James Daly (born October 23, 1918; died July 3, 1978) was an American theatre, film and Emmy Award-winning television actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who is perhaps best-known for his role in the long-running hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everett's superior.

A graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon New York, between 1953 and 1955 Daly appeared in the TV series Foreign Intrigue. He also guest starred on many television series, among them Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"), Gunsmoke, The Virginian, and Twelve O'Clock High. He is also well remembered for his portrayal of "Mr. Flint" (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah.

Daly was also an accomplished stage actor; 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 before the series aired.

James Daly is a San Francisco Bay Area journalist. He is currently Editor in Chief of Edutopia, a publication from The George Lucas Educational Foundation that follows innovation in K-12 public education. Previously, he served as Editor in Chief of Red Herring, leading the web site's relaunch in 2004.

In late 1997, he led the launch of Business 2.0, an international biweekly business magazine. Arriving in July 1998, Business 2.0 ultimately had a paid circulation of 350,000, six international editions and won more than a dozen editorial awards, including the Folio: Editorial Excellence Award for Best Business/Finance Publication three years in a row. Business 2.0 was also a National Magazine Awards finalist in the category of General Excellence. Business 2.0 was also featured in Magazine Design That Works (Rockport Publishing). He served as Editor in Chief and Editorial Director at Business 2.0 until the publication was sold to AOL Time Warner in July 2001.

Daly has served as a Features Editor at Wired magazine, where he was the lead editor on cover stories that helped gain the magazine the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1996. He was also Senior Editor at Forbes ASAP magazine, was a new media columnist for Rolling Stone and San Francisco Chronicle and has written for a number of publications including the Los Angeles Times, ID and Writers Digest.

Daly received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Journalism and Economics from Boston University. He also has a degree from the New England School of Photography, and has done postgraduate work in economics and international relations at Harvard University.

James Daly (born in County Mayo, Ireland in 1838; died in County Mayo in 1910) was an Irish nationalist activist best known for his work in support of tenant farmers' rights and the formation of the Irish National Land League.

Father of actress Tyne Daly

Father of actor Tim Daly

Grandfather of actress Kathryne Dora Brown

The Daly family had an interest in acting before James took to the stage. His father Percy appeared in amateur theatrical productions in Central Wisconsin.