George Tobias

Highest Rated: 100% Silk Stockings (1957)

Lowest Rated: 14% A New Kind of Love (1963)

Birthday: Jul 14, 1901

Birthplace: Not Available

Average in looks but above average in talent, New York native George Tobias launched his acting career at his hometown's Pasadena Playhouse. He then spent several years with the Provincetown Players before moving on to Broadway and, ultimately, Hollywood. Entering films in 1939, Tobias' career shifted into first when he was signed by Warner Bros., where he played everything from good-hearted truck drivers to shifty-eyed bandits. Tobias achieved international fame in the 1960s by virtue of his weekly appearances as long-suffering neighbor Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched; he'd previously been a regular on the obscure Canadian adventure series Hudson's Bay. Though he frequently portrayed browbeaten husbands, George Tobias was a lifelong bachelor.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Phynx	Markevitch	—	1970
57%	The Glass Bottom Boat	Fenimore	—	1966
No Score Yet	Bullet for a Badman	Diggs	—	1964
14%	A New Kind of Love	Joseph Bergner	—	1963
No Score Yet	Marjorie Morningstar	Greech	—	1958
100%	Silk Stockings	Commissar Vassili Markovich	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Tattered Dress	Billy Giles	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Seven Little Foys	Barney Green	—	1955
88%	The Glenn Miller Story	Si Schribman	—	1953
No Score Yet	Ten Tall Men	Londos	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Magic Carpet	Gazi	—	1951
No Score Yet	Rawhide	Gratz	—	1951
No Score Yet	Southside 1-1000 (Forgery) (Union 1-1000)	Reggie	—	1950
88%	The Set-Up	Tiny	—	1949
No Score Yet	The Judge Steps Out	Mike	—	1949
80%	Sinbad the Sailor	Abbu	—	1947
No Score Yet	My Wild Irish Rose	Nick Popolis	—	1947
No Score Yet	Nobody Lives Forever	Al Doyle	—	1946
86%	Mildred Pierce	Mr. Chris	—	1945
No Score Yet	Objective, Burma!	Gabby Gordon	—	1945
100%	The Mask of Dimitrios	Fedor Muishkin	—	1944
No Score Yet	Between Two Worlds	Pete Musick	—	1944
No Score Yet	Passage to Marseille	Petit	—	1944
No Score Yet	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Specialty	—	1943
No Score Yet	This Is the Army	Maxie Stoloff	—	1943
No Score Yet	Mission to Moscow	Freddie	—	1943
80%	Air Force	Cpl. Weinberg	—	1943
80%	My Sister Eileen	Appopolous, Landlord	—	1942
93%	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Dietz	—	1942
No Score Yet	Juke Girl	Nick Garcos	—	1942
No Score Yet	Captains of the Clouds	Blimp Lebec	—	1942
86%	Sergeant York	Pusher	—	1941
No Score Yet	Out of the Fog	Igor Propotkin	—	1941
No Score Yet	Affectionately Yours	Pasha	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Bride Came C.O.D.	Peewee	—	1941
100%	The Strawberry Blonde	Nick Pappalas	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Tanks Are Coming	Actor	—	1941
80%	City for Conquest	Pinky	—	1940
96%	They Drive by Night	George Rondolos	—	1940
No Score Yet	Torrid Zone	Rosario	—	1940
No Score Yet	Music in My Heart	Sascha	—	1940
No Score Yet	South of Suez	Eli Snedeker	—	1940
No Score Yet	River's End	Andy Dijon	—	1940
No Score Yet	Balalaika	Slaski, the Counterman	—	1939
97%	Ninotchka	Russian Visa Official	—	1939
100%	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Beggar	—	1939

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Vernon Rudley Rag and Bone Man	1973 1972
No Score Yet	Bewitched 1964-1972	Abner Kravitz	1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964
100%	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1964-1968	Parkaginian	1967
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Sidney Falconer	1964

QUOTES FROM George Tobias CHARACTERS

Russian Visa Official says: [phone rings] Hello. Camrade Kasavi? Oh I'm sorry, he hasn't been with us for six months. He was called back to Russia and was investigated. You can get further details from his widow. You're very welcome.

Russian Visa Official says: Hello. Camrade Kasavi? Oh I'm sorry, he hasn't been with us for six months. He was called back to Russia and was investigated. You can get further details from his widow. You're very welcome.

Russian Visa Official says: Well everything is in order. I hope you will enjoy your trip to Russia, Madame.

Gossip says: Thank you. Oh, by the way, I've heard so many rumors about laundry conditions in Russia. Is it advisable to take one's own towels?

Russian Visa Official says: Certainly not Madame. That is only capitalistic propaganda. We change the towel every week.

Blimp Lebec says: I do not wish to meet the price of a burgler (cagney flew for 25 dollars less)

Blimp Lebec says: I do not wish to meet the price of a burgler [cagney flew for 25 dollars less]

Johnny Dutton says: He won't be hauling cheaper after I catch up to him (cagney stole his customer)

Johnny Dutton says: He won't be hauling cheaper after I catch up to him [cagney stole his customer]

Tiny Murphy says: He's all over the place and we can't catch up with him.

Brian MacLean says: The name is not Johnny, never was Johnny.

Brian MacLean says: I always seem like somebody else.

Brian MacLean says: Lets see if you are as practical as beautiful.

Emily Foster says: The pleasures all yours.