Daly was born on October 24, 1872, in Boston, Massachusetts, as William Robert Dailey.

[4] For Selig's 1916 film At Piney Ridge, Daly directed and produced.

It was an adaption by Gilson Willets David K Higgins' theater production and Daly "escorted a company of players to the heart of the Tenn mtns where true scenes of mtneer life were filmed".

[7] He is pictured in a movie still lobby card from the 1922 film Pardon My Nerve.

[8] He married actress Eva Condon and then remarried with Fritzi Brunette.