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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."
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.913 |
Birthday | 1910-10-19 |
Place of Birth | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As | Daniel Malloy Tobin, |
![Woman of the Year](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A0Cf2GElBW2UfnQAFUqcqGYV7cY.jpg)
1942
![Woman of the Year](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A0Cf2GElBW2UfnQAFUqcqGYV7cY.jpg)
Woman of the Year
6.9/139
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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![The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eeBn5yhOBMBq2qQ9x2xQHyP1ZJk.jpg)
1947
![The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eeBn5yhOBMBq2qQ9x2xQHyP1ZJk.jpg)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
6.953/118
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![The Velvet Touch](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pIExpZkAaHnZ4106e8n82sfUKQv.jpg)
1948
![The Velvet Touch](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pIExpZkAaHnZ4106e8n82sfUKQv.jpg)
The Velvet Touch
6.1/27
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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![Undercurrent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7IyNoYoHcV5a52FhWj6QPxR8cBV.jpg)
1946
![Undercurrent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7IyNoYoHcV5a52FhWj6QPxR8cBV.jpg)
Undercurrent
5.8/47
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![The Big Clock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/urnKMXbvNubipGbdqmXpXoNS2OO.jpg)
1948
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The Big Clock
7.25/156
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned b...
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![The Fountain of Youth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lPEeC7TgWLD96UZDWIYU8BGbA9U.jpg)
1958
![The Fountain of Youth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lPEeC7TgWLD96UZDWIYU8BGbA9U.jpg)
The Fountain of Youth
6.2/13
A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
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![The Catered Affair](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hfRcP2beAtOSHUNnB9vCbezZFHJ.jpg)
1956
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The Catered Affair
7.064/39
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
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2018
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The Other Side of the Wind
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![Black Limelight](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nVAk0i9oCmyA1p8PQo70TROz9Jk.jpg)
1938
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Black Limelight
5.8/3
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![Dream Wife](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zqKiB8csGBsA3b5dbXlJSNBQYez.jpg)
1953
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Dream Wife
5.5/24
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![Miss Tatlock's Millions](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8qlVmvRzFHYwdi8MPD5SPZ9VRyP.jpg)
1948
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Miss Tatlock's Millions
5.8/3
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1962
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Who's Got the Action?
5.2/11
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![The Last Angry Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yPo335bwfQePltlDtxuWc0rjwwV.jpg)
1959
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The Last Angry Man
6.8/13
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![A Likely Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jnhTVq2VYCYOOSv4FRo6TMNmpm7.jpg)
1947
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A Likely Story
4.2/5
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
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1974
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Herbie Rides Again
6.12/387
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![Sealed Verdict](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ry9WySyAV4hKGuNgAHCLyuiLSZ6.jpg)
1948
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Sealed Verdict
5.5/2
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![Once Upon a Brothers Grimm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sgqDR2dGCrUWPgyQq10rElPKIbK.jpg)
1977
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Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
0/0
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![Queen for a Day](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4m4enGKCbwBCVEE4aOJjTwG9nku.jpg)
1951
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Queen for a Day
6/1
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1967
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
6.9/52
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![Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/smKM575W3FLvWHna5YaWWeN5po8.jpg)
1948
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
7/175
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![Letters from Three Lovers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yOHkT8Y0HvgQkUsOYqtYZg1zM5R.jpg)
1973
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Letters from Three Lovers
6/1
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![Only with Married Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9uhZdbzft9QYHNCjSKv1433DqhI.jpg)
1974
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Only with Married Men
5/1
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![Dark Stranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dwfOfHbkHQ8o7OKA5zGlKqAISCh.jpg)
1955
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Dark Stranger
0/0
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