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| Dan Tobin | |
| Credits | |
| Roles | Mr. Ames Ed Pennybaker Mr. Saunders Mayor |
| Biographical Information | |
| Full Name | Daniel Malloy Tobin |
| Birthdate | October 19, 1910 |
| Birthplace | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
| Death Date | November 26, 1982 (age 72) |
| Death Place | Santa Monica, California, United States |
Dan Tobin played four characters in the first three seasons of Bewitched, two of them clients (1965-1967).
Biography[]
Dan Tobin's career in Hollywood as a small part supporting player spanned three decades, beginning in 1939. Adding to his slightly shifty appearance - squinty eyes, high cheekbones and generally sporting a thin moustache - was a fussy, bumptious manner, which made him ideal typecasting as supercilious, miserly, smugly conceited or obsequious types. Though Tobin's screen personae could be sinister, or at least underhanded, they also often provided comic relief, as, for instance, his somewhat camp, bow-tied employee Gerald Howe in Woman of the Year (1942). On stage, he had his biggest hit in Philip Barry's classic comedy play "The Philadelphia Story" (Broadway, 1939-40), playing the part of Alexander 'Sandy' Lord.
By the mid-1950's, Tobin had drifted from films towards guest appearances in early anthology series and sitcoms on television. He had a regular spot in the final season of Perry Mason (1957) as Raymond Burr's restaurateur friend Terrance Clay. As the ideal character to be deflated, he was also employed to good comic effect in several episodes of Bewitched (1964) and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968).
Tobin retired from acting in 1977 and died five years later at the age of 72. He had been married to television scriptwriter Jean Holloway.
Bewitched Credits[]
- Mayor in "Red Light, Green Light"
- Mr. Ames in "Double Split" (uncredited)
- Ed Pennybaker in "I Remember You...Sometimes"
- Mr. Saunders in "Nobody but a Frog Knows How to Live"
Source[]
Dan Tobin on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on February 17, 2020. Updated on June 17, 2025.