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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 19, 1910
Died
November 26, 1982
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Daniel Malloy Tobin
Dan Tobin
0.6 Popularity
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
6.7
Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
0.0
Prime Minister
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
5.0
Alan Tolan
Only with Married Men
1974
6.1
Lawyer
Herbie Rides Again
1974
6.0
Thompson
Letters from Three Lovers
1973
7.8
Cemetery Salesman
The Odd Couple
1970
5.3
The Outcasts
1968
6.8
Johnson
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
6.4
Felony Squad
1966
6.1
That Girl
1966
Credits
The Other Side of the Wind
as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
2018
6.7
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Prime Minister
1977
0.0
Only with Married Men
as Alan Tolan
1974
5.0
Herbie Rides Again
as Lawyer
1974
6.1
Letters from Three Lovers
as Thompson
1973
6.0
The Odd Couple
as Cemetery Salesman
1970
7.8
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Johnson
1967
6.8
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
That Girl
1966
6.1
Batman
as Mr. Jay
1966
7.3
The F.B.I.
as Michaels
1965
5.4
Hogan's Heroes
as General von Treger
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
🎬
The John Forsythe Show
as Gen. Bradford
1965
5.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
1964
5.0
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.0
Bewitched
as Mr. Saunders
1964
7.9
Bewitched
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
1964
7.9
Bewitched
as Mayor
1964
7.9
Burke's Law
as Dr. McLean
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Homer Franklin
1963
6.0
Who's Got the Action?
as Mr. Sanford
1962
5.2
Saints and Sinners
as Larry Briggs
1962
6.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Hazel
as Floorwalker
1961
6.8
Hazel
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1961
6.8
Dr. Kildare
as Jonsey
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
as Adrian Score
1961
7.5
The Andy Griffith Show
as 'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell
1960
7.6
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
The Aquanauts
as Lew Finley
1960
5.5
The Aquanauts
as Danton Spangler
1960
5.5
Thriller
as Ray
1960
6.6
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Club President
1960
6.3
The Last Angry Man
as Ben Loomer
1959
6.9
Hawaiian Eye
as Timmy Yarborough
1959
5.2
The Twilight Zone
as E. M. Bagby
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as Judge Rideout
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Finch
1959
7.5
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Paul DeWitt
1958
6.7
Yancy Derringer
as Alvin Watson
1958
6.0
Naked City
as Charles Banning
1958
5.5
The Ed Wynn Show
1958
0.0
The Donna Reed Show
as Felix
1958
6.2
The Fountain of Youth
as Humphrey Baxter
1958
6.1
Maverick
as Lucius Benson
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Howard Harris
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Dickens
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Terrence Clay
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Terrance Clay
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Steve Lanley
1957
5.2
Wagon Train
as Mr. Bill Dashwood
1957
6.6
The Catered Affair
as Hotel Caterer
1956
7.1
Gunsmoke
as Foote
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Professor
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Dr. Alan Mitchell
1955
5.0
The Star and the Story
as Don Shaw
1955
7.0
Dark Stranger
as Don Shaw
1955
0.0
Dream Wife
as Mr. Brown
1953
5.3
General Electric Theater
as Myron Decker
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Richard Brighton
1953
6.4
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Cavalcade of America
as Graffan
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as George Lennox
1952
6.7
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Queen for a Day
as Owen Cruger
1951
6.0
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as The Guide
1950
7.1
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Paul
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Captain Purvis
1950
6.3
Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Gifford Tatlock
1948
5.9
Sealed Verdict
as Lieutenant Parker
1948
5.5
The Velvet Touch
as Jeff Trent
1948
6.2
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)
1948
7.0
The Big Clock
as Roy Cordette
1948
7.3
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Chester Walters
1947
6.9
A Likely Story
as Phil Bright
1947
4.2
Undercurrent
as Joseph Bangs
1946
5.9
Woman of the Year
as Gerald Howe
1942
6.9
Black Limelight
as Reporter Roberts
1938
5.8