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George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American
United States

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 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
.

Born to a Jewish family in New York
New York City

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, he began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California....
 in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
. He then spent several years in theater groups before moving on to Broadway and, eventually, Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States....
. In 1939, Tobias signed with Warner Brothers, where he played in supporting roles, many times along with James Cagney
James Cagney

James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American film star. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guy"s....
, in such movies as Cagney's Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a biopic about George M. Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway", starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston and Richard Whorf, and featuring Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney....
 (1942) as well as with Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Frank James ?Gary? Cooper was an Cinema of the United States film actor and iconic star. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Western movie he made....
 in Sergeant York
Sergeant York

Sergeant York is a 1941 in film biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year....
 (1941).






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George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
.

Born to a Jewish family in New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, he began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California....
 in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
. He then spent several years in theater groups before moving on to Broadway and, eventually, Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States....
. In 1939, Tobias signed with Warner Brothers, where he played in supporting roles, many times along with James Cagney
James Cagney

James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American film star. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guy"s....
, in such movies as Cagney's Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a biopic about George M. Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway", starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston and Richard Whorf, and featuring Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney....
 (1942) as well as with Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Frank James ?Gary? Cooper was an Cinema of the United States film actor and iconic star. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Western movie he made....
 in Sergeant York
Sergeant York

Sergeant York is a 1941 in film biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year....
 (1941). Tobias later achieved fame in the 1960s by playing long-suffering neighbor Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched
Bewitched

Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
.

George Tobias never married and retired from acting in 1977 after a guest role in the Bewitched sequel Tabitha
Tabitha

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.

On February 27, 1980, Tobias died of bladder cancer
Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder....
 at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern 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 and fled the car. He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale
Glendale, Queens

Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded by the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Division tracks to the north, Woodhaven Boulevard to the east, numerous cemeteries to the south and Fresh Pond Road to the West....
, Queens County
Queens

Queens is the largest in area, the second-largest in population, and the easternmost of the Borough which form the New York City. The Borough of Queens' boundaries are identical to those of the County of Queens , a Administrative divisions of New York#County of the State of New York in the Northeastern United States United States....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
.

Partial filmography

  • Torrid Zone
    Torrid Zone

    Torrid Zone is a 1940 in film adventure film starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien ....
     (1940)
  • They Drive by Night
    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night is a 1940 in film film starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart. It is filmed in black-and-white....
     (1940)
  • The Strawberry Blonde
    The Strawberry Blonde

    The Strawberry Blonde was a 1941 in film Warner Brothers feature film starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Academy Award for Original Music Score....
     (1941)
  • Out of the Fog
    Out of the Fog (film)

    Out of the Fog is a 1941 in film film noir starring John Garfield, Ida Lupino and Thomas Mitchell . A gangster falls in love with the daughter of one of the fisherman from whom he Extortion "protection" money....
     (1941)
  • Sergeant York
    Sergeant York

    Sergeant York is a 1941 in film biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year....
     (1941)
  • The Bride Came C.O.D.
    The Bride Came C.O.D.

    The Bride Came C.O.D. is a 1941 in film Warner Bros. screwball comedy film romantic comedy starring James Cagney as a pilot and Bette Davis as a runaway heiress....
     (1941)
  • Captains of the Clouds
    Captains of the Clouds

    Captains of the Clouds is a Warner Bros. war film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney , with Hal B....
     (1942)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy is a biopic about George M. Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway", starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston and Richard Whorf, and featuring Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney....
     (1942)
  • My Sister Eileen
    My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a book, a Play , a musical theatre, two films, and a CBS television series in the 1960-1961 season....
     (1942)
  • Passage to Marseille
    Passage to Marseille

    Passage to Marseille is a 1944 in film war film made by Warner Brothers, directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis with Jack L....
     (1944)
  • Between Two Worlds
    Between Two Worlds

    Between Two Worlds is a 1944 film set during World War II, featuring John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, and Eleanor Parker. It is a remake of the 1930 film, Outward Bound , itself based on the 1924 play of the same name....
     (1944)
  • Objective, Burma!
    Objective, Burma!

    Objective, Burma! is a 1945 in film movie which depicts American commandos fighting extensively in the China Burma India Theater of World War II....
     (1945)
  • Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
  • Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
  • The Set-Up (1949)
  • Everybody Does It
    Everybody Does It

    Everybody Does It is a 1949 in film comedy film starring Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm.In the film, a businessman's wife tries to become an opera star....
     (1949)
  • Southside 1-1000
    Southside 1-1000

    Southside 1-1000 is a 1950 in film semidocumentary-style film, considered film noir. The film stars Don DeFore, Andrea King and Gerald Mohr as the off-screen narrator....
     (1950)
  • Rawhide
    Rawhide (1951 film)

    Rawhide is a 1951 in film western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Samuel G....
     (1951)
  • Ten Tall Men
    Ten Tall Men

    Ten Tall Men is a 1951 in film adventure film about the French Foreign Legion. It starred Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance and Gerald Mohr....
     (1951)
  • The Glenn Miller Story
    The Glenn Miller Story

    The Glenn Miller Story is a 1953 United States film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western movie collaboration....
     (1953)
  • The Seven Little Foys
    The Seven Little Foys

    The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 in film film starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. James Cagney reprises his role as George M. Cohan for an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence....
     (1955)
  • Silk Stockings
    Silk Stockings (film)

    Silk Stockings is a 1957 in film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film remake of Ninotchka. It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse....
     (1957)
  • Marjorie Morningstar
    Marjorie Morningstar (film)

    Marjorie Morningstar is a 1958 in film melodrama film based on the 1955 in literature Marjorie Morningstar . The film, released by Warner Bros....
     (1958)
  • A New Kind of Love
    A New Kind of Love

    A New Kind of Love is a 1963 in film romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, George Tobias, and Maurice Chevalier....
     (1963)
  • The Glass Bottom Boat
    The Glass Bottom Boat

    The Glass Bottom Boat, also known as The Spy in Lace Panties, is a 1966 romantic comedy film that is also considered a film musical. The film stars Doris Day and Rod Taylor ....
     (1966)
  • The Phynx
    The Phynx

    The Phynx is a 1970 comedy film directed by Lee H. Katzin. The film is about a rock and roll band named The Phynx and their mission in foreign affairs....
     (1970)


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