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John Charles Daly Biography (1914-1991)

Born February 20, 1914, in Johannesburg, South Africa; immigrated to the United States, 1923; died of cardiac arrest, February 25, 1991, in Chevy Chase, MD; son of John Charles (a geologist and mining engineer) and Helene Grant (Tennant) Daly; married Margaret Criswell Neal, January 7, 1937 (divorced); married Virginia Warren, December 22, 1960; children: (first marriage) John Neal,John Charles III, Helene Grant Daly Fitzgerald; (second marriage) John Warren, John Earl Jameson, Nina Elisabeth Abath Taylor.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 20, 1914

Johannesburg, South Africa

Death Details

February 25, 1991

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Panelist, Celebrity Time (also known as Celebrity Quiz), ABC, 1949- 50.
• Walter Burns, Front Page, CBS, 1949-50.
• Anchor, CBS Weekend News, CBS, 1950.
• Wordmaster, We Take Your Word, CBS, 1950-51.
• Moderator, What's My Line?, CBS, 1950-67.
• Moderator, It's News to Me, CBS, 1951-53.
• America's Town Meeting, ABC, 1952.
• Anchor, ABC Evening News, ABC, 1953-60.
• Host and moderator, Open Hearing, ABC, 1954.
• Master of ceremonies, Who Said That?, ABC, 1955.
• Narrator, The Voice of Firestone, ABC, 1958-59.
• John Daly and the News, ABC, 1958-59.
• Correspondent, Modern Maturity, PBS, 1984-89.
• Also appeared on March of Time through the Years and News of the Week.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS
• Moderator of National Town Meeting, 1974.
• Credits; RADIO APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Narrator, Report to the Nation (also see below), CBS, 1940-42, 1946.
• Announcer, Spirit of '41, CBS, 1941.
• Announcer, Spirit of '42, CBS, 1942.
• World Today, CBS, 1944-46.
• CBS Is There, CBS, 1948.
• Correspondent, National Town Meeting, National Public Radio, 1984-89.
• Narrator of Transatlantic Call, BBC.
• Credits; RADIO WORK; SERIES
• Assistant producer and director, Report to the Nation, CBS, 1940-42, 1946.
• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Guest narrator, A Tribute to Rosalind Russell, Ford's Theatre Society, Washington, DC, 1974-75.
• Writings
• Contributor to magazines.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• New York Times, February 27, 1991.
• Time, March 11, 1991, p. 69.