Dan Daly (1864 – March 26, 1904) was an American actor known as the "eccentric comedian". He was born in 1864 in Revere, Massachusetts as the youngest son. His siblings were Thomas Daly, William Daly, Lucy Daly, Maggie Daly, and Robert Daly. In 1896 he appeared in The Lady Slavey in New York co-starring Marie Dressler. In 1901 he appeared with Edna May in The Girl From Up There. He contracted tuberculosis. He married Mary Mooney of Boston, and they had a son, Dan Daly. Mary died around March 20, 1904. He died on March 26, 1904, at the age of 40, from a pulmonary hemorrhage at the Hotel Veldome in Manhattan. According to fellow comedian Eddie Foy Sr., Daly subsisted on a diet of snails and champagne for the last two years of his life: References External links "Dan Daly at the Museum". The Cambridge Tribune. May 17, 1902. 1864 births 1904 deaths 19th-century American male actors 20th-century American comedians 20th-century American male actors 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis American male comedians American male stage actors Deaths from pulmonary hemorrhage Male actors from Massachusetts People from Revere, Massachusetts Tuberculosis deaths in New York (state) 19th-century American comedians