George Tobias

Born: 1901-07-14

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Tobias, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Released: 1970-01-26

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Beggar
Released: 1939-12-29

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the...

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Sergeant York

as "Pusher" Ross
Released: 1941-09-27

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...

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Mildred Pierce

as Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Released: 1945-10-20

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a...

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Dietz
Released: 1942-05-29

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George...

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The Glenn Miller Story

as Si Schribman
Released: 1954-01-04

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from...

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Ninotchka

as Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-23

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who...

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They Drive by Night

as George Rondolos
Released: 1940-07-26

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...

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This Is the Army

as Maxie Twardofsky
Released: 1943-08-14

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....

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The Set-Up

as Tiny
Released: 1949-03-29

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling...

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Mission to Moscow

as Freddie
Released: 1943-04-29

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...

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Torrid Zone

as Rosario La Mata
Released: 1940-05-18

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

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Objective, Burma!

as Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Released: 1945-02-17

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to...

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The Phynx

as Markevitch
Released: 1970-03-06

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in...

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Rawhide

as Gratz
Released: 1951-03-25

At a desolate relay station, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held...

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-28

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop...

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Between Two Worlds

as Pete Musick
Released: 1944-05-20

Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it...

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Balalaika

as Slaski
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Silk Stockings

as Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
Released: 1957-06-28

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer...

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The Glass Bottom Boat

as Norman Fenimore
Released: 1966-06-09

Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his...

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Affectionately Yours

as Pasha
Released: 1941-05-10

A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity...

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Air Force

as Asst. Crew Chief
Released: 1943-03-20

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack...

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Nobody Lives Forever

as Al Doyle
Released: 1946-11-01

A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.

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Sinbad the Sailor

as Abbu
Released: 1947-01-13

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of...

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The Strawberry Blonde

as Nicholas Pappalas
Released: 1941-02-21

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and...

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A New Kind of Love

as Joe Bergner
Released: 1963-10-10

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.

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The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Peewee Defoe
Released: 1941-07-12

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap...

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The Mark of the Renegade

as Captain Bardoso
Released: 1951-07-24

An agent of Mexico poses as a pirate to foil a would-be emperor in 1820s California.

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Marjorie Morningstar

as Maxwell Greech
Released: 1958-04-24

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for...

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My Wild Irish Rose

as Nick Popolis
Released: 1947-12-24

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Maisie

as Rico
Released: 1939-06-22

Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...

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Desert Pursuit

as Ghazili
Released: 1952-05-10

In 1852, two friends left the Nevada prospector region to relocate from en route he meets the...

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Passage to Marseille

as Petit
Released: 1944-03-11

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

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Captains of the Clouds

as Blimp Lebec (bush pilot)
Released: 1942-02-12

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...

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City for Conquest

as 'Pinky'
Released: 1940-09-21

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and...

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My Sister Eileen

as Appopolous
Released: 1942-09-24

Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their...

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Out of the Fog

as Igor Propotkin
Released: 1941-06-14

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...

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Bullet for a Badman

as Diggs
Released: 1964-09-01

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and...

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The Magic Carpet

as Razi
Released: 1951-10-18

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Nightmare in the Sun

as Gideon
Released: 1965-03-06

A hitchhiker sleeps with a rancher's wife and is hunted by the sheriff for her murder.

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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Ten Tall Men

as Londos
Released: 1951-10-26

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will...

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The Seven Little Foys

as Barney Green
Released: 1955-09-30

Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love...

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The Tattered Dress

as Billy Giles
Released: 1957-03-14

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe...

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Adventures of Casanova

as Jacopo
Released: 1948-02-07

Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have...

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The Tanks Are Coming

as Malowski
Released: 1941-10-04

Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tankist training in the American Army in...

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The Man Who Talked Too Much

as Slug McNutt
Released: 1940-07-16

A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's...

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Music in My Heart

as Sascha Bolitov
Released: 1940-01-04

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.

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Saturday's Children

as Herbert 'Herbie' Smith
Released: 1940-05-04

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

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Gallant Bess

as Lug Johnson
Released: 1946-12-05

Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues...

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The Judge Steps Out

as Mike
Released: 1947-12-15

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

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Wings for the Eagle

as Jake Hanso
Released: 1942-07-18

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

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East of the River

as Tony Scaduto
Released: 1940-11-09

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other...

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South of Suez

as Eli Snedeker
Released: 1940-11-16

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him...

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Southside 1-1000

as Reggie
Released: 1950-11-16

The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its agents in a...

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Self
Released: 1943-09-25

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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They All Come Out

as Sloppy Joe
Released: 1939-08-04

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will...

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Juke Girl

as Nick Garcos, the Greek
Released: 1942-05-30

During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess...

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Her Kind of Man

as Joe Marino
Released: 1946-05-11

A singer can't choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.

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Make Your Own Bed

as Boris Fenilise
Released: 1944-06-10

Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then...

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Everybody Does It

as Rossi
Released: 1949-10-24

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures...

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Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Dock Worker
Released: 1939-02-25

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...

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Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Edith Colby
Released: 1939-02-25

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...

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River's End

as Andy Dijon
Released: 1940-08-10

An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to...

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Calling All Husbands

as Oscar Armstrong
Released: 1940-09-07

A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...

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Stars on Horseback

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-23

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel...

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Bewitched

as Abner Kravitz
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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Starsky & Hutch

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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Perry Mason

as Sidney Falconer
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Trader Penrose
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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Studio One

as M / Sgt. Al Wirtz
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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The Real McCoys

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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The Waltons

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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Climax!

as Sergeant Levy
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Switch

as Ludwig
First aired: 1975-09-09

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...

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Laramie

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-15

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...

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Letter to Loretta

as Henry
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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The Rebel

as Sheriff Boyd
First aired: 1959-10-04

The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...

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Tabitha

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-05-07

Tabitha Stephens is the daughter of the bewitching Samantha and her mortal husband, Darrin...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Tightrope

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-08

Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September...

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