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Dan Dailey is a Actor American born on 14 december 1913 at New York City (USA)

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey
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Birth name Daniel James Dailey
Nationality USA
Birth 14 december 1913 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 october 1978 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Daniel James "Dan" Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 – October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor.

Biography

Il est le frère de l'actrice Irene Dailey (1920-2008).

Best films

Mother Wore Tights (1947)
(Actor)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dan Dailey (51 films)

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Actor

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, 1h52
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks, José Ferrer, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakley
Roles Clyde Tolson
Rating60% 3.044613.044613.044613.044613.04461
The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, starting first in the time of Prohibition, as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother.
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, 2h25
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Beymer, Ricardo Montalbán, Diane Baker, Paul Newman, Corinne Calvet, Susan Strasberg
Roles Billy Campbell
Rating62% 3.1398653.1398653.1398653.1398653.139865
Nick Adams is a young, restless man who wants a good life and to see the world. Though he is told it is not worth the attempt, he decides to go away from his midwestern home. Along the way, he encounters numerous people and later joins the Italian army to fight the Germans in World War I, where he fall in love.
Pepe
Pepe (1960)
, 3h15
Directed by Walter Hill, George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Janet Leigh, Carlos Montalbán, Vicki Trickett
Roles Ted Holt
Rating54% 2.7158952.7158952.7158952.7158952.715895
Mario Moreno ("Cantinflas") is Pepe, a hired hand, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director, Mr. Holt, buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However Mr. Holt offers him a job when he realizes the Pepe brings new life to the stallion. Now his luck is changing and in Las Vegas Pepe wins big money, enough that Mr. Hold lets him be the producer of his next movie. Most of the movie centers around his meeting Shirley Jones who plays an actress on hard times and hating the world. Just like with the stallion, Pepe brings out the best in Shirley Jones and helps her become a big star in a movie made by Mr. Holt. Shirley Jones does a great job both as a dancer and singing the lead song called "Pepe." For those who love movies that are set in Acapulco, Mexico, this one has great appeal and beautiful scenery. The last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
The Wings of Eagles, 1h50
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Sig Ruman
Roles 'Jughead' Carson
Rating65% 3.296763.296763.296763.296763.29676
Soon after World War I is over, "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), along with John Dale Price (Ken Curtis), tries to prove to the Navy the value of aviation in combat. To do this, Wead pushes the Navy to compete in racing and endurance competitions. Several races are against the US Army aviation team led by Captain Herbert Allen Hazard (based on Jimmy Doolittle – played by Kenneth Tobey).
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, 1h30
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Tony Randall, Barbara Rush, Natalie Schafer
Roles Arthur Turner
Rating52% 2.6204552.6204552.6204552.6204552.620455
Mildred Turner is a patient of a New York psychiatrist, Dr. Alan Coles. She is bored and frustrated in her marriage to a movie star, Arthur Turner.
The Wayward Bus, 1h27
Directed by Victor Vicas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason, Betty Lou Keim, Dolores Michaels
Roles Ernest Horton
Rating64% 3.2402553.2402553.2402553.2402553.240255
Alice Chicoy (Collins) is the wife of driver Johnny (Jason). He owns a small and rundown little bus that makes side trips. Alice is the owner of a little restaurant and likes liquor a bit too much.
The Best Things in Life Are Free, 1h44
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan
Roles Ray Henderson
Rating59% 2.952182.952182.952182.952182.95218
Le film raconte l'ascension d'un groupe de Jazz, les Sunny Boys, reprenant l'équipe d'auteurs-compositeurs-interprètes de la Tin Pan Alley composée de Buddy DeSylva, du parolier Lew Brown et du compositeur Ray Henderson de Broadway à Hollywood.
Meet Me in Las Vegas, 1h52
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Henreid, Jim Backus, Lena Horne
Roles Chuck Rodwell
Rating60% 3.046223.046223.046223.046223.04622
Le film se déroule à l'intérieur et aux alentours de l'hôtel Sands à Las Vegas; un joueur découvre que tout ce qu'il a à faire pour gagner à la roulette est de prendre la main d'une danseuse.
It's Always Fair Weather, 1h41
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Michael Kidd, Dolores Gray, Jay C. Flippen
Roles Doug Hallerton
Rating69% 3.498513.498513.498513.498513.49851
Three ex-G.I.s, Ted Riley (Kelly), Doug Hallerton (Dailey) and Angie Valentine (Kidd) have served in World War II together and become best friends. At the beginning of the film, set in October 1945, they dance through the street celebrating their upcoming release from the service ("The Binge") and meet at their favorite New York bar. They vow eternal friendship, and before going their separate ways, promise to reunite exactly ten years later at the same spot.
There's No Business Like Show Business, 1h57
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Eastham
Roles Terence Donahue
Rating63% 3.1965553.1965553.1965553.1965553.196555
In 1919, Terence (Dan Dailey) and Molly Donahue (Ethel Merman), a husband-and-wife vaudeville team known as the Donahues, pursue both a stable family life as well as professional success. The kids Steve (Johnnie Ray), Katy (Mitzi Gaynor), and Tim (Donald O'Connor) join the act one by one, and their act eventually becomes the Five Donahues. The family is a success and soon hit the top.