George Tobias
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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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Acted in
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Tabitha
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Switch
1975
as Ludwig
The Waltons
1972
The Phynx
1970
as Markevitch
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Medical Center
1969
Mannix
1967
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Norman Fenimore
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Gideon
Bewitched
1964
as Abner Kravitz
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bullet for a Badman
1964
as Diggs
A New Kind of Love
1963
as Joe Bergner
Sam Benedict
1962
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader Penrose
The Rebel
1959
as Sheriff Boyd
Laramie
1959
Tightrope
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Maxwell Greech
The Real McCoys
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Sidney Falconer
Silk Stockings
1957
as Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
The Tattered Dress
1957
as Billy Giles
Telephone Time
1956
The Seven Little Foys
1955
as Barney Green
Climax!
1954
as Sergeant Levy
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
as Si Schribman
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Henry
Desert Pursuit
1952
as Ghazili
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Londos
The Magic Carpet
1951
as Razi
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Captain Bardoso
Rawhide
1951
as Gratz
Southside 1-1000
1950
as Reggie
Everybody Does It
1949
as Rossi
The Set-Up
1949
as Tiny
Studio One
1948
as M / Sgt. Al Wirtz
Adventures of Casanova
1948
as Jacopo
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as Nick Popolis
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Mike
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Abbu
Gallant Bess
1946
as Lug Johnson
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Al Doyle
Her Kind of Man
1946
as Joe Marino
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Objective, Burma!
1945
as Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Boris Fenilise
Between Two Worlds
1944
as Pete Musick
Passage to Marseille
1944
as Petit
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Self
This Is the Army
1943
as Maxie Twardofsky
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Freddie
Stars on Horseback
1943
Air Force
1943
as Asst. Crew Chief
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Appopolous
Wings for the Eagle
1942
as Jake Hanso
Juke Girl
1942
as Nick Garcos, the Greek
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Dietz
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)
The Tanks Are Coming
1941
as Malowski
Sergeant York
1941
as "Pusher" Ross
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
as Peewee Defoe
Out of the Fog
1941
as Igor Propotkin
Affectionately Yours
1941
as Pasha
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
as Nicholas Pappalas
South of Suez
1940
as Eli Snedeker
East of the River
1940
as Tony Scaduto
City for Conquest
1940
as 'Pinky'
Calling All Husbands
1940
as Oscar Armstrong
River's End
1940
as Andy Dijon
They Drive by Night
1940
as George Rondolos
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as Slug McNutt
Torrid Zone
1940
as Rosario La Mata
Saturday's Children
1940
as Herbert 'Herbie' Smith
Music in My Heart
1940
as Sascha Bolitov
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Beggar
Balalaika
1939
as Slaski
Ninotchka
1939
as Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
They All Come Out
1939
as Sloppy Joe
Maisie
1939
as Rico
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Edith Colby
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Dock Worker
Hudson's Bay
as Pierre Falcon