Dan Tobin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 19, 1910
- Died
- Nov 26, 1982 (aged 72)
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 70
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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."
Known for
Filmography
The Other Side of the Wind
2018Movie
Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977Movie
Prime Minister
Only with Married Men
1974Movie
Alan Tolan
Herbie Rides Again
1974Movie
Lawyer
Letters from Three Lovers
1973Movie
Thompson
The Odd Couple
1970TV
Cemetery Salesman
The Outcasts
1968TV
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967Movie
Johnson
Felony Squad
1966TV
That Girl
1966TV
Batman
1966TV
Mr. Jay
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Michaels
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Hogan's Heroes
1965TV
General von Treger
The John Forsythe Show
1965TV
Gen. Bradford
Profiles in Courage
1964TV
The Munsters
1964TV
The Cara Williams Show
1964TV
Bewitched
1964TV
Mr. Saunders, Mr. Ames (uncredited), Mayor
Burke's Law
1963TV
Dr. McLean, Homer Franklin
Who's Got the Action?
1962Movie
Mr. Sanford
Saints and Sinners
1962TV
Larry Briggs
Ben Casey
1961TV
Hazel
1961TV
Floorwalker, Poker Player (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Jonsey
87th Precinct
1961TV
Adrian Score
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell
Guestward, Ho!
1960TV
The Aquanauts
1960TV
Lew Finley, Danton Spangler
Thriller
1960TV
Ray
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960TV
Club President
The Last Angry Man
1959Movie
Ben Loomer
Hawaiian Eye
1959TV
Timmy Yarborough
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
E. M. Bagby
Bonanza
1959TV
Judge Rideout, Finch
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Paul DeWitt
Yancy Derringer
1958TV
Alvin Watson
Naked City
1958TV
Charles Banning
The Ed Wynn Show
1958TV
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Felix
The Fountain of Youth
1958Movie
Humphrey Baxter
Maverick
1957TV
Lucius Benson, Howard Harris
Perry Mason
1957TV
Dickens, Terrence Clay, Terrance Clay
M Squad
1957TV
Steve Lanley
Wagon Train
1957TV
Mr. Bill Dashwood
The Catered Affair
1956Movie
Hotel Caterer
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Foote, Professor
The Millionaire
1955TV
Dr. Alan Mitchell
Dark Stranger
1955Movie
Don Shaw
The Star and the Story
1955TV
Don Shaw
The Danny Thomas Show
1953TV
Harry Fishell
Dream Wife
1953Movie
Mr. Brown
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Myron Decker, Richard Brighton
Omnibus
1952TV
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Graffan
Four Star Playhouse
1952TV
George Lennox
Chevron Theatre
1952TV
Queen for a Day
1951Movie
Owen Cruger
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950TV
Guide
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Paul, Captain Purvis
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948Movie
Gifford Tatlock
Sealed Verdict
1948Movie
Lieutenant Parker
The Velvet Touch
1948Movie
Jeff Trent
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948Movie
Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)
The Big Clock
1948Movie
Roy Cordette
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947Movie
Walters
A Likely Story
1947Movie
Phil Bright
Undercurrent
1946Movie
Joseph Bangs
Woman of the Year
1942Movie
Gerald Howe
Black Limelight
1938Movie
Reporter Roberts