- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.33
- Peak run
- 1954’57
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Dan by the numbers
Average
6.33
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.35
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.44
rating spread
Career
38y
1940 to 1977
Total votes
35.1K
across every film
Best
7.0
It's Always Fair Weather
Worst
5.5
Pepe
Newest first
Filmography
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Clyde Tolson | · | 919 |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Billy Campbell | · | 771 |
| 1960 | Pepe | Ted Holt | 5.5 | 1,269 |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Arthur Turner | · | 253 |
| 1957 | The Wayward Bus | Ernest Horton | 6.5 | 1,356 |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | 'Jughead' Carson | 6.6 | 5,059 |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Ray Henderson | · | 410 |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Chuck Rodwell | 6.1 | 1,129 |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather | Doug Hallerton | 7.0 | 4,418 |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Terry Donahue | 6.4 | 7,470 |
| 1953 | The Girl Next Door | Bill Carter | · | 344 |
| 1953 | The Kid from Left Field | Larry 'Pop' Cooper | · | 524 |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Jerome Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean | · | 823 |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | 1st Sgt. Quirt | 6.1 | 1,554 |
| 1951 | Call Me Mister | Shep Dooley | · | 313 |
| 1951 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Teddy Sherman | · | 638 |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Jack Moran | · | 614 |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Johnny Behind-the-Deuces | · | 881 |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | William 'Bill' Kluggs | · | 936 |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | Jim Hefferan | · | 300 |
Better together?
Dan Dailey's regulars
- Betty GrableCo-star · 4 films
- Walter LangDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.09
- John FordDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.32
- Corinne CalvetCo-star · 3 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.29
- Lloyd BaconDirector and actor · 2 films
- Richard SaleDirector and actor · 2 films
- Harmon JonesDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Dan Dailey
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1949Dan Dailey
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