Daniel James Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 - October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor. He is most remembered for a series of popular music he created in 20th Century Fox such as Mother Wore Tights (1947).
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Biography
Early life
Dailey was born on December 14, 1915 in New York City, to Daniel James Dailey Sr and Helen Theresa (nÃÆ' Â © e Ryan) Dailey. His younger sister is actress Irene Dailey.
Theater
He appeared in a singer show in 1921 and later appeared in vaudeville. He worked as a golf caddy and shoe salesman before his first big break, working for the South American shipping lane in 1934.
He made his Broadway debut in 1937 at Babes in Arms . He followed her with Stars in Your Eyes and I Married an Angel .
MGM
In 1940, he was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to make films and, despite his long-time musical career, he was originally cast in the drama Susan and God (1940). He also plays the Nazis at The Mortal Storm (1940).
Dailey was the youth leader at The Captain Is a Lady (1940) and Dulcy (1940). He appeared in a musical comedy at Hullabaloo (1940), then had a small role in the drama Keeping Company (1941) and was a teenager at The Wild Man Borneo (1941). He could be seen at Washington Melodrama (1941) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941), and played a gangster at The Get-Away (1941).
The third Dailey was billed in "B", Down in San Diego (1941) and had a small part in the musical "A", Lady Be Good (1941).
Dailey was loaned to the 20th Century Fox for Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941), and appeared before Donna Reed at Mokey (1942). He was billed third at Sunday Punch (1942).
Universal borrowed it to support Leo Carillo in Timber (1942). She lives in the studio for Give Out, Sisters (1942), a musical with The Andrews Sisters and Donald O'Connor.
Dailey's last movie for MGM was Panama Hattie (1942). It was a hit and Dailey's career looked like it would go up to the next level when it was cast on For Me and My Gal . But Dailey was compiled and Gene Kelly finally took on the role.
World War Two
He served in the United States Army during World War II, was assigned as an Army officer after graduating from the Corps Signals Coronary School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. During his military service, he appeared in This Is the Army (1943).
20th Century Fox
When Dailey returned to Hollywood, MGM agreed to let him sign a contract with 20th Century Fox. Their association started brilliantly with Mother Wore Tights (1947) where Dailey supported the biggest studio star, Betty Grable. Parts were built during the filming and the film was the most popular film on Fox in 1947, earning $ 5 million.
Fox immediately threw Dailey against their other big female star, Jeanne Crain, at You Were Meant for Me (1948). It was directed by Lloyd Bacon who also directed it in Give My Regards to Broadway (1948).
Dailey reunited with Grable at When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948). This was Fox's biggest hit of the year and garnered Dailey an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Fox tried Dailey in comedy, Chicken Every Sunday (1949) with Celeste Holm, then he teamed up with Anne Baxter in popular music You're My Everything (1949).
In 1949, he showed off his singing skills by recording four songs for Decca Records with the popular Sisters of Andrews. Two of the songs are 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 Good Old Summertime , capitalized on the success of two MGM blockbuster movies of the same name, starring Gene Kelly, Esther Williams , andFrank Sinatra ("Tale Me Out to the Ballgame"); and Judy Garland and Van Johnson ("In the Good Old Summertime"). Dailey and The Andrews Sisters are an excellent couple, and their vocal style is full of joy and excitement.
Dailey starred in the movie for John Ford, When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) was a mild success at the box office. He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in Musical or Comedy in 1951. More popular was his third collaboration with Grable, My Blue Heaven (1950). He made a cameo in I'll Get By (1950).
Dailey reunited with Anne Baxter at A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), often noted as one of the first screen appearances of Marilyn Monroe, who plays a very small part as a dance girl girl. He made the fourth (and last) movie with Grable, Call Me Mister (1951).
Fox tried Dailey in the romantic drama, I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951), playing against Susan Hayward. Then he was in a biopic, Pride of St. Louis (1951), as baseball player Dizzy Dean.
Dailey made a second movie with Ford, a remake of What Price Glory (1952), where he teamed up with James Cagney.
Universal borrowed it for a musical, Meet Me at the Fair (1953). Fox incorporated it into the drama, Taxi (1953), then musical with June Haver, The Girl Next Door (1953). He performed another baseball-themed movie, The Kid from Left Field (1953).
Dailey is scheduled to appear on the 20th Century music extravaganza. There are Business Like Show Show Films (1954), featuring Irving Berlin music and also starring Monroe, Ethel Merman, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray, and Donald O 'Connor, whose wife Gwen divorced her and married Dailey around that time. Filming postponed due to illness to director Walter Lang and Dailey will appear on Susan Slept Here and Heller in Pink Tights. But Susan finally made with Dick Powell and Pink Tights put on hold. Finally No Business Like Business Show was made and proved to be Dailey's biggest hit in a long time.
MGM
Dailey went to MGM to play GI-turned-ad guy Doug Hallerton in It's Always Just Weather (1955) with Gene Kelly. The movie plays in drive-in movie theaters and is not a box-office success, though it received good reviews.
She starred in opponents Cyd Charisse and Agnes Moorehead at Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956), who also lost money.
Dailey returned to Fox for one more music, The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) to play songwriter Ray Henderson against Gordon MacRae.
The following year, he plays Carson's "Jughead" in The Wings of Eagles drama (1957) for John Ford, a biopic about Frank Wead's life, starring John Wayne.
She is one of the few stars in the Fox comedy Oh i Men! Oh, lady! (1957). For the same studio, he was part of the ensemble at The Wayward Bus (1957). Dailey made a lucrative low-budget war movie for MGM, Underwater Warrior (1958).
Later career
As the music genre began to dwindle in the late 1950s, he switched to various comedic and dramatic roles on television, including starring in The Four Just Men (1959-60).
He has a brilliant acting at Pepe (1960) and the Hemingway Young Adventure (1961) and created the Four Night Full Moon (1963) He goes back to Broadway at Catch Me If You Can (1965).
In the late 1960s, Dailey went on a tour of Oscar Madison in the making of the The Odd Couple , starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. He did the job at Broadway at the Plaza Suite .
From 1969-1971, Dailey was the Governor across from Julie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom Governor & amp; J.J. Which revolves around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of his nameless country and his liberal daughter, Jennifer Jo. His appearance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in Television Music or Comedy for the show in 1969, the year in which this category was introduced.
She starred in the short serial Faraday & amp; Company in 1973.
Then the film's performances included J. Edgar Hoover's Personal Files (1977), as Clyde Tolson.
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Personal life
Dailey married Elizabeth's first wife in 1942. They had one son, Dan Jr in 1947, and split up in 1949. They divorced in 1951.
Son Dailey committed suicide in 1975.
Dailey broke her hip in 1977, and suffered from anemia. He died on October 16, 1978, from complications after hip replacement surgery. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Movieography
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For several years, film exhibitors chose Dailey among the country's most popular stars:
- 1949 - 19 (United States)
- 1950 - 21 (United States)
References
External links
- And Dailey on IMDb
- And Dailey on Broadway Internet Database
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