# Dan Tobin
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{{Short description|American actor (1910–1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dan Tobin
| image = Dan Tobin in Four Star Playhouse (The Gift).jpg
| caption = Tobin in the TV series ''[Four Star Playhouse](/source/Four_Star_Playhouse)'' (1953)
| alt =
| birth_name = Daniel Malloy Tobin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|10|19}}
| birth_place = [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|11|26|1910|10|19}}
| death_place = [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), U.S.
| resting_place =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1939–1974
| spouse = {{marriage|[Jean Holloway](/source/Jean_Holloway)|1951}}
| partner =
| children =
| awards =
}}
'''Daniel Malloy Tobin''' (October 19, 1910 – November 26, 1982) was an American [character actor](/source/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](/source/Cincinnati), and he attended the [University of Cincinnati](/source/University_of_Cincinnati).[{{cite news|title=Invited Out!| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11750002/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/| newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle| date=November 19, 1939| page=32| via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)| accessdate=June 17, 2017}} {{Open access}}]
==Career==
Tobin made his Broadway debut in ''American Holiday'' in 1936.[{{cite journal| title=Dan Tobin: Performer| url=https://www.playbill.com/person/dan-tobin-vault-0000041793| journal=[Playbill](/source/Playbill)| accessdate=16 March 2020| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170617214744/http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Dan+Tobin&qasset=00000150-ac7e-d16d-a550-ec7e99210001| archivedate=17 June 2017| url-status=dead}}] 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](/source/Strand_Theatre%2C_London) (1937) and ''Mary Goes to See'' at the [Theatre Royal, Haymarket](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Haymarket) (1938).[ [[File:Philadelphia-Story-Stage-2.jpg|thumb|right|Dan Tobin and Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in ''[The Philadelphia Story](/source/The_Philadelphia_Story_(play))'' (1939)]]Tobin then played Alexander 'Sandy' Lord in the original 1939 Broadway production of [Philip Barry](/source/Philip_Barry)'s ''[The Philadelphia Story](/source/The_Philadelphia_Story_(play))''.
[[File:Dan Tobin-Cary Grant in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.jpg|thumb|right|With [Cary Grant](/source/Cary_Grant) in ''[The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer](/source/The_Bachelor_and_the_Bobby-Soxer)'' (1947)]]
Tobin's most memorable roles were as the overbearing secretary, Gerald, in the 1942 film ''[Woman of the Year](/source/Woman_of_the_Year)'' and the top-billed scientist in [Orson Welles](/source/Orson_Welles)'s innovative, [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award)-winning, unsold [television pilot](/source/television_pilot) ''[The Fountain of Youth](/source/The_Fountain_of_Youth_(film))'', filmed in 1956 and televised once two years later as an instalment of [NBC](/source/NBC)'s ''[Colgate Theatre](/source/Colgate_Theatre_(1958_TV_series))''. Tobin's final film role was opposite John Huston in Welles's ''[The Other Side of the Wind](/source/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](/source/I_Married_Joan)'',][{{cite book| last1=Terrace| first1=Vincent| title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=tobin| date=January 10, 2014| publisher=McFarland & Company| location=Jefferson, N.C.| isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7| page=493| edition=2nd}}] ''[My Favorite Husband](/source/My_Favorite_Husband)'',{{r|etvs|page1=729}} ''[Mr. Adams and Eve](/source/Mr._Adams_and_Eve)'', and ''Where Were You?''{{r|etvs|page1=1170}} In 1966, he became a regular during the final season of ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' 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](/source/TV_Guide)'' credits him with 44 television appearances.[{{cite journal| title=Dan Tobin| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dan-tobin/credits/189740/| journal=TV Guide| accessdate=16 March 2020}}]
== Personal life ==
Tobin was married to film and television screenwriter [Jean Holloway](/source/Jean_Holloway) (born Gratia Jean Casey) from 1951 to his death in 1982.[{{Cite news |date=13 October 1951 |title=Radio-TV |pages=15 |work=Cincinnati Post |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&docref=image/v2%3A13E376E28E0F8354%40EANX-NB-1680FE9185565B4A%402433933-1680FB79F595D784%4014-1680FB79F595D784%40}}] They met on the set of ''[The First Hundred Years](/source/The_First_Hundred_Years)''.
==Death==
Tobin died in [Saint John's Hospital](/source/Saint_John's_Health_Center) in Santa Monica, California, in November 1982, at age 72.[{{cite news| title=Character actor Dan Tobin, whose career ranged from movies...|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/28/Character-actor-Dan-Tobin-whose-career-ranged-from-movies/3657407307600/| accessdate=17 June 2017| work=United Press International Archives| agency=United Press International| date=November 28, 1982|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617213513/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/28/Character-actor-Dan-Tobin-whose-career-ranged-from-movies/3657407307600/| archivedate=17 June 2017}}]
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1939|| ''[Black Limelight](/source/Black_Limelight)'' || Roberts - Reporter ||
|-
|1942|| ''[Woman of the Year](/source/Woman_of_the_Year)'' || Gerald Howe ||
|-
|1946|| ''[Undercurrent](/source/Undercurrent_(1946_film))'' || Professor Joseph Bangs ||
|-
|1947|| ''[A Likely Story](/source/A_Likely_Story)'' || Phil Bright ||
|-
|1947|| ''[The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer](/source/The_Bachelor_and_the_Bobby-Soxer)'' || Chester Walters || Released as ''Bachelor Knight'' (UK)
|-
|1948|| ''[The Big Clock](/source/The_Big_Clock_(film))'' || Ray Cordette ||
|-
|1948|| ''[Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House](/source/Mr._Blandings_Builds_His_Dream_House)'' || Bunny Funkhauser || Uncredited
|-
|1948|| ''[The Velvet Touch](/source/The_Velvet_Touch)'' || Jeff Trent ||
|-
|1948|| ''[Sealed Verdict](/source/Sealed_Verdict)'' || Lt. Parker ||
|-
|1948|| ''[Miss Tatlock's Millions](/source/Miss_Tatlock's_Millions)'' || Clifford Tatlock ||
|-
|1949|| ''[Song of Surrender](/source/Song_of_Surrender)'' || Clyde Atherton ||
|-
|1950|| ''[The Magnificent Yankee](/source/The_Magnificent_Yankee_(1950_film))'' || Dixon || Uncredited
|-
|1951|| ''[Queen for a Day](/source/Queen_for_a_Day_(film))'' || Owen Cruger ||
|-
|1951
|''[The First Hundred Years](/source/The_First_Hundred_Years)''
|Mr. Thayer