Dan Tobin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-10-19 (72 years old)

Deathday

1982-11-26

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dan Tobin

Biography

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, ...

Acting

1942

Woman of the Year

as Gerald Howe

1947

1948

The Velvet Touch

as Jeff Trent

1946

Undercurrent

as Joseph Bangs

1948

The Big Clock

as Roy Cordette

1958

The Fountain of Youth

as Humphrey Baxter

1956

The Catered Affair

as Hotel Caterer

1974

2018

The Other Side of the Wind

as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs

1938

Black Limelight

as Reporter Roberts

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)

1953

Dream Wife

as Mr. Brown

1948

Miss Tatlock's Millions

as Gifford Tatlock

1962

Who's Got the Action?

as Mr. Sanford

1959

The Last Angry Man

as Ben Loomer

1955

Dark Stranger

as Don Shaw

1947

A Likely Story

as Phil Bright

1974

1948

Sealed Verdict

as Lieutenant Parker

1977

1951

Queen for a Day

as Owen Cruger

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