James Daly (actor)

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James Daly
Born October 23, 1918(1918-10-23)
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA
Died July 3, 1978(1978-07-03) (aged 59)
Occupation Actor
Spouse Hope Newell (div. 1965)

James Daly (October 23, 1918 - July 3, 1978) was an American theater, film and television actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who is perhaps best-known for his role as Dr. Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everett's superior.[1]

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[edit] Acting career

A graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, between 1953 and 1955 Daly appeared in the TV series Foreign Intrigue. He also guest starred on many television series, among them Appointment with Adventure (two episodes), Breaking Point, Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"), The Tenderfoot (1964) for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Road West (1966 episode "The Gunfighter"), Custer, Gunsmoke, Combat, The Virginian, and Twelve O'Clock High. He is also well remembered for his portrayal of "Mr. Flint" (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah" in 1969.[2]

Daly was also an accomplished stage actor; among his starring Broadway roles were in Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize- winning "J.B." and Tennessee Williams' "Period of Adjustment".

James Daly's last screen feature was as "Mr. Boyce" in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations. He died of heart failure in Nyack, New York,[3] shortly before the series aired.

[edit] Family life

Daly was married to actress Hope Newell from 1942 to 1965, when they divorced. They were the parents of four children. She died on December 27, 2009.

The Daly family had an interest in acting for four generations, beginning with Daly's father, Percy, who appeared in theatrical productions in Central Wisconsin. Two of James' children, Tim (James Timothy) (born 1956) and Tyne (Ellen Tyne) (born 1946), are famous actors, as is his granddaughter Kathryne Dora Brown, daughter of Tyne and actor Georg Stanford Brown of The Rookies television fame. Tyne appeared as a child with James on his TV series Foreign Intrigue and as a teenager in Medical Center, and Tim appeared as a child with his father in Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People. James Daly also had two other children, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.[3]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Other notes
1960 A Stop at Willoughby Gart Williams Twilight Zone : Season 1, Episode 30
1961–1967 Hallmark Hall of Fame Barabbas, Owen Wister, Dr. O'Meara, Dunois Episodes: "Give Us Barabbas", "The Magnificent Yankee, "Eagle in a Cage", "Saint Joan""
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1966 An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann American Playhouse production
The Fugitive Michael Ballinger

Arthur Brame

Episodes: "Running Scared", "The Evil Men Do"
1969 Star Trek Flint Episodes: Requiem for Methuselah
1969–1976 Medical Center Dr. Paul Lochner

[edit] Theatre

Year Production Role Notes and awards
1963 Jenny Kissed Me by Jean Kerr Performances: Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania

[edit] Awards

Year Award Category Film Result
1966 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Won
(Source: IMDb.com)

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