Dan Dailey

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Daniel James Dailey (born December 14, 1913 in New York City , New York , † October 16, 1978 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film and stage actor .

Life

At a young age Dan Dailey was on stage in minstrel shows and vaudeville before he got his first engagements on Broadway from 1937 . In 1940 he stood in front of the camera in the comedy film Susan und der liebe Gott in a small supporting role. His breakthrough came in the same year when he played a Nazi in the drama Tödlicher Sturm ; although MGM never engaged Dailey in serious, but mostly in comic character roles.

In 1942 - after 18 films he made over a two-year period - Dailey was drafted as a World War II soldier and hired as an actor until 1947. In 1948 Dailey starred in the musical adaptation When My Baby Smiles at Me , and was nominated for an Oscar in 1949 for Best Actor .

Although Dailey's films are hardly known to a wider audience today, his portrayal of the fictional Governor William Drinkwater in the sitcom The Governor & JJ , which he took over between 1969 and 1970, is one of his most famous roles, for which he was with the 1970 Golden Globe Award was awarded.

Dailey was married three times; his only child, son Dan Dailey III, committed suicide in 1975, aged 28 years, suicide . Dan Dailey himself died of anemia three years later . His younger sister Irene Dailey (1920-2008) was also an actress.

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SURNAME Dailey, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dailey, Daniel James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1978
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA