George Tobias
| George Tobias | |
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Tobias in 1942
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| Born |
July 14, 1901 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 1980 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Bladder cancer |
| Resting place | Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York City |
| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1927–1977 |
George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Abner Kravitz on the television sitcom, Bewitched.
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, he signed with Warner Brothers and was cast 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) and Irving Berlin, Ronald Reagan, and George Murphy in This Is The Army (1943).
From 1959-61, Tobias played Penrose in eight episodes of the ABC television series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay. From 1964 to 1971, he played Abner Kravitz, the long-suffering neighbor on the ABC sitcom, Bewitched. Tobias often appeared in an uncredited role as a courtroom spectator on CBS's Perry Mason and played Sidney Falconer in the episode, "The Case of the Antic Angel" (1964).
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