George Tobias
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-07-14
Day of Death
1980-02-27 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2023)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Abner Kravitz (archive footage)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
(1970)
The Phynx
as Markevitch
(1966)
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Norman Fenimore
(1965)
Nightmare in the Sun
as Gideon
(1964)
Bullet for a Badman
as Diggs
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1963)
A New Kind of Love
as Joe Bergner
(1958)
Marjorie Morningstar
as Maxwell Greech
(1957)
Silk Stockings
as Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
(1957)
The Tattered Dress
as Billy Giles
(1955)
The Seven Little Foys
as Barney Green
(1954)
The Glenn Miller Story
as Si Schribman
(1952)
Desert Pursuit
as Ghazili
(1951)
Rawhide
as Gratz
(1951)
Ten Tall Men
as Londos
(1951)
The Magic Carpet
as Razi
(1951)
The Mark of the Renegade
as Captain Bardoso
(1950)
Southside 1-1000
as Reggie
(1949)
The Set-Up
as Tiny
(1949)
Everybody Does It
as Rossi
(1948)
Adventures of Casanova
as Jacopo
(1947)
Sinbad the Sailor
as Abbu
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Mike
(1947)
My Wild Irish Rose
as Nick Popolis
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Al Doyle
(1946)
Her Kind of Man
as Joe Marino
(1946)
Gallant Bess
as Lug Johnson
(1945)
Mildred Pierce
as Mr. Chris (uncredited)
(1945)
Objective, Burma!
as Cpl. Gabby Gordon
(1944)
Passage to Marseille
as Petit
(1944)
Between Two Worlds
as Pete Musick
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Boris Fenilise
(1943)
This Is the Army
as Maxie Twardofsky
(1943)
Air Force
as Asst. Crew Chief
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Freddie
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self
(1943)
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Dietz
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)
(1942)
Juke Girl
as Nick Garcos, the Greek
(1942)
Wings for the Eagle
as Jake Hanso
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Appopolous
(1941)
Sergeant York
as "Pusher" Ross
(1941)
The Strawberry Blonde
as Nicholas Pappalas
(1941)
Out of the Fog
as Igor Propotkin
(1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Peewee Defoe
(1941)
Affectionately Yours
as Pasha
(1941)
The Tanks Are Coming
as Malowski
(1940)
They Drive by Night
as George Rondolos
(1940)
City for Conquest
as 'Pinky'
(1940)
Torrid Zone
as Rosario La Mata
(1940)
East of the River
as Tony Scaduto
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Herbert 'Herbie' Smith
(1940)
River's End
as Andy Dijon
(1940)
Music in My Heart
as Sascha Bolitov
(1940)
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Slug McNutt
(1940)
South of Suez
as Eli Snedeker
(1940)
Calling All Husbands
as Oscar Armstrong
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Beggar
(1939)
Ninotchka
as Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
(1939)
Balalaika
as Slaski
(1939)
Maisie
as Rico
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Edith Colby
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Dock Worker
(1939)
They All Come Out
as Sloppy Joe