New York, U.S. Cause of death Complications from hip surgery Children Dan Dailey III, (1948–1975) Died October 16, 1978, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Carole Warner (m. 1968–1972) Movies There's No Business Like Sho, It's Always Fair Weather, A Ticket to Tomahawk, Mother Wore Tights, The Wings of Eagles Similar People | ||
Betty grable dan dailey by the way 1948
Daniel James Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 – October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor.
Contents
- Betty grable dan dailey by the way 1948
- Dan Dailey Dances 1950
- Early life and career
- Death
- Filmography
- Box office ranking
- References
Dan Dailey Dances 1950
Early life and career
Dailey was born on December 14, 1915, in New York City, to Daniel James Dailey Sr. and Helen Theresa (née Ryan) Dailey. His younger sister was actress Irene Dailey. He appeared in a minstrel show in 1921, and later appeared in vaudeville before his Broadway debut in 1937 in Babes in Arms. In 1940, he was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to make films and, although his past career had been in musicals, he was initially cast as a Nazi in The Mortal Storm and a mobster in The Get Away. However, the people at MGM realized their mistake quickly and cast him in a series of musical films.
He served in the United States Army during World War II, and was commissioned as an Army officer after graduation from Signal Corps Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey. He returned to Hollywood to make more musicals. Beginning with Mother Wore Tights in 1947, he became the frequent and favorite co-star of Betty Grable. His performance in their film When My Baby Smiles at Me in 1948 garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
In 1949, he showcased his singing abilities by recording four songs for Decca Records with the popular Andrews Sisters singing trio. Two of the songs were Irish novelties ("Clancy Lowered the Boom!" and "I Had a Hat (When I Came In)"). The other songs, Take Me Out to the Ball Game and In the Good Old Summertime capitalized on the success of two MGM blockbuster films of the same names from that same year, starring Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Frank Sinatra ("Tale Me Out to the Ballgame" and Judy Garland and Van Johnson ("In the Good Old Summertime"), respectively. Dailey and The Andrews Sisters were an excellent match, and their vocal stylings on these selections were full of gaiety and fun.
In 1950, he starred in A Ticket to Tomahawk, often noted as one of the first screen appearances of Marilyn Monroe, who played a very small part as a dance hall girl. That same year, he played the title role in When Willie Comes Marching Home, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in 1951. He portrayed baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean in The Pride of St. Louis.
One of his most notable roles was as Terence Donahue in the 20th Century Fox musical extravaganza There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Monroe, Ethel Merman, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray, and Donald O'Connor, whose wife Gwen divorced O'Connor and married Dailey around that time.
He played GI-turned-advertising man Doug Hallerton in It's Always Fair Weather (1955). The film was screened at drive-in theaters and was not a box-office success, although it did receive good reviews. He starred opposite Cyd Charisse and Agnes Moorehead in Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). The following year, he portrayed "Jughead" Carson in the drama The Wings of Eagles, a biographical film on the life of Frank Wead. It was Dailey's last film for MGM.
As the musical genre began to wane in the late-1950s, he moved on to various comedic and dramatic roles on television, including appearing in The Four Just Men and Faraday & Company. In the late 1960s, Dailey toured as Oscar Madison in a road production of The Odd Couple. co-starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. From 1969-71, Dailey was the Governor opposite Jullie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom The Governor & J.J. which revolved around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of an unnamed state and his liberal daughter Jennifer Jo. His performance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Musical or Comedy for performances in 1969, the year that this category was introduced.
Death
Dailey died on October 16, 1978, from complications following hip replacement surgery. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
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Box office ranking
For a number of years movie exhibitors voted Dailey among the most popular stars in the country: