Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Born October 19, 1910
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."
MovieThe Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
MovieOnce Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
as Prime Minister
MovieOnly with Married Men
1974
as Alan Tolan
MovieHerbie Rides Again
1974
as Lawyer
MovieLetters from Three Lovers
1973
as Thompson
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Cemetery Salesman
TVThe Outcasts
1968
MovieHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
as Johnson
TVFelony Squad
1966
TVThat Girl
1966
TVBatman
1966
as Mr. Jay
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Michaels
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
as General von Treger
The John Forsythe Show
1965
as Gen. Bradford
Profiles in Courage
1964
TVThe Munsters
1964
TVThe Cara Williams Show
1964
TVBewitched
1964
as Mr. Saunders
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Dr. McLean
MovieWho's Got the Action?
1962
as Mr. Sanford
TVSaints and Sinners
1962
as Larry Briggs
TVBen Casey
1961
TVHazel
1961
as Floorwalker
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Jonsey
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Adrian Score
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as 'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell
TVGuestward, Ho!
1960
TVThe Aquanauts
1960
as Lew Finley
TVThriller
1960
as Ray
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Club President
MovieThe Last Angry Man
1959
as Ben Loomer
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
as Timmy Yarborough
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as E. M. Bagby
TVBonanza
1959
as Judge Rideout
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVYancy Derringer
1958
as Alvin Watson
TVNaked City
1958
as Charles Banning
TVThe Ed Wynn Show
1958
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
as Felix
MovieThe Fountain of Youth
1958
as Humphrey Baxter
TVMaverick
1957
as Lucius Benson
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Dickens
TVM Squad
1957
as Steve Lanley
TVWagon Train
1957
as Mr. Bill Dashwood
MovieThe Catered Affair
1956
as Hotel Caterer
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Foote
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Alan Mitchell
MovieDark Stranger
1955
as Don Shaw
TVThe Star and the Story
1955
as Don Shaw
MovieDream Wife
1953
as Mr. Brown
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Myron Decker
TVOmnibus
1952
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Graffan
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as George Lennox
Chevron Theatre
1952
MovieQueen for a Day
1951
as Owen Cruger
TVThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as The Guide
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paul
MovieMiss Tatlock's Millions
1948
as Gifford Tatlock
MovieSealed Verdict
1948
as Lieutenant Parker
MovieThe Velvet Touch
1948
as Jeff Trent
MovieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Clock
1948
as Roy Cordette
MovieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Walters
MovieA Likely Story
1947
as Phil Bright
MovieUndercurrent
1946
as Joseph Bangs
MovieWoman of the Year
1942
as Gerald Howe
MovieBlack Limelight
1938
as Reporter Roberts
