GEORGE TOBIAS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
George Tobias was born on July 14th, 1901 in New York City, New York. He began his career in acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and also began performing in a number of theater groups.
He gained some more experience as a stage actor on Broadway and then in 1939, he relocated to Hollywood and began to break in to the film industry. He signed a contract with Warner Brothers and began appearing on such films as, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) starring James Cagney, Rosemary DeCamp and Walter Huston, "Sergeant York" (1941) starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, "Captains of the Cloud" (1942), "Juke Girl" (1942) and "Mission to Moscow" (1943).
As his career progressed into the mid 40's and early 50's he continued to focus on film work appearing in such features as, "Between Two Worlds" (1944), "Objective, Burma!" (1945) starring Errol Flynn, "Sinbad, The Sailor" (1947), "The Set Up" (1949), "The Magic Carpet" (1951) and "The Glenn Miller Story" (1951) starring James Stewart, June Allyson and Harry Morgan and "The Seven Little Foys" (1955) starring Bob Hope.
Along with his work as a stage and film actor, he made quite a name for himself later in his career, appearing on such television series as, "Bewitched" (1964-1971), "77 Sunset Strip", "Laramie", "Climax!", "Adventures in Paradise", "The Waltons", "Medical Center" and "Love, American Style".
George Tobias never chose to marry or have any children of his own. His final roles were in 1977 on the series, "Switch" and "Tabitha". He then retired from acting and on February 27th, 1980 he passed away in Los Angeles, California after suffering from bladder cancer. His remains are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, New York.
Filmography
1977 Tabitha
1977 Switch
1976 Starsky and Hutch
1972-1976 Medical Center
1973 Insight
1972-1973 The Waltons
1973 The Night Strangler
1964-1971 Bewitched
1970 Mannix
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 The Phynx
1969 Love, American Style
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat
1965 Nightmare in the Sun
1964 The Joey Bishop Show
1964 Bullet for a Badman
1964 Perry Mason
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 Glynis
1963 A New Kind of Love
1963 I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1962 Sam Benedict
1961 The Untouchables
1959-1961 Adventures in Paradise
1961 One Happy Family
1958-1960 77 Sunset Strip
1960 The Rebel
1960 The Deputy
1960 Overland Trail
1960 Tightrope
1960 Laramie
1959 Hudson's Bay
1958 The Loretta Young Show
1958 Studio One in Hollywood
1958 Marjorie Morningstar
1957 Climax!
1957 Telephone Time
1957 Silk Stockings
1957 The Tattered Dress
1954-1955 Our Miss Brooks
1955 The Seven Little Foys
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1952 Desert Pursuit
1951 Ten Tall Men
1951 The Magic Carpet
1951 Mark of the Renegade
1951 Rawhide
1950 Southside 1-1000
1949 Everybody Does It
1949 The Judge Steps Out
1949 The Set-Up
1948 Adventures of Casanova
1947 My Wild Irish Rose
1947 Sinbad, the Sailor
1946 Gallant Bess
1946 Nobody Lives Forever
1946 Her Kind of Man
1945 Mildred Pierce
1945 Objective, Burma!
1944 Make Your Own Bed
1944 Between Two Worlds
1944 Passage to Marseille
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 This Is the Army
1943 Mission to Moscow
1943 Air Force
1942 My Sister Eileen
1942 Wings for the Eagle
1942 Juke Girl
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 Captains of the Clouds
1941 The Tanks Are Coming
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 Sergeant York
1941 Out of the Fog
1941 Affectionately Yours
1941 The Strawberry Blonde
1940 South of Suez
1940 East of the River
1940 City for Conquest
1940 The Baron and the Rose
1940 Calling All Husbands
1940 River's End
1940 They Drive by Night
1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940 Torrid Zone
1940 Saturday's Children
1940 Music in My Heart
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 Balalaika
1939 Ninotchka
1939 They All Come Out
1939 Maisie
1939 Yes, My Darling Daughter
1927 The Lunatic
