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.
Tobin made his Broadway debut in American Holiday in 1936.[2] 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).[1]
On television, Tobin was a regular on I Married Joan,[3]My Favorite Husband,[3]: 729 Mr. Adams and Eve, and Where Were You?[3]: 1170 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.[4]
Personal life
Tobin was married to film and television screenwriter Jean Holloway (born Gratia Jean Casey) from 1951 to his death in 1982.[5] 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.[6]
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