George Tobias

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caption=George Tobias as the long-suffering Abner Kravitz
with Alice Pearce as his wife Gladys, 1964
birthdate=birth date|1901|7|14
birthplace=New York City, New York
deathdate=death date and age|1980|2|27|1901|7|14
deathplace=Los Angeles, California
restingplace=Mount Carmel Cemetery
Section B, plot R-21
occupation=Actor

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 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 seat. He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York.

Partial filmography

*"Torrid Zone" (1940)
*"They Drive by Night" (1940)
*"The Strawberry Blonde" (1941)
*"Out of the Fog" (1941)
*"Sergeant York" (1941)
*"The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941)
*"Captains of the Clouds" (1942)
*"Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)
*"My Sister Eileen" (1942)
*"Passage to Marseille" (1944)
*"Between Two Worlds" (1944)
*"Objective, Burma!" (1945)
*"Nobody Lives Forever" (1946)
*"Sinbad the Sailor" (1947)
*"The Set-Up" (1949)
*"Everybody Does It" (1949)
*"Southside 1-1000" (1950)
*"Rawhide" (1951)
*"Ten Tall Men" (1951)
*"The Glenn Miller Story" (1953)
*"The Seven Little Foys" (1955)
*"Silk Stockings" (1957)
*"Marjorie Morningstar" (1958)
*"A New Kind of Love" (1963)
*"The Glass Bottom Boat" (1966)
*"The Phynx" (1970)

External links

*imdb|0864869
*ibdb|62398
*tv.com person|5835|George Tobias
*findagrave|8670

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NAME= Tobias, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH=July 14, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH=New York City, New York
DATE OF DEATH=February 27, 1980
PLACE OF DEATH=Los Angeles, California