Michael Tolan Mary's night-school teacher & boyfriend. He also made guest appearances on such television series as "Mannix", "Kojak", "Nichols", "The Outer Limits", "McMillan and Wife", and "Law & Order". His last known television appearance was on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" in 1994. Tolan appeared in the Bob Fosse film "All That Jazz" (1979) as lead character Joe Gideon's cardiologist, Dr. Ballinger. Tolan also helped found the American Place Theatre, of which he wrote: “We wanted to attract some of the writers who wrote fine, intelligent, deep material about American life, and see if we could interest them in writing
Bob Fosse ""His baldness was the reason that he wore hats, and was doubtless why he put hats on his dancers."" He used gloves in his performances because he did not like his hands. Some of his most popular numbers include "Steam Heat" ("The Pajama Game") and "Big Spender" ("Sweet Charity"). The "Rich Man's Frug" scene in "Sweet Charity" is another example of his signature style. For "Damn Yankees", he took a great deal of inspiration from the ""father of theatrical jazz dance"", Jack Cole. In 1957, both Verdon and Fosse were studying with Sanford Meisner to develop a better acting technique