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