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  • BIRTH 14/07/1901
  • DEATH 27/02/1980
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 4
  • MOVIES 22

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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George Tobias

Shows (4)

Bewitched
Bewitched
Abner Kravitz
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Sidney Falconer
Switch
Switch
Ludwig
The Rebel
The Rebel
Sheriff Boyd

Movies (22)

The Set-Up
The Set-Up
Tiny
Rawhide
Rawhide
Gratz
Silk Stockings
Silk Stockings
Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
Petit
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children
Herbert 'Herbie' Smith
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story
Si Schribman
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
"Pusher" Ross
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Beggar
Affectionately Yours
Affectionately Yours
Pasha
City for Conquest
City for Conquest
'Pinky'
This Is the Army
This Is the Army
Maxie Twardofsky
Objective, Burma!
Objective, Burma!
Cpl. Gabby Gordon
They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night
George Rondolos
Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever
Al Doyle
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar
Maxwell Greech
The Glass Bottom Boat
The Glass Bottom Boat
Norman Fenimore
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Dietz
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor
Abbu
The Strawberry Blonde
The Strawberry Blonde
Nicholas Pappalas
Air Force
Air Force
Asst. Crew Chief
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen
Appopolous
Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow
Freddie