James Firman Daly was an American theater, film and television actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everetts superior.
Daly was born in Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County in central Wisconsin, to a workingclass family his mother, Dorothy Ethelbert Mullen, later worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, and his father, Percifer Charles Daly, was a fuel merchant. During the 1930s, Daly studied drama and acted in shows before he worked for the armed services, and served with the United States Navy as World War II ended.
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