Dan Dailey
Birth name	Daniel James Dailey
Born	December 14 1913(1913--) New York, New York, USA
Died	October 16 1978 (aged 64) Los, Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Esther Rodier (?-1941) Gwen Carter O Connor'(?-?) Elizabeth Hofert (1942-1951)

Daniel James Dailey Jr. (born December 14, 1913; died October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor.

Biography

Born in New York City, he appeared in a minstrel show when very young, and appeared in vaudeville before his Broadway debut in 1937 in Babes in Arms. In 1940 he was signed by MGM to make movies and, although his past career had been in musicals, he was initially cast as a Nazi in The Mortal Storm. The people at MGM realized their mistake immediately, however, and began casting him in a series of musical films. He served in the United States Army during World War II, then returned to more musicals. His performance in When My Baby Smiles at Me in 1948 garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

In 1950 he starred in A Ticket to Tomahawk, often noted as the first screen appearance of Marilyn Monroe (in a very small part as a dance-hall girl).

Notable roles included There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray

As the musical genre began to wane in the mid-1950s, he moved on to various comedic and dramatic roles, including his television series, The Governor & J.J.. His sister is Another World actress Irene Dailey.

External links

• Dan Dailey at the Internet Movie Database

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