George Tobias

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George Tobias July 14 1901 February 27 1980 was an American character actor 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 Tobias signed with Warner Brothers where he played in supporting roles many times along with James Cagney in such movies as Cagneys Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 as well as with Gary Cooper in Sergeant York 1941 Tobias later achieved fame in the 1960s by playing longsuffering neighbor Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched George Tobias never married and retired from acting in 1977 after a guest role in the Bewitched sequel Tabitha On February 27 1980 Tobias died of bladder cancer at the age of 78 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles California The hearse containing his body was stolen on the way to the mortuary The driver got out to speak to someone and vandals stole the car After driving about a mile they realized that Tobias body was in the back and fled the car He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery Glendale Queens County New York Description above from the Wikipedia article George Tobias licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia