Dan Tobin
Biography
Dan Tobin was an American character actor who appeared in film, television, and theater. Born in Cincinnati, he attended the University of Cincinnati. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 in American Holiday, then worked in London before creating the part of Sandy Lord in the original Broadway run of The Philadelphia Story in 1939. On screen he often played gentle, urbane men with a fussy or unctuous manner and a possible mean streak. His best remembered film part was Gerald, the overbearing secretary, in Woman of the Year (1942). For television he starred in Orson Welles's Peabody Award-winning pilot The Fountain of Youth and had regular roles on I Married Joan and My Favorite Husband, with appearances on Mr. Adams and Eve and Where Were You? He joined the cast of Perry Mason in 1966 as the owner of Clay's Grill. His last film was Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind, released in 2018.
72years old at death
- Born Cincinnati
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Daniel Malloy Tobin
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 76 years1942 to 2018
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First role
Tobin's Broadway debut came in 1936 with American Holiday. After joining a touring troupe in England, an impresario spotted him in Ah, Wilderness!, which led to roles at London's Strand Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
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