Daniel Malloy Tobin (October 19, 1910 – November 26, 1982) was an American character actor in films, television and on the stage. He generally portrayed gentle, urbane, rather fussy, sometimes obsequious and shifty characters, sometimes with a concealed edge of malice.
Dan Tobin | |
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.jpg) Tobin in the TV series Four Star Playhouse (1953) | |
| Born | Daniel Malloy Tobin October 19, 1910 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 1982 (aged 72) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1974 |
| Spouse | |
Early years
editTobin was a native of Cincinnati, and he attended the University of Cincinnati.[1]
Career
editTobin made his Broadway debut in American Holiday in 1936.[2] He then joined a touring troupe in England and was seen by an impresario in a production of Ah, Wilderness! As a result, he won roles in Behind Your Back at London's Strand Theatre (1937) and Mary Goes to See at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket (1938).[1]
Tobin then played Alexander 'Sandy' Lord in the original 1939 Broadway production of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story.
Tobin's most memorable roles were as the overbearing secretary, Gerald, in the 1942 film Woman of the Year 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 instalment of NBC's Colgate Theatre. Tobin's final film role was opposite John Huston in Welles's The Other Side of the Wind, shot in the early 1970s and released in 2018.
On television, Tobin was a regular on I Married Joan,[3] My Favorite Husband,[3]: 729 Mr. Adams and Eve, and Where Were You?[3]: 1170 In 1966, he became a regular during the final season of Perry Mason as the proprietor of Clay's Grill. He'd made a prior Mason appearance in 1964, as Dickens the butler in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor". TV Guide credits him with 44 television appearances.[4]
Personal life
editTobin was married to film and television screenwriter Jean Holloway (born Gratia Jean Casey) from 1951 to his death in 1982.[5] They met on the set of The First Hundred Years.
Death
editTobin died in Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, in November 1982, at age 72.[6]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Black Limelight | Roberts - Reporter | |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Gerald Howe | |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Professor Joseph Bangs | |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Phil Bright | |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Chester Walters | Released as Bachelor Knight (UK) |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | Ray Cordette | |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Bunny Funkhauser | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Jeff Trent | |
| 1948 | Sealed Verdict | Lt. Parker | |
| 1948 | Miss Tatlock's Millions | Clifford Tatlock | |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender | Clyde Atherton | |
| 1950 | The Magnificent Yankee | Dixon | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day | Owen Cruger | |
| 1951 | The First Hundred Years | Mr. Thayer[5] | |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Mr. Brown | |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Hotel Caterer | |
| 1956 | It's Always Jan | Jack Adams | TV series, episode "Guilty Conscience" |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve | Burt Stewart | TV series, regular cast |
| 1958 | Colgate Theatre | Humphrey Baxter | TV series, episode "The Fountain of Youth" |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Ben Loomer | |
| 1961 | The Andy Griffith Show | "Gentleman" Dan Caldwell | |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Bagby | S2E16 |
| 1962 | Who's Got the Action? | Mr. Sanford | |
| 1965-1967 | Bewitched | Mr Sanders, Ed Pennybaker, Mr Ames, Mayor | S1E23 S2E28 S3E23 S3E32 |
| 1965 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Ferguson | S5 e7, "The Great Petrie Fortune," |
| 1965 | The Munsters | Reginald Stubbs | TV series, episode "Country Club Munsters" |
| 1963 & 1966 | Gunsmoke | “Foote” & “The Professor” | TV series, episodes “Panacea Sykes” & "Champion of the World" |
| 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Johnson | |
| 1968 | Hogan's Heroes | General von Treger | |
| 1969-1970 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Mr. Hampton / Dr. Ryan McNally | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Lawyer | |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Dr. Burroughs | (final film role, scenes filmed in the early 1970s) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Invited Out!". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 19, 1939. p. 32. Retrieved June 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dan Tobin: Performer". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ "Dan Tobin". TV Guide. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Radio-TV". Cincinnati Post. October 13, 1951. p. 15.
- ^ "Character actor Dan Tobin, whose career ranged from movies..." United Press International Archives. United Press International. November 28, 1982. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
External links
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- Dan Tobin at IMDb
- Dan Tobin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Dan Tobin at Find a Grave
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