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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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Filmography
all 87
Movies 66
TV Shows 21
self 2
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)
Tabitha (1977)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Switch (1975)
The Waltons (1972)
The Phynx (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Medical Center (1969)
Mannix (1967)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
Bewitched (1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Tightrope (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
The Real McCoys (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Telephone Time (1956)
The Seven Little Foys (1955)
Climax! (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Desert Pursuit (1952)
Ten Tall Men (1951)
The Magic Carpet (1951)
The Mark of the Renegade (1951)
Rawhide (1951)
Southside 1-1000 (1950)
Everybody Does It (1949)
The Set-Up (1949)
Studio One (1948)
Adventures of Casanova (1948)
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Gallant Bess (1946)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
Her Kind of Man (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Make Your Own Bed (1944)
Between Two Worlds (1944)
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
This Is the Army (1943)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Stars on Horseback (1943)
Air Force (1943)
My Sister Eileen (1942)
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Juke Girl (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
The Tanks Are Coming (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
South of Suez (1940)
East of the River (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
Calling All Husbands (1940)
River's End (1940)
They Drive by Night (1940)
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
Torrid Zone (1940)
Saturday's Children (1940)
Music in My Heart (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Balalaika (1939)
Ninotchka (1939)
They All Come Out (1939)
Maisie (1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
Hudson's Bay
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-07-14
Deathday1980-02-27 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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