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
151970s
1 title · average score 70
70
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
1960s
4 titles · average score 74
Here's Lucy (1968)
TV show · as Dan Dailey
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
TV show · as Sergeant Mike Parker
81
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV show · as Philip Bartel
68
Pepe (1960)
as Ted Holt
1950s
5 titles · average score 63
The Four Just Men (1959)
TV show · as Tim Collier
69
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Doug Hallerton
62
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Terence Donahue
62
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
as Teddy Sherman
59
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces
1940s
5 titles · average score 60
58
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
as Father
57
This Is the Army (1943)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Down in San Diego (1941)
as Al Haines
66
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Jimmy Walters
Washington Melodrama (1941)
as Whitney King