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James Daly

 
Actor: James Daly
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  • Born: Oct 23, 1918 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
  • Died: Jul 03, 1978 in Nyack, New York
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
  • Career Highlights: I Aim at the Stars, Un Esercito di Cinque Uomini, The Big Bounce
  • First Major Screen Credit: Foreign Intrigue (1951)

Biography

American actor James Daly got his start while still a child by appearing in community theatre in his home-town of Wisconsin Rapids. After graduating from Cornell University in 1941, Daly worked his way up to Broadway in 1946 as Gary Merrill's understudy in Born Yesterday. He spent the next few years dividing his time between New York City and Wisconsin. It was in that state's capitol, Madison, that Daly's daughter Tyne was born; Tyne Daly later became a star in her own right, as did James' son Timothy. James Daly won the Theatre Guild award in 1950 for his work in a revival of Shaw's Major Barbara, and co-starred later that year with Helen Hayes in still another revival, The Glass Menagerie. Film work didn't give Daly the starring roles he'd enjoyed on Broadway, but from his first major film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) onward, the actor secured a niche as a dependable character player. He also flourished in television, winning an Emmy award for the drama special "The Eagle and the Cage," playing the title role in the much-rebroadcast drama "Give Us Barabbas," and starring in two long-running weekly series, Foreign Intrigue and Medical Center. He also is well-remembered for his role in the TV anthology Twilight Zone where he portrayed a beleaguered Manhattan executive who imagines himself to a simpler and more peaceful time and place in the half-hour fantasy "A Stop at Willoughby." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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James Daly
Born October 23, 1918(1918-10-23)
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA
Died July 3, 1978 (aged 59)
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Hope Newell (div. 1965)

James Daly (Irish: Séamas Ó Dálaigh; October 23, 1918 - July 3, 1978) was an American theater, film and television actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who is perhaps best-known for his role as Dr. Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everett's superior.

A graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, between 1953 and 1955 Daly appeared in the TV series Foreign Intrigue. He also guest starred on many television series, among them Breaking Point, Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"), The Road West (1966 episode "The Gunfighter"), Custer, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, and Twelve O'Clock High. He is also well remembered for his portrayal of "Mr. Flint" (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah" in 1969.

Daly was also an accomplished stage actor; among his starring Broadway roles were in Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize- winning "J.B.", Tennessee Williams' "Period of Adjustment".

James Daly's last screen feature was as "Mr. Boyce" in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations. He died of heart failure in Nyack, New York, shortly before the series aired.

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Family life

Daly was married to actress Hope Newell from 1942 to 1965, when they divorced. They were the parents of four children.

The Daly family had an interest in acting for four generations, beginning with Daly's father, Percy, who appeared in theatrical productions in Central Wisconsin. Two of James' children, Tim (James Timothy) (born 1956) and Tyne (Ellen Tyne) (born 1946), are well-known actors, as is his granddaughter Kathryne Dora Brown, daughter of Tyne and actor Georg Stanford Brown of The Rookies television fame. Tyne appeared as a child with James on his TV series Foreign Intrigue and as a teenager in Medical Center, and Tim appeared as a child with his father in Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People. James Daly also had two other children, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.

He appeared in Stop at Willoughby (1960) episode of The Twilight Zone.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Other notes
1961-1967 Hallmark Hall of Fame Barabbas, Owen Wister, Dr. O'Meara, Dunois Episodes: "Give Us Barabbas", "The Magnificent Yankee, "Eagle in a Cage", "Saint Joan""
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1966 An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann American Playhouse production
The Fugitive Arthur Brame Episodes: "Running Scared", "The Evil Men Do"
1969-1976 Medical Center Dr. Paul Lochner

Theatre

Year Production Role Notes and awards
1963 Jenny Kissed Me by Jean Kerr Performances: Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Awards

Year Award Category Film Result
1966 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Won
(Source: IMDb.com)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series

Dennis Weaver (1959) · Roddy McDowall (1961) · Albert Paulsen (1964) · James Daly (1966) · Eli Wallach (1967) · Milburn Stone (1968) · James Brolin (1970) · David Burns (1971) · Jack Warden (1972) · Scott Jacoby (1973) · Michael Moriarty (1974) · Will Geer (1975)

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