Dan Dailey

Daniel Dailey (born in New York City, December 14, 1915, died October 16, 1978), an actor and a dancer, starred in movie musicals like Mother Wore Tights (1947) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) both directed by Walter Lang with Betty Grable, You’re My Everything (1949) also by Lang with Anne Baxter, When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) by John Ford, My Blue Heaven (1950) by Henry Coster with Betty Grable, There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) by Walter Lang with with Ethel Merman, The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) by Michael Curtiz, Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) with Cyd Charisse, Pepe (1960) with Cantiflas. He acted in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), a western co-starring Anne Baxter, I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951) with Susan Hayward, played baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean in The Pride of St. Louis (1952).  On television Dailey had the title role in The Governor and J.J. (1969-1971).