James Daly | |
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 Daly inMedical Center, 1975 | |
| Born | James Firman Daly (1918-10-23)October 23, 1918 |
| Died | July 3, 1978(1978-07-03) (aged 59) Nyack, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1946–1978 |
| Television | Medical Center,Twelve O'Clock High |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, includingTyne andTim Daly |
| Relatives | Sam Daly (grandson) |
James Firman Daly (October 23, 1918 – July 3, 1978) was an American actor. Recognized for his work on stage and screen, he is perhaps best known for his role as Paul Lochner in the hospital drama seriesMedical Center, in which he playedChad Everett's superior.[1]
Daly was born inWisconsin Rapids inWood County in centralWisconsin, to Dorothy Ethelbert (Hogan) Mullen, who later worked for theCentral Intelligence Agency, and Percifer Charles Daly, a fuel merchant.[2] During the 1930s, Daly studied drama and acted in shows before serving in three branches of thearmed forces, including six months as aninfantryman in theU.S. Army, two months as acadet in theArmy Air Corps, and more than four years in theNavy as anensign duringWorld War II.[3]
Daly attended theUniversity of Wisconsin,State University of Iowa, andCarroll College before receiving a degree fromCornell College inMount Vernon, Iowa.[3][4] Cornell College later presented him with anhonoraryDoctor of Fine Arts degree.[4]
Daly was an accomplished stage actor, starting out in 1946 asGary Merrill's understudy inBorn Yesterday.[4] His starring roles on Broadway includedArchibald MacLeish'sPulitzer Prize–winningJ.B. andTennessee Williams'Period of Adjustment.
Between 1953 and 1954, Daly appeared in the third season ofForeign Intrigue as the main character Michael Powers.
He guest-starred on many television series, includingAppointment with Adventure (two episodes),Breaking Point,Mission: Impossible ("Shock"),DuPont Cavalcade Theater ("One Day at a Time" 1955) portrayingBill Wilson the co-founder ofAlcoholics Anonymous,[5]The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"),The Tenderfoot (1964) forWalt Disney'sWonderful World of Color,The Road West (1966 episode "The Gunfighter"),Custer,Gunsmoke (1967 episode "The Favor"),Combat!,The Fugitive,The Virginian, andTwelve O'Clock High. He portrayed Mr. Flint (an apparently immortal human) in theStar Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah" (1969).[6]
In 1968, he appeared in the moviePlanet of the Apes. He was a series regular onMedical Center onCBS between 1969 and 1976 portraying Dr. Paul Lochner.
In 1958, Daly signed a contract with theR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to do television commercials forCamel cigarettes. He served as the Camel representative for seven years, being flown by Reynolds throughout the United States to be filmed smoking a Camel cigarette at various locations.[4]
In addition to his acting career, Daly was one of the hosts onNBC Radio's weekendMonitor program in 1963–1964.
Daly's last screen role was as Mr. Boyce in the mini-seriesRoots: The Next Generations.
Two of Daly's children,Tyne Daly andTim Daly, and his grandson,Sam Daly, are actors. Tyne appeared on Daly's TV series,Foreign Intrigue, as a child. She also played Jennifer Lochner, Paul Lochner's adult daughter, onMedical Center in the 1970 season one episode "Moment of Decision".[7] The elder Daly and his daughter both guest-starred separately in the originalMission: Impossible TV series. Tim appeared as a child with his father inHenrik Ibsen's playAn Enemy of the People. Daly had two other children: daughters Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.[8]
According to his son Tim Daly during an interview onCBS News Sunday Morning, James Daly came out to Tim as gay a decade after divorcing his wife Hope. His struggle to come to terms with his sexual orientation nearly put a rift between him and his family. As homosexuality was still considered a mental illness until the early 1970s, he and his wife tried and failed at "curing" him. After their divorce, Daly decided to limit his contact with his children out of fear that they would end up mentally ill themselves.[9]
Daly died on July 3, 1978, of heart failure inNyack, New York,[8] two years afterMedical Center ended, and while he was preparing to star in the playEquus in Tarrytown, New York.[3] His ashes were scattered into theAtlantic Ocean.
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Television portal| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1950 | The Sleeping City | Interne | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Lt. Col. Herbert White | |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger | Thomas 'Tom' Ditmar | |
| 1960 | I Aim at the Stars | U.S. Major William Taggert | |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes | Honorius | |
| Code Name, Red Roses | Major Mike Liston | ||
| 1969 | The Big Bounce | Ray Ritchie | |
| The Five Man Army | Augustus | ||
| 1971 | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Dr. Redding | |
| 1972 | Wild in the Sky | The President |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-1954 | Foreign Intrigue | Michael Powers | Season 3, main role |
| 1954 | Westinghouse Studio One | Major Gaylord | Episode: "The Strike" |
| 1955 | DuPont Cavalcade Theater | Bill Wilson | Episode: "One Day at a Time" |
| 1955-1957 | Omnibus | General Robert E. Lee | Episodes: "Henry Adams", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "The Birth of Modern Times", "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell", "TV/Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation", "The Fine Art of Murder" and "Lee at Gettysburg" |
| 1960 | The Twilight Zone | Gart Williams | Episode: "A Stop at Willoughby" |
| 1961–1967 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Barabbas, Owen Wister, Dr. O'Meara, and Dunois | Episodes: "Give Us Barabbas", "The Magnificent Yankee", "Eagle in a Cage" and "Saint Joan" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Dramafor "Eagle in a Cage" (1966) |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare (TV series) | Morgan Bannion | Episodes: "With Hellfire and Thunder" and "Daily Flights to Olympus" |
| 1966 | An Enemy of the People | Dr. Thomas Stockmann | American Playhouse production |
| The Fugitive | Michael Ballinger and Arthur Brame | Episodes: "Running Scared" and "The Evil Men Do" | |
| 1967 | Mission: Impossible | Carl Wilson / Josef Gort | Episode: "Shock" |
| Combat! | Capt. Cole | Episode: "Encounter" | |
| Mission: Impossible | Alfred Belzig | Episode: "The Bank" | |
| The Invaders | Alan Landers | Episode: "Beachhead" | |
| 1968 | The Invaders | General Samuel ConCannon | Episodes: "The Peacemaker" |
| 1969 | Star Trek | Flint | Episode: "Requiem for Methuselah" |
| 1969–1976 | Medical Center | Dr. Paul Lochner | Series regular |
| 1970 | Ironside | Judge McIntire | Episode: "People Against Judge McIntire" |
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
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| 1946–1949 | Born Yesterday | as Replacement and/or Understudy | |
| 1947 | Virginia Reel | Hobe Kelvin | |
| 1949 | Man and Superman | Hector Malone, Jr. | |
| 1951 | Billy Budd | Talbot | |
| Mary Rose | Harry | ||
| 1951–1952 | Saint Joan | Robert de Baudricourt | |
| 1953 | The Merchant of Venice | Gratiano | |
| 1956 | Miss Julie /The Stronger | Jean | Off-Broadway |
| 1958 | Handful of Fire | Manuel | |
| 1958–1959 | J.B. | as Replacement | |
| 1960–1961 | Period of Adjustment | Ralph Bates | |
| 1963 | The Advocate | Warren Curtis | |
| Jenny Kissed Me byJean Kerr "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Co-starring with Colleen Dewhurst 1965 | Performances:Bucks County Playhouse andNew Hope, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1964 | The White House | George Washington, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Theodore Roosevelt |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1966 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama | Hallmark Hall of Fame(Episode: "Eagle in a Cage") | Won | [10] |
| 1951 | Theatre World Awards | N/a | Major Barbara | Won | [11] |
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