Acting
Dan Dailey
- Titles
- 55movies16TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 1977, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 37top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
It's Always Fair Weather69/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Showbiz4.7average 1.2
- Nostalgia7.0average 3.6
- Wholesome5.9average 3.3
- Situational Comedy4.8average 2.7
- Physical Comedy3.9average 2.5
- Romance5.2average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.6, average 5.2
- Violence2.1, average 4.3
- Mystery2.1, average 4.1
- Crime1.8, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Character-Driven 3
- Political Intrigue 2
- Wholesome Entertainment 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Family Dynamics 2
- Nostalgic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- HHarry JacksonCinematographerA Ticket to Tomahawk, The Kid from Left Field, Mother Wore Tights, When My Baby Smiles at Me, Give My Regards to Broadway, +1 more
Betty GrableActorMy Blue Heaven, Mother Wore Tights, When My Baby Smiles at Me, Call Me Mister
Walter LangDirectorThere's No Business Like Show Business, You're My Everything, Mother Wore Tights, When My Baby Smiles at Me
John FordDirectorThe Wings of Eagles, What Price Glory, When Willie Comes Marching Home, The Growler Story
Billie BurkeActorThe Captain Is a Lady, Dulcy, Hullabaloo
William FrawleyActorMother Wore Tights, Give Out, Sisters, Chicken Every Sunday
Connie GilchristActorA Ticket to Tomahawk, Sunday Punch, Chicken Every Sunday
Virginia GreyActorThe Captain Is a Lady, Washington Melodrama, Hullabaloo
Corinne CalvetActorHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man, What Price Glory, When Willie Comes Marching Home
Lamar TrottiWriterYou're My Everything, Mother Wore Tights, When My Baby Smiles at Me- PPaul VogelCinematographerThe Wings of Eagles, Down in San Diego, Sunday Punch
Lloyd BaconDirectorGive My Regards to Broadway, You Were Meant for Me, Call Me Mister
Movies and TV shows
221950s
22 titles · average score 62
The Four Just Men (1959)
TV show · as Tim Collier
Underwater Warrior (1958)
as Cmdr. David Forest
64
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as 'Jughead' Carson
61
The Wayward Bus (1957)
as Ernest Horton
55
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Arthur Turner
The Growler Story (1957)
as Narrator
53
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Chuck Rodwell
55
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
as Ray Henderson
69
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Doug Hallerton
62
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Terence Donahue
68
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Larry 'Pop' Cooper
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
as Doc Tilbee
The Girl Next Door (1953)
as Bill Carter
Taxi (1953)
as Ed Nielson
65
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV show · as Bill Bailey
58
What Price Glory (1952)
as Sergeant Quirt
67
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
as Dizzy Dean
62
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
as Teddy Sherman
Call Me Mister (1951)
as Sgt. Shep Dooley
66
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
as William 'Bill' Kluggs
59
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces
65
My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Jack Moran