# Danny McWilliams

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{{Short description|American comedian}}
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| name         = Danny McWilliams
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| birth_name   = Daniel Francis McWilliams
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1956|02|08}}
| birth_place  = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
| years_active = 1982 – present
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| medium       = [Stand-up](/source/Stand-up_comedy), television, film
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| website      = {{URL|https://twitter.com/MurrayHill76093|Twitter}}
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'''Daniel Francis McWilliams''' (born February 8, 1956), is a New York City-based comedian, author, and actor, born in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn). He performed with [Funny Gay Males](/source/Funny_Gay_Males)<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Rousuck
  | first = J. Wynn
  | title = Funny Gay Males' bring revised show back to Theatre Project
  | newspaper = Baltimore Sun
  | date = 1992-09-04
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  | access-date = 2011-07-24
  | archive-date = 2012-11-07
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130738/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/113538694.html?dids=113538694:113538694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> (1988-1993, 2001-2003) and has toured with them throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. He has appeared on ''[The Joan Rivers Show](/source/The_Joan_Rivers_Show)'', [Comedy Central](/source/Comedy_Central), ''[The Howard Stern Show](/source/The_Howard_Stern_Show)'', ''[The Joey Reynolds Show](/source/Joey_Reynolds)'' and [WOR 710AM NY](/source/WOR_Radio_Network). In addition, he co-authored ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out'' (1995) with fellow [Funny Gay Males](/source/Funny_Gay_Males) troupe members [Bob Smith](/source/Bob_Smith_(comedian)) and [Jaffe Cohen](/source/Jaffe_Cohen).

He has also performed his one-man show which is known as ''Twelve Angry Women'' at the Solo Arts Group in New York City, and he performs weekly at [Duplex Cabaret Theatre](/source/Duplex_Cabaret_Theatre) and other clubs throughout New York City.

== Career ==
'''Notable Work:'''
* Funny Gay Males<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/20/arts/review-cabaret-gay-comedy-in-the-stand-up-mainstream.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%5B%22RI%3A5%22%2C%22RI%3A15%22%5D | title=Review/Cabaret; Gay Comedy in the Stand-Up Mainstream| newspaper=The New York Times| date=20 April 1993| last1=Holden| first1=Stephen}}</ref>
* ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out''
'''Awards:'''
* [MAC Award](/source/MAC_Awards): '''Comedy Group''' 1994

==See also==
* [LGBT culture in New York City](/source/LGBT_culture_in_New_York_City)
* [List of LGBT people from New York City](/source/List_of_LGBT_people_from_New_York_City)
* [NYC Pride March](/source/NYC_Pride_March)
* [Stand-up comedy](/source/Stand-up_comedy)

==Notes==
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Category:1956 births
Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people
Category:American gay actors
Category:American gay comedians
Category:American male comedians
Category:Comedians from Brooklyn
Category:Living people

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