Dan Dailey

Career timeline

1. 1915 · Born

   Born in New York, New York, USA

2. 1940 · Screen debut

   Susan and God (Movie)

3. 1962 · Breakthrough

   The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV)

4. 1970 · Directing debut

   The Odd Couple (TV)

5. 1978 · Died

   October 16, 1978

6. 2012 · Latest release

   Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies (Movie)

Career in numbers

25 1940s

24 1950s

7 1960s

8 1970s

1 1980s

1 2000s

1 2010s

• Comedy32
• Drama28
• Music20
• Romance13
• War6
• Crime5

Highest-rated title The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 7.9 Most popular title The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Dan Dailey in our catalogue.

Robert Douglas

2 titles together

Busby Berkeley

2 titles together

Lee MacGregor

2 titles together

Lee Patrick

2 titles together

1. 2012 Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies Movie
2. 2004 Battleground as Narrator (archive sound) TV
3. 1985 That's Dancing! 6.8 Movie
4. 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Clyde Tolson Movie
5. 1977 Testimony of Two Men as Father Maguire TV
6. 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) 7.0 Movie
7. 1975 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return as Joshua Cabe Movie
8. 1973 Faraday and Company as Frank Faraday TV
9. 1972 Michael O'Hara the Fourth as Michael O'Hara III Movie
10. 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones as Mr. Greher Movie
11. 1968 Here's Lucy as Dan Dailey 6.7 TV
12. 1963 Vacation Playhouse as Sergeant Mike Parker TV
13. 1963 Marilyn as archive footage Movie
14. 1963 Four Nights of the Full Moon Movie
15. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Philip Bartel 7.9 TV
16. 1962 Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as Billy Campbell Movie
17. 1960 Pepe as Ted Holt 6.4 Movie
18. 1959 The Four Just Men as Tim Collier TV
19. 1958 Underwater Warrior as Cmdr. David Forest Movie
20. 1957 The Wayward Bus as Ernest Horton Movie
21. 1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! as Arthur Turner Movie
22. 1957 The Wings of Eagles as 'Jughead' Carson 6.3 Movie
23. 1957 The Growler Story as Narrator Movie
24. 1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free as Ray Henderson Movie
25. 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas as Chuck Rodwell Movie
26. 1956 Paris in the Springtime as Steven Prince Movie
27. 1955 It's Always Fair Weather as Doug Hallerton 7.0 Movie
28. 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business as Terence Donahue 6.1 Movie
29. 1953 The Kid from Left Field as Larry 'Pop' Cooper Movie
30. 1953 The Girl Next Door as Bill Carter Movie
31. 1953 General Electric Theater as Bill Bailey TV
32. 1953 Taxi as Ed Nielson Movie
33. 1953 Meet Me at the Fair as Doc Tilbee Movie
34. 1952 What Price Glory as Sergeant Quirt 5.8 Movie
35. 1952 The Pride of St. Louis as Dizzy Dean Movie
36. 1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Teddy Sherman Movie
37. 1951 Call Me Mister as Sgt. Shep Dooley Movie
38. 1950 The Jack Benny Program as Dan Dailey TV
39. 1950 My Blue Heaven as Jack Moran Movie
40. 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces Movie
41. 1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home as William 'Bill' Kluggs Movie
42. 1949 You're My Everything as Timothy O'Connor Movie
43. 1949 Chicken Every Sunday as Jim Hefferen Movie
44. 1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me as "Skid" Johnson Movie
45. 1948 Give My Regards to Broadway as Bert Norwick Movie
46. 1948 You Were Meant for Me as Chuck Arnold Movie
47. 1947 Mother Wore Tights as Father Movie
48. 1943 This Is the Army as Soldier (uncredited) 5.7 Movie
49. 1942 Panama Hattie as Dick Bulliard (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
50. 1942 Give Out, Sisters as Bob Edwards (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
51. 1942 Timber! as Kansas (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
52. 1942 Sunday Punch as Ole Movie
53. 1942 Mokey as Herbert Delano Movie
54. 1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder as Rex (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
55. 1941 Lady Be Good as Bill Pattison (as Dan Dailey, Jr.) Movie
56. 1941 Down in San Diego as Al Haines Movie
57. 1941 The Get-Away as Sonny Black Movie
58. 1941 Ziegfeld Girl as Jimmy Walters 6.6 Movie
59. 1941 Washington Melodrama as Whitney King Movie
60. 1941 The Wild Man of Borneo as Ed LeMotte (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
61. 1940 Keeping Company as Jim Reynolds Movie
62. 1940 Hullabaloo as Bob Strong (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
63. 1940 Dulcy as Bill Ward Movie
64. 1940 The Captain is a Lady as Perth Nickerson (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Movie
65. 1940 The Mortal Storm as Holl 7.4 Movie
66. 1940 Susan and God as Homer (uncredited) Movie

1. 1970 The Odd Couple 7.8 TV

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