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Daniel James "Dan" Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor. ==Early life and career== Dailey was born on December 14, 1915,〔The 1920 census and Dailey's official enlistment record shows that he was born December 14, 1915, not 1913 as is sometimes reported.〕 in New York City, to Daniel James Dailey, Sr. and Helen Theresa (née Ryan) Dailey. 〔 Both the 1920 for New York City and 1930 Census for Nassau Co, New York list him as Daniel J Dailey, son of Daniel J & Helen Dailey - not James J Dailey as sometimes reported. His sister Irene also appears in the same 1930 census.〕 His younger sister was actress Irene Dailey. He appeared in a minstrel show in 1921, and later appeared in vaudeville before his Broadway debut in 1937 in ''Babes in Arms''. In 1940, he was signed by MGM to make films and, although his past career had been in musicals, he was initially cast as a Nazi in ''The Mortal Storm'' and a mobster in ''The Get Away''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts )〕 However, the people at MGM realized their mistake quickly and cast him in a series of musical films. He served in the United States Army during World War II, was commissioned as an Army officer after graduation from Signal Corps Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.〔Dailey enlisted in the Army shortly after Pearl Harbor and attended Signal Corps Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth, NJ starting in September 1942. He was commissioned on Dec 12, 1942 and served until late 1946, when he was discharged as a captain.〕 He returned to Hollywood to make more musicals. Beginning with ''Mother Wore Tights'' (1947) He became the frequent and favorite co-star of Betty Grable. His performance in their film ''When My Baby Smiles at Me'' in 1948 garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1949, he showcased his singing abilities by recording four songs for Decca Records with the enormously popular Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne). Two of the songs were Irish novelties ("Clancy Lowered the Boom!" and "I Had a Hat (When I Came In)"). The other songs, ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' and ''In the Good Old Summertime'' capitalized on the success of two MGM blockbuster films of the same names from that same year, starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland and Van Johnson, respectively. Dailey and The Andrews Sisters were an excellent match, and their vocal stylings on these selections were full of gaeity and fun.〔Sforza, John: "Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story;" University Press of Kentucky, 2000〕 In 1950, he starred in ''A Ticket to Tomahawk'', often noted as one of the first screen appearances of Marilyn Monroe, who played a very small part as a dance hall girl. That same year, he played the title role in ''When Willie Comes Marching Home'', for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in 1951. He portrayed baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean in ''The Pride of St. Louis''. One of his most notable roles was as Terence Donahue in the 20th Century Fox musical extravaganza ''There's No Business Like Show Business'' (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Monroe, Ethel Merman, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray, and Donald O'Connor, whose wife Gwen divorced O'Connor and married Dailey around that time. He played a GI turned advertising man Doug Hallerton in ''It's Always Fair Weather'' (1955). The film was screened at drive-in theaters and was not a box-office success, although it did receive good reviews. He starred opposite Cyd Charisse and Agnes Moorehead in ''Meet Me in Las Vegas'' (1956). The following year, he portrayed "Jughead" Carson in the drama ''The Wings of Eagles'', a biographical film on the life of Frank Wead. It was Dailey's last film for MGM. As the musical genre began to wane in the late-1950s, he moved on to various comedic and dramatic roles on television, including appearing in ''The Four Just Men'' and ''Faraday & Company''. In the late 1960s, Dailey toured as Oscar Madison in a road production of ''The Odd Couple''. co-starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. From 1969-71, Dailey was the Governor opposite Jullie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom ''The Governor & J.J.'' which revolved around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of an unnamed state and his liberal daughter Jennifer Jo. His performance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Musical or Comedy, making him the first actor to receive the award in 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Dailey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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