Dan Daly (c. 1854 – March 26, 1904) was an American actor known as the "eccentric comedian".

thumb|Daly as he appeared in Kansas City circa December 1896

Career

In 1896 he appeared in The Lady Slavey in New York co-starring Marie Dressler. He also appeared in The Belle of New York, The Rounders, The New Clown and in John Henry.

Personal life and death

Daly was the fifth of a family of eight children. Then Daly struck out for himself, and it was as a leading comedian that he was best known.

Daly had contracted tuberculosis, and died on March 26, 1904, at the age of 40, from a pulmonary hemorrhage at the Hotel Vendome in Manhattan. He married Mary Mooney of Boston, and they had a son, Robert Daly.

According to fellow comedian Eddie Foy Sr., Daly subsisted on a diet of snails and champagne for the last two years of his life:

See also

  • Broadway theatre
  • Vaudeville

References

  • "Dan Daly at the Museum". The Cambridge Tribune. May 17, 1902.