Dan Dailey returned to Broadway in "Catch Me If You Can" (1965). In the late 1960s, Dailey toured as Oscar Madison in a road production of "The Odd Couple", co-starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. He did a stint on Broadway in "Plaza Suite". From 1969-71, Dailey was the Governor opposite Julie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom "The Governor & J.J." which revolved around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of an unnamed state and his liberal daughter Jennifer Jo. His performance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in
Gerhard Unger and 1970, staged by Oscar Fritz Schuh and conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch; 1974 staged by Strehler and conducted by Karajan, and Valzacchi in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" (1969, staged by Rudolf Hartmann, designed by Teo Otto, and conducted by Karl Böhm). He occasionally played Mime, for example in La Scala's 1975 production staged by Luca Ronconi, designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and conducted by Sawallisch. His other commercial recordings include the Otto Klemperer recording of "The Magic Flute" (1963), as Monastatos, and the Georg Solti Decca recording of "Elektra". Gerhard Unger Gerhard Unger (November 26, 1916 – July 4, 2011)