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Dan Tobin

Dan Tobin

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 19, 1910
Died Nov 26, 1982 (72)
Birthplace Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Tob ... in 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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The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

1977

as Prime Minister

Only with Married Men

Only with Married Men

1974

as Alan Tolan

Herbie Rides Again

Herbie Rides Again

1974

as Lawyer

Letters from Three Lovers

Letters from Three Lovers

1973

as Thompson

Who's Got the Action?

Who's Got the Action?

1962

as Mr. Sanford

The Last Angry Man

The Last Angry Man

1959

as Ben Loomer

The Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth

1958

as Humphrey Baxter

The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair

1956

as Hotel Caterer

Dream Wife

Dream Wife

1953

as Mr. Brown

Queen for a Day

Queen for a Day

1951

as Owen Cruger

The Big Clock

The Big Clock

1948

as Roy Cordette

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

as Jeff Trent

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions

1948

as Gifford Tatlock

Sealed Verdict

Sealed Verdict

1948

as Lieutenant Parker

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

as Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)

A Likely Story

A Likely Story

1947

as Phil Bright

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

as Chester Walters

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1946

as Joseph Bangs

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

1942

as Gerald Howe

Black Limelight

Black Limelight

1938

as Reporter Roberts

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Perry Mason

as Terrance Clay

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Bewitched

as Mr. Saunders

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Perry Mason

as Terrence Clay

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Maverick

as Lucius Benson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Dr. Kildare

as Jonsey

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The Andy Griffith Show

as 'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

Burke's Law

as Dr. McLean

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

The Odd Couple

as Cemetery Salesman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1970

The F.B.I.

as Michaels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Batman

as Mr. Jay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1966

Naked City

as Charles Banning

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Gunsmoke

as Foote

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Dickens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Saints and Sinners

as Larry Briggs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1962

General Electric Theater

as Myron Decker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Twilight Zone

as E. M. Bagby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

The Millionaire

as Dr. Alan Mitchell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Thriller

as Ray

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Yancy Derringer

as Alvin Watson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1958

Lux Video Theatre

as Paul

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

The Aquanauts

as Lew Finley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1960

M Squad

as Steve Lanley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

Cavalcade of America

as Graffan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Bewitched

as Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Hazel

as Floorwalker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

The Aquanauts

as Danton Spangler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1960

Gunsmoke

as Professor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

General Electric Theater

as Richard Brighton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Lux Video Theatre

as Captain Purvis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Burke's Law

as Homer Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Four Star Playhouse

as George Lennox

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as The Guide

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 1950

The Chevy Mystery Show

as Club President

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 29, 1960

Hogan's Heroes

as General von Treger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

The Star and the Story

as Don Shaw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1955

Bonanza

as Judge Rideout

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Hawaiian Eye

as Timmy Yarborough

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Maverick

as Howard Harris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Wagon Train

as Mr. Bill Dashwood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

Hazel

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

The Donna Reed Show

as Felix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1958

Bonanza

as Finch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Bewitched

as Mayor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

The John Forsythe Show

as Gen. Bradford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

87th Precinct

as Adrian Score

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

77 Sunset Strip

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

The Munsters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

That Girl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Felony Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

The Wild Wild West

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

The Outcasts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

Profiles in Courage

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 08, 1964

Guestward, Ho!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1960

Ben Casey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

The Cara Williams Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1964

The Ed Wynn Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1958

Omnibus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

Chevron Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1952

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