Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

American actor, singer and dancer (1915–1978)

Daniel James Dailey Jr. was an American actor and dancer. He is best remembered for a series of popular musicals he made at 20th Century Fox such as Mother Wore Tights (1947).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 40 films (1940–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1940 Hullabaloo. Edwin L. Marin 9 reels B&W
1940 Keeping Company. S. Sylvan Simon 8 reels B&W sound
1941 Down In San Diego. Robert Sinclair 7 reels B&W sound
1941 Washington Melodrama. S. Sylvan Simon 8 reels B&W sound
1942 Panama Hattie. Norman Z. McLeod 9 reels B&W sound
1942 Sunday Punch. David Miller 8 reels B&W sound
1943 This Is The Army Michael Curtiz 121 min 16mm B&W sound
1947 Mother Wore Tights. Walter Lang 107 min 35mm Color sound
1948 Give My Regards To Broadway. Lloyd Bacon 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1948 When My Baby Smiles At Me. Walter Lang 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1948 You Were Meant For Me. Lloyd Bacon 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Chicken Every Sunday. George Seaton 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 You're My Everything. Walter Lang 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 A Ticket To Tomahawk. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 90 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 My Blue Heaven. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 96 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 CALL ME MISTER ▶ National Archives and Records Administration 96 min 16mm/video file Color
1951 Call me Mister Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (Publisher) 1:36:00 16mm Color sound
1951 Call Me Mister. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale Michael Gordon 91 min B&W
1952 Meet Me At The Fair. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1952 The Pride of St. Louis Harmon Jones 93 min B&W
1952 What Price Glory? John Ford 111 min Color
1953 It's always fair weather. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly 600 16mm Color sound
1953 Taxi Gregory Ratoff
1953 The Girl Next Door Richard Sale
1953 The Kid From Left Field. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 10 reels 35mm B&W sound
1954 There's no business like show business Walter Lang 117 min Color
1954 There’s No Business Like Show Business. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 117 min 35mm Color sound
1955 It’s Always Fair Weather. Loew’s Incorporated 101 min 35mm Color sound
1956 Meet me in Las Vegas Roy Rowland 112 min Color
1956 Meet Me In Las Vegas. Loew’s Incorporated 112 min 35mm Color sound
1956 The best things in life are free. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 104 min 35mm Color sound
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Nunnally Johnson 90 min
1957 The Wayward Bus. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Wings of eagles John Ford 110 min Color & B&W
1957 The Wings Of Eagles. Loew’s Incorporated 110 min 35mm Color sound
1957 Underwater Warrior. Loew’s Inc. Ivan Tors Pictures Inc. & Hunterhaven Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Pepe Columbia Picture Corp 157 16mm Color sound
1978 The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover American International 112 min Color sound