George Tobias

George Tobias

July 14, 1901 · 125 years old

George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American theater, film and television actor. He had character parts and supporting roles in several major films of Hollywood's Golden Age.He is also known for his role as Abner Kravitz on the TV sitcom Bewitched from 1964 to 1971.

Known For

21 titles
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Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941 · 2h 14m · Movie

A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.

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2
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 · 2h 6m · Movie

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

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3
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949 · 1h 13m · Movie

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

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4
The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 1h 55m · Movie

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

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5
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940 · 1h 35m · Movie

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

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Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

1945 · 2h 22m · Movie

A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.

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7
Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944 · 1h 49m · Movie

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

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8
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 · 1h 39m · Movie

Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.

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9
Air Force

Air Force

1943 · 2h 4m · Movie

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

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10
The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 · 1h 32m · Movie

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

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11
Rawhide

Rawhide

1951 · 1h 29m · Movie

A stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman traveller find themselves at the mercy of four desperate outlaws intent on robbing the next day's gold shipment.

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12
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940 · 1h 44m · Movie

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

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13
Sinbad, the Sailor

Sinbad, the Sailor

1947 · 1h 56m · Movie

In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.

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14
Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 · 1h 40m · Movie

Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.

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15
Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

1942 · 1h 54m · Movie

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

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16
Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

1958 · 2h 8m · Movie

At 18, Marjorie Morgenstern is the proverbial New York Jewish-American princess on the cusp of womanhood. While she has in the back of her mind that she would like to become a stage actress, she is less certain about her personal ...

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17
Ten Tall Men

Ten Tall Men

1951 · 1h 37m · Movie

During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.

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18
Bullet for a Badman

Bullet for a Badman

1964 · 1h 20m · Movie

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.

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19
The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

1957 · 1h 33m · Movie

After top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for Michael Reston who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case.

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20
Music in My Heart

Music in My Heart

1940 · 1h 10m · Movie

Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, the two meet and fall for each other, but...

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21
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940 · 1h 42m · Movie

After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming up with one useless invention after anothe...

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