George Tobias
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American character actor. Born to a Jewish family in New York, he began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. He then spent several years in theater groups before moving on to Broadway and, eventually, Hollywood. In 1939, Tobias signed with Warner Brothers, where he played in supporting roles, many times along with James Cagney, in such movies as Cagney's Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as well as with Gary Cooper in Sergeant York (1941). Tobias later achieved fame in the 1960s by playing long-suffering neighbor Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched. George Tobias never married and retired from acting in 1977 after a guest role in the Bewitched sequel Tabitha. On February 27, 1980, Tobias died of bladder cancer at the age of 78 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The hearse containing his body was stolen on the way to the mortuary. The driver got out to speak to someone, and vandals stole the car. After driving about a mile, they realized that Tobias' body was in the back and fled the car. He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Tobias, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Dietz
Yankee Doodle Dandy
'Pinky'
City for Conquest
Beggar
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Appopolous
My Sister Eileen
Igor Propotkin
Out of the Fog
Barney Green
The Seven Little Foys
Pete Musick
Between Two Worlds
Al Doyle
Nobody Lives Forever
Maxwell Greech
Marjorie Morningstar
Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)
Captains of the Clouds
Malowski
The Tanks Are Coming
Joe Bergner
A New Kind of Love
Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
Silk Stockings
Gratz
Rawhide
Abbu
Sinbad the Sailor
Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Objective, Burma!
Self
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Maxie Twardofsky
This Is the Army
Asst. Crew Chief
Air Force
"Pusher" Ross
Sergeant York
George Rondolos
They Drive by Night
Tiny
The Set-Up
Joe Marino
Her Kind of Man
Si Schribman
The Glenn Miller Story
Reggie
Southside 1-1000
Petit
Passage to Marseille
Rico
Maisie
Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Boris Fenilise
Make Your Own Bed
Pasha
Affectionately Yours
Nicholas Pappalas
The Strawberry Blonde
Rosario La Mata
Torrid Zone
Razi
The Magic Carpet
Billy Giles
The Tattered Dress
Jake Hanso
Wings for the Eagle
Nick Garcos, the Greek
Juke Girl
Gideon
Nightmare in the Sun
Diggs
Bullet for a Badman
Slug McNutt
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Londos
Ten Tall Men
Sascha Bolitov
Music in My Heart
Freddie
Mission to Moscow
Tony Scaduto
East of the River
Herbert 'Herbie' Smith
Saturday's Children
Markevitch
The Phynx
Andy Dijon
River's End
Sloppy Joe
They All Come Out
Eli Snedeker
South of Suez
Lug Johnson
Gallant Bess
Captain Bardoso
The Mark of the Renegade
Jacopo
Adventures of Casanova
Rossi
Everybody Does It
Peewee Defoe
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Nick Popolis
My Wild Irish Rose
Norman Fenimore
The Glass Bottom Boat
Mike
The Judge Steps Out
Oscar Armstrong
Calling All Husbands
Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
Ninotchka
Slaski
Balalaika
Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
Ghazili
Desert Pursuit
Edith Colby
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Dock Worker
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Stars on Horseback
Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Self/Abner Kravitz (archive footage)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-07-14
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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