Dan Tobin
Acting
Born 1910-10-19
Died 1982-11-26
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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."
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Acting
48 credits
Perry Mason
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Bewitched
Batman
Hogan's Heroes
Wagon Train
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
Dr. Kildare
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Burke's Law
Four Star Playhouse
Naked City
Thriller
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
Hawaiian Eye
The Odd Couple
Hazel
77 Sunset Strip
The Millionaire
The Danny Thomas Show
M Squad
87th Precinct
Yancy Derringer
Cavalcade of America
Lux Video Theatre
The Aquanauts
The Chevy Mystery Show
Herbie Rides Again
Saints and Sinners
The Other Side of the Wind
The Star and the Story
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The John Forsythe Show
The Big Clock
Undercurrent
Woman of the Year
General Electric Theater
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Dark Stranger
Who's Got the Action?
The Catered Affair
Only with Married Men
The Velvet Touch
Other credits
12 credits
The Wild Wild West
Ben Casey
The Munsters
That Girl
Omnibus
Felony Squad
Chevron Theatre
Profiles in Courage
The Outcasts
Guestward, Ho!
The Cara Williams Show
The Ed Wynn Show
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