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Dan Dailey
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Dan Dailey, born Daniel James Dailey on December 14, 1915, in New York City, was an American stage, film, and television actor and dancer. He began his work period in 1921 and was a native English speaker. Dailey participated in World War II and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was the sibling of Irene Dailey.
Dailey died of myocardial infarction, classified as natural causes, on October 16, 1978, in Los Angeles. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947
- Works
- 4
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York, New York, USA
Daniel James Dailey Jr. was an American dancer and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Dailey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies2012
- Battleground — Narrator (archive sound)2004
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)2002
- That's Dancing!1985
- The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover — Clyde Tolson1977
- Testimony of Two Men — Father Maguire1977
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
- The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return — Joshua Cabe1975
- Mitzi... The First Time — Self1973
- Faraday and Company — Frank Faraday1973
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1913
- Active to
- 1978
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 274
- Total plays
- 712
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Sibling
- Irene Dailey
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Dan Dailey in Washington Melodrama trailer.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Dan Dailey (actor)
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1915-12-14
- date of death
- 1978-10-16
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Dan Dailey
- birth name
- Daniel James Dailey
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Dan Dailey
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