- He was a lifelong bachelor but for 40 years had an off-and-on relationship with actress Milicent Patrick until his death in 1980.
- The hearse containing his body was stolen on the way to the mortuary. Involved in a fender bender, the vehicle was stolen by carjackers while information was being exchanged by the occupants of the vehicles. The car and the body were found shortly after.
- Was in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Ninotchka (1939), Sergeant York (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and Mildred Pierce (1945).
- He appeared in both Ninotchka (1939) and Silk Stockings (1957), its musical remake.
- In The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Tobias is credited only as playing a beggar. However, he also can be seen as playing one of the workmen doing renovation work in Notre Dame Cathedral.
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