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