Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 19, 1910
Died
Nov 26, 1982
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Credits
70 titles
Dan Tobin
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."
Known For
Filmography
The Other Side of the Wind
Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Prime Minister
Only with Married Men
Alan Tolan
Herbie Rides Again
Lawyer
Letters from Three Lovers
Thompson
The Odd Couple
Cemetery Salesman
The Outcasts
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Johnson
Felony Squad
That Girl
Batman
Mr. Jay
The F.B.I.
Michaels
Hogan's Heroes
General von Treger
The Wild Wild West
The John Forsythe Show
Gen. Bradford
Profiles in Courage
The Munsters
The Cara Williams Show
Bewitched
Mr. Saunders
Burke's Law
Dr. McLean
Who's Got the Action?
Mr. Sanford
Saints and Sinners
Larry Briggs
Ben Casey
Hazel
Floorwalker
Dr. Kildare
Jonsey
87th Precinct
Adrian Score
The Andy Griffith Show
'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell
Guestward, Ho!
The Aquanauts
Lew Finley
Thriller
Ray
The Chevy Mystery Show
Club President
The Last Angry Man
Ben Loomer
Hawaiian Eye
Timmy Yarborough
The Twilight Zone
E. M. Bagby
Bonanza
Judge Rideout
77 Sunset Strip
Yancy Derringer
Alvin Watson
Naked City
Charles Banning
The Ed Wynn Show
The Donna Reed Show
Felix
The Fountain of Youth
Humphrey Baxter
Maverick
Lucius Benson
Perry Mason
Dickens
M Squad
Steve Lanley
Wagon Train
Mr. Bill Dashwood
The Catered Affair
Hotel Caterer
Gunsmoke
Foote
The Millionaire
Dr. Alan Mitchell
The Star and the Story
Don Shaw
Dark Stranger
Don Shaw