George Tobias
Highest Rated: 100% Silk Stockings (1957)
Lowest Rated: 13% A New Kind of Love (1963)
Birthday: Jul 14, 1901
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
They don't make character actors, and character actor careers, like that of George Tobias anymore. A large part of the reason for this is the disappearance of the Hollywood studio system, which in its Golden Age could put people like Tobias under contract and maintain a steady stream of supporting roles. After joining Warner Bros. in the early 1940s, Tobias was soon racking up the credits, most notably in the James Cagney biopic "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and the Gary Cooper war drama "Sergeant York." With the advent of television, Tobias re-applied his skills to the small screen and eventually scored a recurring role in the iconic 1960s TV series "Bewitched." It was actually on a sequel to that program, "Tabitha," that the actor made his final appearance in 1977. The actor died of cancer in 1980.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 27% | The Phynx | Markevitch (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 57% | 74% | The Glass Bottom Boat | Norman Fenimore (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Bullet for a Badman | Diggs (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 13% | 50% | A New Kind of Love | Joe Bergner (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 100% | 68% | Silk Stockings | Vassili Markovitch (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Tattered Dress | Billy Giles (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | The Seven Little Foys | Barney Green (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 89% | 80% | The Glenn Miller Story | Si Schribman (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desert Pursuit | Ghazili (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Ten Tall Men | Londos (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Magic Carpet | Razi (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Rawhide | Gratz (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark of the Renegade | Captain Bardoso (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 85% | 88% | The Set-Up | Tiny (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everybody Does It | Rossi (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Judge Steps Out | Mike (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures of Casanova | Jacopo (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | My Wild Irish Rose | Nick Popolis (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 80% | 59% | Sinbad the Sailor | Abbu (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Nobody Lives Forever | Al Doyle (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gallant Bess | Lug Johnson (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Kind of Man | Joe Marino (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 88% | 90% | Mildred Pierce | Mr. Chris (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 83% | 72% | Objective, Burma! | Cpl. Gabby Gordon (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 83% | 79% | The Mask of Dimitrios | Unknown (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Between Two Worlds | Pete Musick (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Passage to Marseille | Petit (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Make Your Own Bed | Boris Fenilise (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Mission to Moscow | Freddie (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 82% | 71% | Air Force | Asst. Crew Chief (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | This Is the Army | Maxie Twardofsky (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Juke Girl | Nick Garcos (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 49% | Captains of the Clouds | Blimp Lebec (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 90% | 83% | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Dietz (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 80% | 67% | My Sister Eileen | Appopolous (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings for the Eagle | Jake Hanso (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 74% | The Strawberry Blonde | Nicholas Pappalas (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 88% | 87% | Sergeant York | "Pusher" Ross (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Peewee Defoe (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Out of the Fog | Igor Propotkin (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tanks Are Coming | Malowski (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Affectionately Yours | Pasha (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East of the River | Tony Scaduto (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday's Children | Herbert `'Herbie'` Smith (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Music in My Heart | Sascha (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 92% | 70% | They Drive by Night | George Rondolos (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Torrid Zone | Rosario `'Rosie'` La Mata (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calling All Husbands | Oscar "Panhandle"Armstrong (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | South of Suez | Eli Snedeker (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Identity | Andy Dijon (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Talked Too Much | Slug McNutt (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | River's End | Andrew Dijon (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maisie | Rico (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Balalaika | Slaski (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 97% | 89% | Ninotchka | Russian Visa Official (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They All Come Out | "Sloppy Joe" (Character) | - | 1939 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tabitha | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Bewitched |
Abner Kravitz (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1964-1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Dalton (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Sidney Falconer (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Pete Schrieber (Guest Star) | 1958 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Shanghai Pierce (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |