Billy Daniels - Turner Classic Movies

Biography

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Billy Daniels found incredible success as an accomplished actor, appearing in a variety of films throughout his Hollywood career. Daniels worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including"Brazil" (1944), "Duffy's Tavern" (1945) and "Frenchman's Creek" with Joan Fontaine (1944). He also contributed to "Lady in the Dark" (1944) starring Ginger Rogers and "Th...

Filmography

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Du bist Musik (1962)

Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)

The Beat Generation (1959)

The Big Operator (1959)

The French Line (1954)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

Photos & Videos

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Dangerous When Wet (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Farmer's Daughter

Beat Generation, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Bass Fiddle Without Strings

Biography

Billy Daniels found incredible success as an accomplished actor, appearing in a variety of films throughout his Hollywood career. Daniels worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including"Brazil" (1944), "Duffy's Tavern" (1945) and "Frenchman's Creek" with Joan Fontaine (1944). He also contributed to "Lady in the Dark" (1944) starring Ginger Rogers and "The Three Caballeros" (1944). His film career continued throughout the forties and the fifties in productions like the musical comedy "Masquerade in Mexico" (1946) with Dorothy Lamour, "My Blue Heaven" (1950) with Betty Grable and "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (1952). He also appeared in the Dick Haymes musical comedy "Cruisin' Down the River" (1953). Daniels had a number of different projects under his belt in the fifties through the eighties, including "Night of the Quarter Moon" with Julie London (1959), "The Beat Generation" (1959) and "Cotton Club '75" (NBC, 1974-75). His credits also expanded to "Target" (1985) starring Gene Hackman. Daniels more recently appeared in "53rd Annual King Orange Jamboree Parade" (NBC, 1986-87). Daniels passed away in October 1988 at the age of 73.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Du bist Musik (1962)

Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)

The Beat Generation (1959)

The Big Operator (1959)

The French Line (1954)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

When You're Smiling (1950)

My Blue Heaven (1950)

Wabash Avenue (1950)

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Sepia Cinderella (1947)

Masquerade in Mexico (1946)

Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Lady in the Dark (1944)

Office boy, Miss Parker's dance partner

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

Second elevator boy

Thrill of a Lifetime (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Say It in French (1938)

This Way Please (1937)

Hold 'Em Navy! (1937)

Music (Feature Film)

Dance (Feature Film)

Du bist Musik (1962)

The French Line (1954)

Dance numbers staged by

Scared Stiff (1953)

Music numbers staged by

Dangerous When Wet (1953)

Music numbers staged by

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Powder River (1953)

What Price Glory (1952)

Dances staged by

With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Dances staged by

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Fancy Pants (1950)

Specialty number staged by

Never Fear (1950)

Dance Designer and staged by

Love Happy (1950)

Prod numbers staged by

My Blue Heaven (1950)

Dances staged by

Wabash Avenue (1950)

Dances staged by

Love That Brute (1950)

Dances staged by

Enchantment (1949)

Roseanna McCoy (1949)

Dances staged by

Song of Surrender (1949)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Dance Supervisor

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Specialty numbers staged by

The Emperor Waltz (1948)

Dances staged by

Dream Girl (1948)

Music numbers staged by

The Paleface (1948)

Dances staged by

Rogues' Regiment (1948)

One Touch of Venus (1948)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)

Dances staged by

Ladies' Man (1947)

Dances staged by

Welcome Stranger (1947)

Dances staged by

Golden Earrings (1947)

Dances staged by

Cross My Heart (1947)

The Trouble with Women (1947)

Dances staged by

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

Dances staged by

Road to Rio (1947)

Dances staged by

Variety Girl (1947)

Music numbers staged by

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

Dances staged by

Masquerade in Mexico (1946)

Dances staged by

Dances staged by

Duffy's Tavern (1945)

Dances staged by

The Stork Club (1945)

Musical numbers staged by

The Three Caballeros (1945)

Dances created and staged by

Lady in the Dark (1944)

"The Circus" and Miss Parker's dance staged by

Cast (Special)

53rd Annual King Orange Jamboree Parade (1986)

Cotton Club '75 (1974)

Life Events

Videos

Dangerous When Wet (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Farmer's Daughter Esther Williams as farm-girl Ginny (with parents, William Demarest, Charlotte Greenwood) doing a preliminary swim number, when traveilng salesman Windy (Jack Carson) drives up to her Arkansas swimming hole, early in MGM's Dangerous When Wet, 1953.

Beat Generation, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Bass Fiddle Without Strings No one using the word rape, though it was all-but shown on screen, investigating cop Culloran (Steve Cochran) revealing an ugly cynicism, Jackie Coogan (a.k.a. "Uncle Fester") his partner, Margaret Hayes the victim, in The Beat Generation, 1959.

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