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Daniel Malloy Tobin (October 19, 1910 – November 26, 1982) was an American
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Tobin's most memorable roles were as the overbearing secretary, Gerald, in '' Woman of the Year'' (1942), and the top-billed scientist in 
Tobin also played as Alexander "Sandy" Lord in the original Broadway production of Phillip Barry's '' 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'',, ''
supporting actor
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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.
Early years
Tobin was a native of Cincinnati, and he attended the University of Cincinnati.Career
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
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's innovative Peabody Award
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-winning unsold television pilot
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, '' The Fountain of Youth'', filmed in 1956 and televised once two years later as an installment of NBC
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's ''Colgate Theatre
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The first edition, a live television anthology, was telecast on Monday nights from J ...
''. Tobin's final film role was opposite John Huston in Welles's ''The Other Side of the Wind
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'', shot in the early 1970s and released in 2018.
Tobin also played as Alexander "Sandy" Lord in the original Broadway production of Phillip Barry's '' 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'',, ''Mr. Adams and Eve
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'', and ''Where Were You?''
''TV Guide
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The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008.
Corporat ...
'' credits him with 44 appearances. In 1965, he appeared in an episode of '' The Cara Williams Show''. In 1966, he became a regular during the final season of '' Perry Mason'' as the proprietor of "Clay's Grill". He made a prior ''Mason'' appearance in 1964 as Dickens the butler in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor."
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 ofThe First Hundred Years
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.
Death
Tobin died in Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, in November 1982, at age 72. He was survived by his wife.Filmography
References
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