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Daniel Dare(1905-1996)

  • Director
  • Choreography
  • Producer
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Danny Dare started as actor on the stage in New York in the 1920s and became dance director in 1929, his works include Sweet Adelaide and Crazy Quilt. He also wrote vaudeville sketches and produced them. Since 1935 he was working as choreographer in Hollywood, his best remembered work is Holiday Inn (1942). Since 1945 he was also producer.
BornMarch 20, 1905
DiedNovember 20, 1996(91)
BornMarch 20, 1905
DiedNovember 20, 1996(91)
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Known for

Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
Holiday Inn
7.3
  • Additional Crew(as Danny Dare)
  • 1942
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)
How to Marry a Millionaire
7.4
TV Series
  • Director
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Rio (1947)
Road to Rio
6.9
  • Producer
  • 1947
The Big Step
  • Director
  • 1961

Credits

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Director

  • Oh! Those Bells (1962)
    Oh! Those Bells
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1962
  • The Big Step
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Death Valley Days (1952)
    Death Valley Days
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)
    How to Marry a Millionaire
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • directed by (as Danny Dare)
    • 1957–1959
  • Angela Lansbury and Howard Duff in The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955–1957
  • Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
    Celebrity Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • directed by (as Danny Dare)
    • 1956
  • John Bromfield and Maxie Rosenbloom in Damon Runyon Theater (1955)
    Damon Runyon Theater
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • directed by (as Danny Dare)
    • 1955–1956
  • Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950)
    The Bob Hope Show
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Julie Bishop and Robert Paige in The Main Event (1938)
    The Main Event
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1938

Choreography

  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Utopia (1945)
    Road to Utopia
    7.1
    • dances stager (as Danny Dare)
    • 1945
  • Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, and Patric Knowles in Kitty (1945)
    Kitty
    6.9
    • dance director (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Betty Hutton and Arturo de Córdova in Incendiary Blonde (1945)
    Incendiary Blonde
    6.6
    • choreographer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1945
  • Veronica Lake, Eddie Bracken, Marjorie Reynolds, and Sonny Tufts in Bring on the Girls (1945)
    Bring on the Girls
    6.0
    • choreographer
    • 1945
  • Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, and Sonny Tufts in Here Come the Waves (1944)
    Here Come the Waves
    6.1
    • choreographer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1944
  • Dorothy Lamour in Rainbow Island (1944)
    Rainbow Island
    6.7
    • choreographer
    • 1944
  • Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Risë Stevens in Going My Way (1944)
    Going My Way
    7.0
    • dance director (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Dana Andrews, Danny Kaye, Constance Dowling, Dinah Shore, and The Goldwyn Girls in Up in Arms (1944)
    Up in Arms
    6.2
    • dances directed by
    • dances staged by (as Danny Dare, as Danny Dare)
    • 1944
  • Betty Hutton, Mimi Chandler, Dorothy Lamour, Diana Lynn, and Fred MacMurray in And the Angels Sing (1944)
    And the Angels Sing
    6.3
    • choreographer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1944
  • Cass Daley, Gil Lamb, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, and Dick Powell in Riding High (1943)
    Riding High
    4.9
    • choreographer
    • 1943
  • Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea in Lady of Burlesque (1943)
    Lady of Burlesque
    6.2
    • dance director (as Danny Dare)
    • 1943
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Grace McDonald, Leighton Noble, Patsy O'Connor, and Eugene Pallette in It Ain't Hay (1943)
    It Ain't Hay
    6.5
    • choreographer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1943
  • Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Bing Crosby, Susan Hayward, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Betty Hutton, Walter Abel, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Eddie Bracken, Macdonald Carey, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Victor Moore, Dick Powell, Marjorie Reynolds, Betty Jane Rhodes, Franchot Tone, Vera Zorina, and The Golden Gate Quartette in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
    Star Spangled Rhythm
    6.6
    • choreographer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1942
  • Ben Blue, Rags Ragland, Red Skelton, and Ann Sothern in Panama Hattie (1942)
    Panama Hattie
    5.9
    • dance director (as Danny Dare)
    • 1942
  • Red Skelton and Ann Sothern in Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
    Maisie Gets Her Man
    6.3
    • dance director
    • 1942

Producer

  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)
    Road to Bali
    6.4
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • The Frank Sinatra Show (1950)
    The Frank Sinatra Show
    7.1
    TV Series
    • producer (as Danny Dare)
    • 1951–1952
  • The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950)
    The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1951
  • Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950)
    The Bob Hope Show
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1950
  • Veronica Lake, Billy De Wolfe, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher, Patric Knowles, and Richard Webb in Isn't It Romantic (1948)
    Isn't It Romantic
    4.7
    • producer
    • 1948
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Rio (1947)
    Road to Rio
    6.9
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Gary Cooper, William Holden, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Joan Caulfield, Cass Daley, Billy De Wolfe, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Hatcher, Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Olga San Juan, Lizabeth Scott, and Sonny Tufts in Variety Girl (1947)
    Variety Girl
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in My Favorite Brunette (1947)
    My Favorite Brunette
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Spike Jones, Eddie Bracken, Cass Daley, and Virginia Welles in Ladies' Man (1947)
    Ladies' Man
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Brian Donlevy, James Brown, Bill Edwards, Diana Lynn, and Gail Russell in Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
    Our Hearts Were Growing Up
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1946
  • Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Bing Crosby, Paulette Goddard, Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Cass Daley, Barry Fitzgerald, Ed Gardner, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, and Sonny Tufts in Duffy's Tavern (1945)
    Duffy's Tavern
    5.8
    • associate producer
    • 1945

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Danny Dare
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • March 20, 1905
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 20, 1996
    • Tarzana, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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