Dan Tobin
Acting • Born 1910-10-19 – Died 1982-11-26
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."
Filmography
82 credits
Woman of the Year
Movie • 1942
Gerald Howe
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie • 1947
Chester Walters
The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Jeff Trent
Undercurrent
Movie • 1946
Joseph Bangs
The Big Clock
Movie • 1948
Roy Cordette
Letters from Three Lovers
Movie • 1973
Thompson
The Catered Affair
Movie • 1956
Hotel Caterer
The Fountain of Youth
Movie • 1958
Humphrey Baxter
Only with Married Men
Movie • 1974
Alan Tolan
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
Black Limelight
Movie • 1938
Reporter Roberts
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie • 1948
Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)
Dream Wife
Movie • 1953
Mr. Brown
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Movie • 1948
Gifford Tatlock
Who's Got the Action?
Movie • 1962
Mr. Sanford
The Last Angry Man
Movie • 1959
Ben Loomer
Dark Stranger
Movie • 1955
Don Shaw
A Likely Story
Movie • 1947
Phil Bright
Herbie Rides Again
Movie • 1974
Lawyer
Sealed Verdict
Movie • 1948
Lieutenant Parker
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Movie • 1977
Prime Minister
Queen for a Day
Movie • 1951
Owen Cruger
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Movie • 1967
Johnson
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. McLean
Maverick
TV • 1957
Lucius Benson
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Cemetery Salesman
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Michaels
Batman
TV • 1966
Mr. Jay
The Munsters
TV • 1964
That Girl
TV • 1966
Naked City
TV • 1958
Charles Banning
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Foote
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dickens
Saints and Sinners
TV • 1962
Larry Briggs
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mr. Saunders
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Myron Decker
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
E. M. Bagby
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
The Outcasts
TV • 1968
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Dr. Alan Mitchell
Thriller
TV • 1960
Ray
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Alvin Watson
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Paul
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Lew Finley
M Squad
TV • 1957
Steve Lanley
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Graffan
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Jonsey
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Terrence Clay
Hazel
TV • 1961
Floorwalker
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Danton Spangler
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Professor
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Richard Brighton
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Terrance Clay
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Captain Purvis
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Homer Franklin
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
George Lennox
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
The Guide
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Club President
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
General von Treger
The Star and the Story
TV • 1955
Don Shaw
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Judge Rideout
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Timmy Yarborough
The Ed Wynn Show
TV • 1958
Maverick
TV • 1957
Howard Harris
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Mr. Bill Dashwood
Hazel
TV • 1961
Poker Player (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Felix
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Finch
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mayor
Omnibus
TV • 1952
The John Forsythe Show
TV • 1965
Gen. Bradford
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Adrian Score
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Paul DeWitt