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 Tobins most memorable roles were as the overbearing secretary Gerald in Woman of the Year 1942 and the topbilled scientist in Orson Welless innovative Peabody Awardwinning unsold television pilot The Fountain of Youth filmed in 1956 and televised once two years later as an installment of NBCs Colgate Theatre Tobin also played as Alexander Sandy Lord in the original Broadway production of Phillip Barrys 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 Clays Grill He had made a prior appearance in 1964 as Dickens the butler in The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor
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