Dan Tobin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 19, 1910
- Died
- November 26, 1982 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Tobin (October 19, 1910 – November 26, 1982) was an American supporting actor on the stage, in films and on television. He generally played gentle, urbane, rather fussy, sometimes obsequious and shifty characters, often with a concealed edge of malice. Tobin acted with a touring troupe in England. After an impresario saw him in Ah, Wilderness!, he gained a role in Behind Your Back at the Strand. Tobin's most memorable roles were as the overbearing secretary, Gerald, in Woman of the Year (1942), and the top-billed scientist in Orson Welles's innovative Peabody Award-winning unsold television pilot, The Fountain of Youth, filmed in 1956 and televised once two years later as an installment of NBC's Colgate Theatre. Tobin also played as Alexander "Sandy" Lord in the original Broadway production of Phillip Barry's The Philadelphia Story, thus starting his career on stage in 1939. His work on Broadway included American Holiday (1939). On television, Tobin was a regular on I Married Joan, My Favorite Husband, and Where Were You? The Internet Movie Database lists 96 television and film acting roles for Tobin over a career spanning from 1939 to 1977. He became a regular during the final season of Perry Mason as the proprietor of "Clay's Grill". He had made a prior appearance in 1964 as Dickens the butler in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor."
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Filmography
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie · as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Movie · as Prime Minister
Only with Married Men
Movie · as Alan Tolan
Herbie Rides Again
Movie · as Lawyer
Letters from Three Lovers
Movie · as Thompson
The Odd Couple
TV · as Cemetery Salesman · 1 ep
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Movie · as Johnson
Batman
TV · as Mr. Jay · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Michaels · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · 1 ep
Hogan's Heroes
TV · as General von Treger · 1 ep
The John Forsythe Show
TV · as Gen. Bradford · 1 ep
The Munsters
TV · 1 ep
Bewitched
TV · as Mr. Saunders, Mr. Ames (uncredited), Mayor · 4 eps
Profiles in Courage
TV · 1 ep
The Cara Williams Show
TV · 1 ep
Burke's Law
TV · as Dr. McLean, Homer Franklin · 1 ep
Who's Got the Action?
Movie · as Mr. Sanford
Saints and Sinners
TV · as Larry Briggs · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Jonsey · 2 eps
Hazel
TV · as Floorwalker, Poker Player (uncredited) · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Adrian Score · 1 ep
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as 'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Ray · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Lew Finley, Danton Spangler · 1 ep
Guestward, Ho!
TV · 1 ep
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Club President · 1 ep
The Last Angry Man
Movie · as Ben Loomer
The Twilight Zone
TV · as E. M. Bagby · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Judge Rideout, Finch · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Timmy Yarborough · 1 ep
The Fountain of Youth
Movie · as Humphrey Baxter
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Paul DeWitt · 2 eps
Naked City
TV · as Charles Banning · 1 ep
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Alvin Watson · 1 ep
The Ed Wynn Show
TV · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Felix · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as Lucius Benson, Howard Harris · 2 eps
Perry Mason
TV · as Dickens, Terrence Clay, Terrance Clay · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Steve Lanley · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Mr. Bill Dashwood · 1 ep
The Catered Affair
Movie · as Hotel Caterer
Dark Stranger
Movie · as Don Shaw
Gunsmoke
TV · as Foote, Professor · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Dr. Alan Mitchell · 1 ep
The Star and the Story
TV · as Don Shaw · 1 ep
Dream Wife
Movie · as Mr. Brown
General Electric Theater
TV · as Myron Decker, Richard Brighton · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Show
TV · as Harry Fishell · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Graffan · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as George Lennox · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Queen for a Day
Movie · as Owen Cruger
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Paul, Captain Purvis · 1 ep
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Guide · 1 ep
The Velvet Touch
Movie · as Jeff Trent
The Big Clock
Movie · as Roy Cordette
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie · as Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Movie · as Gifford Tatlock
Sealed Verdict
Movie · as Lieutenant Parker
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie · as Walters
A Likely Story
Movie · as Phil Bright
Undercurrent
Movie · as Joseph Bangs
Woman of the Year
Movie · as Gerald Howe
Black Limelight
Movie · as Reporter Roberts