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