George Tobias
George Tobias (born July 14, 1901 in New York City , † February 27, 1980 in Los Angeles ) was an American theater and film actor .
Life
Born into a Jewish family in New York City, George Tobias began his acting career at the Neighborhood Playhouse at the age of 15 and then played for several years with the Theater Guild and the Provincetown Players on New York Broadway , including in 1935 in Sidney Howards Paths of Glory . He was finally discovered by a talent scout from Warner Brothers , whom Tobias followed to Hollywood in the late 1930s .
After he got a contract with Warner Brothers, Tobias played mostly supporting roles as the lovable friend of the main actor. B. by James Cagney in Schönste der Stadt ( The Strawberry Blonde , 1941) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) or by Gary Cooper in Sergeant York (1941). Tobias has proven himself as a versatile character actor in various film genres, including film comedies , film dramas and film musicals . He was often seen in roles with a Slavic background, such as in Music in My Heart (1940) as a Russian cook alongside Rita Hayworth or in Rouben Mamoulian's silk stockings ( Silk Stockings , 1957) as Vassili Markovitch alongside Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse . He played this role from 1955 to 1956 under the direction of Cy Feuer alongside Don Ameche and Hildegard Knef on Broadway.
From the mid-1950s, he also appeared on television. For example, he was seen as neighbor Abner Kravitz in 54 episodes of the American television series In Love with a Witch ( Bewitched , 1964–1971). In 1977 he retired from the film business.
George Tobias, who was never married but had a relationship with actress Milicent Patrick for decades, died of bladder cancer in Los Angeles in 1980 at the age of 78 . He was buried in the New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens , New York.
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: Ninotschka ( Ninotchka )
- 1939: The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame )
- 1939: Balalaika
- 1940: Music in My Heart
- 1940: The Dream of a Better Life ( Saturday's Children )
- 1940: Tropical Zone ( Torrid Zone )
- 1940: On the Road at Night ( They Drive by Night )
- 1940: In the frenzy of the cosmopolitan city ( City for Conquest )
- 1941: Most Beautiful in Town ( The Strawberry Blonde )
- 1941: The Heartbreaker ( Affectionately Yours )
- 1941: Shore in the Fog ( Out of the Fog )
- 1941: Sergeant York
- 1941: The Tanks Are Coming (short film)
- 1941: The bride came cash on delivery ( The Bride Came COD )
- 1942: heroes of the air ( Captains of the Clouds )
- 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1942: My Sister Ellen ( My Sister Eileen )
- 1943: Into the Japanese Sun ( Air Force )
- 1943: Ambassador to Moscow ( Mission to Moscow )
- 1943: This Is the Army
- 1943: Thank Your Lucky Stars
- 1944: Ticket to Marseille ( Passage to Marseille )
- 1945: The Hero of Burma ( Objective, Burma! )
- 1945: As long as a heart beats ( Mildred Pierce )
- 1947: Sinbad the Sailor ( Sinbad the Sailor )
- 1947: My Wild Irish Rose
- 1949: Clear the ring for Stoker Thompson ( The Set-Up )
- 1951: Two in the Trap ( Rawhide )
- 1951: Women robbery in Morocco ( Ten Tall Men )
- 1954: The Glenn Miller Story ( The Glenn Miller Story )
- 1957: silk stockings ( Silk Stockings )
- 1958: The Love of Marjorie Morningstar (Marjorie Morningstar)
- 1963: A New Kind of Love ( A New Kind of Love )
- 1964: The last bullet hits ( Bullet for a Badman )
- 1964-1971: Bewitched ( Bewitched ) (TV series)
- 1966: Spy in Lace Panties ( The Glass Bottom Boat )
Web links
- George Tobias in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- George Tobias in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- George Tobias in the database of Find a Grave (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tobias, George |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1980 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California |