Dan Tobin

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.

Early years Tobin was a native of Cincinnati, and he attended the University of Cincinnati.

Career Tobin made his Broadway debut in American Holiday in 1936. 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). My Favorite Husband, Mr. Adams and Eve, and Where Were You? 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.

Personal life Tobin was married to film and television screenwriter Jean Holloway (born Gratia Jean Casey) from 1951 to his death in 1982. They met on the set of The First Hundred Years.

Death Tobin died in Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, in November 1982, at age 72.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1939 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 Uncredited1948 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 Uncredited1951 Queen for a Day Owen Cruger 1951The First Hundred YearsMr. Thayer 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 cast1958 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 "A Penny for Your Thoughts"1962 Who's Got the Action? Mr. Sanford 1965-1967 Bewitched Mr Sanders, Ed Pennybaker, Mr Ames, Mayor S1E23 S2E28 S3E23 S3E321965 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%27s Heroes General von Treger 1969-1970 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Mr. Hampton / Dr. Ryan McNally TV series, 2 episodes1974 Herbie Rides Again Lawyer 2018 The Other Side of the Wind Dr. Burroughs (final film role, scenes filmed in the early 1970s)