Dan Dailey: movies and TV shows
Dan Dailey has 78 credits in the archive: 59 films and 19 TV series, from 1940 to 2012. Highest rated: The Odd Couple (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2012 · busiest year: 1941 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies | Film | 7.0 | 96 | |
| 2004 | Battleground | Narrator (archive sound) | TV | 10.0 | 88 |
| 2002 | Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 86 |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | Film | 6.9 | 69 | |
| 1977 | Testimony of Two Men | Father Maguire | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Clyde Tolson | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1975 | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Joshua Cabe | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 1973 | Faraday and Company | Frank Faraday | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1973 | Mitzi... The First Time | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1972 | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Michael O'Hara III | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1971 | Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones | Mr. Greher | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Dan Dailey | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Sergeant Mike Parker | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | Marilyn | archive footage | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1963 | Four Nights of the Full Moon | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Philip Bartel | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | Billy Campbell | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1960 | Pepe | Ted Holt | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men | Tim Collier | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1958 | Underwater Warrior | Cmdr. David Forest | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | 'Jughead' Carson | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Arthur Turner | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1957 | The Wayward Bus | Ernest Horton | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1957 | The Growler Story | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Chuck Rodwell | Film | 4.5 | 40 |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Ray Henderson | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1956 | Paris in the Springtime | Steven Prince | Film | — | 40 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather | Doug Hallerton | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Terence Donahue | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Bill Bailey | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Girl Next Door | Bill Carter | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Kid from Left Field | Larry 'Pop' Cooper | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1953 | Taxi | Ed Nielson | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Doc Tilbee | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Sergeant Quirt | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Dizzy Dean | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1951 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Teddy Sherman | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1951 | Call Me Mister | Sgt. Shep Dooley | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Dan Dailey | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Johnny Behind-the-Deuces | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Jack Moran | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | William 'Bill' Kluggs | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1949 | You're My Everything | Timothy O'Connor | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | Jim Hefferen | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1948 | You Were Meant for Me | Chuck Arnold | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1948 | Give My Regards to Broadway | Bert Norwick | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me | "Skid" Johnson | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights | Father | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1942 | Panama Hattie | Dick Bulliard (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 5.7 | 26 |
| 1942 | Give Out, Sisters | Bob Edwards (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1942 | Timber! | Kansas (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1942 | Sunday Punch | Ole | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1942 | Mokey | Herbert Delano | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Jimmy Walters | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1941 | The Wild Man of Borneo | Ed LeMotte (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1941 | The Get-Away | Sonny Black | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Whitney King | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | Bill Pattison (as Dan Dailey, Jr.) | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1941 | Down in San Diego | Al Haines | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Rex (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1940 | The Mortal Storm | Holl | Film | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Homer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1940 | The Captain is a Lady | Perth Nickerson (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1940 | Hullabaloo | Bob Strong (as Dan Dailey Jr.) | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Bill Ward | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1940 | Keeping Company | Jim Reynolds | Film | 6.7 | 24 |