Dan Tobin
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Tobin (October 19, 1910 – November 26, 1982) was an American supporting actor 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. 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's innovative Peabody Award-winning unsold television pilot, The Fountain of Youth, filmed in 1956 and televised once two years later as an installment of NBC's Colgate Theatre. 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, and Where Were You? The Internet Movie Database lists 96 television and film acting roles for Tobin over a career spanning from 1939 to 1977. He became a regular during the final season of Perry Mason as the proprietor of "Clay's Grill". He had made a prior appearance in 1964 as Dickens the butler in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 19, 1910
Deathday: November 26, 1982
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Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Woman of the Year
Overview: Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-05
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Overview: Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-01
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The Velvet Touch
1948-07-13
The Velvet Touch
Overview: After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-13
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Undercurrent
Overview: After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-11
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The Big Clock
1948-03-18
The Big Clock
Overview: Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-18
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Letters from Three Lovers
1973-10-03
Letters from Three Lovers
Overview: Three letters, whose delivery has been delayed by a year, change the lives of the people to whom they were addressed.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-03
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The Catered Affair
1956-06-14
The Catered Affair
Overview: An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-14
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The Fountain of Youth
1958-09-16
The Fountain of Youth
Overview: A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-16
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Only with Married Men
1974-12-04
Only with Married Men
Overview: A girl decides that she will only date married men, and she runs into a bachelor who tells women that he is married in order to avoid long-term commitments.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-04
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The Other Side of the Wind
2018-11-02
The Other Side of the Wind
Overview: Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Black Limelight
1938-06-14
Black Limelight
Overview: This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee Raymond Massey as a man at the centre of a multiple murder investigation – a case that sparks a sensationalist press frenzy when it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-14
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Overview: An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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Dream Wife
1953-06-19
Dream Wife
Overview: Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-19
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Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948-11-19
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Overview: After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the estate of Miss Tatlock's millions.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-19
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Who's Got the Action?
1962-12-25
Who's Got the Action?
Overview: A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-25
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The Last Angry Man
1959-10-22
The Last Angry Man
Overview: Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-22
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Dark Stranger
1955-01-08
Dark Stranger
Overview: A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out.
Genres: Mystery Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-08
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A Likely Story
1947-04-18
A Likely Story
Overview: A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-18
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Herbie Rides Again
1974-02-12
Herbie Rides Again
Overview: The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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Sealed Verdict
1948-11-05
Sealed Verdict
Overview: John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977-11-23
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Overview: While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel through an enchanted forest where they find themselves trapped in the world of their fairy tales.
Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-23
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Queen for a Day
1951-07-07
Queen for a Day
Overview: Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-07
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967-03-09
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Overview: A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-09
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