Acting
Dan Dailey
- Titles
- 56movies18TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 1977, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 38top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
It's Always Fair Weather68/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.2average 3.6
- Showbiz4.6average 1.2
- Wholesome5.9average 3.3
- Situational Comedy4.8average 2.7
- Physical Comedy3.8average 2.5
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.6, average 5.2
- Mystery2.0, average 4.1
- Violence2.3, average 4.3
- Crime1.8, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Nostalgic 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Wholesome Entertainment 2
- Biographical Drama 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Post-War Drama 2
- Family Dynamics 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- HHarry JacksonCinematographerA Ticket to Tomahawk, The Kid from Left Field, When My Baby Smiles at Me, Give My Regards to Broadway, Mother Wore Tights, +1 more
Betty GrableActorWhen My Baby Smiles at Me, Mother Wore Tights, My Blue Heaven, Call Me Mister
Walter LangDirectorThere's No Business Like Show Business, You're My Everything, When My Baby Smiles at Me, Mother Wore Tights
John FordDirectorThe Wings of Eagles, When Willie Comes Marching Home, What Price Glory, The Growler Story
William FrawleyActorMother Wore Tights, Give Out, Sisters, Chicken Every Sunday
Billie BurkeActorThe Captain is a Lady, Dulcy, Hullabaloo
Virginia GreyActorThe Captain is a Lady, Hullabaloo, Washington Melodrama
Connie GilchristActorA Ticket to Tomahawk, Sunday Punch, Chicken Every Sunday
Corinne CalvetActorHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man, When Willie Comes Marching Home, What Price Glory
Leigh HarlineComposerThe Best Things in Life Are Free, The Wayward Bus, Taxi- PPaul VogelCinematographerThe Wings of Eagles, Down in San Diego, Sunday Punch
- WWilliam ReynoldsEditorThe Kid from Left Field, Give My Regards to Broadway, You Were Meant for Me
Movies and TV shows
241950s
24 titles · average score 60
The Four Just Men (1959)
TV show · as Tim Collier
Underwater Warrior (1958)
as Cmdr. David Forest
47
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as 'Jughead' Carson
56
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Arthur Turner
65
The Wayward Bus (1957)
as Ernest Horton
The Growler Story (1957)
as Narrator
56
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Chuck Rodwell
58
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
as Ray Henderson
Paris in the Springtime (1956)
as Steven Prince
68
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Doug Hallerton
63
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Terence Donahue
61
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Larry 'Pop' Cooper
57
The Girl Next Door (1953)
as Bill Carter
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
as Doc Tilbee
Taxi (1953)
as Ed Nielson
68
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV show · as Bill Bailey
57
What Price Glory (1952)
as Sergeant Quirt
67
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
as Dizzy Dean
59
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
as Teddy Sherman
62
Call Me Mister (1951)
as Sgt. Shep Dooley
57
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces
54
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
as William 'Bill' Kluggs
68
My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Jack Moran
54
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
TV show · as Dan Dailey