Dan Tobin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-10-19

Day of death

1982-11-26 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dan Tobin

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

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • The Odd Couple

    The Odd Couple

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

  • Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

  • The Outcasts

    The Outcasts

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • The Big Clock

    The Big Clock

  • Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

    Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

  • The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

  • The Chevy Mystery Show

    The Chevy Mystery Show

  • Chevron Theatre

    Chevron Theatre

  • The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

  • Saints and Sinners

    Saints and Sinners

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • The Cara Williams Show

    The Cara Williams Show

  • Herbie Rides Again

    Herbie Rides Again

  • Woman of the Year

    Woman of the Year

  • Guestward, Ho!

    Guestward, Ho!

  • Sealed Verdict

    Sealed Verdict

  • The John Forsythe Show

    The John Forsythe Show

  • The Fountain of Youth

    The Fountain of Youth

  • The Catered Affair

    The Catered Affair

  • The Star and the Story

    The Star and the Story

  • Only with Married Men

    Only with Married Men

  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Dream Wife

    Dream Wife

  • Queen for a Day

    Queen for a Day

  • The Ed Wynn Show

    The Ed Wynn Show

  • Letters from Three Lovers

    Letters from Three Lovers

  • Black Limelight

    Black Limelight

  • Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

  • The Velvet Touch

    The Velvet Touch

  • Who's Got the Action?

    Who's Got the Action?

  • Dark Stranger

    Dark Stranger

  • Miss Tatlock's Millions

    Miss Tatlock's Millions

  • A Likely Story

    A Likely Story