James Daly (actor)

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James Daly (born October 23, 1918; died July 3, 1978) was an American actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

He is best known for his role in the long-running hospital drama series Medical Center, where he played Chad Everett's superior.

He is also remembered for his portrayal of Mr. Flint (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah.

From 1947 to 1966, he starred in the TV series Foreign Intrigue and also guest starred in many television series, among them Star Trek, Mission Impossible, The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"), Gunsmoke, The Virginian, and Twelve O'Clock High. He was also an accomplished stage actor, and 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, aged 59, shortly after the appearance, before the mini-series was released.

The Daly family had an interest in acting for four generations. James's father Percy appeared in theatrical productions in Central Wisconsin. Two of his children, Tim (James Timothy) and Tyne (Ellen Tyne), are well known actors. So is his granddaughter Kathryne Dora Brown, daughter of Georg Stanford Brown of The Rookies television show fame and Tyne Daly. Tyne appeared as a child with James in his TV series Foreign Intrigue and as a teenager in "Medical Center." He had 2 other children, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.

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Played Mr. Flint (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah in 1969.

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Graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Father of actor Tim Daly better known as Joe Hackett from the television series "Wings".
Father of actress Tyne Daly best known for her performances on the television series Cagney & Lacey and Judging Amy.
Grandfather of Kathryne Dora Brown who appeared with her mother Tyne in Judging Amy