Fritz Weaver

Birthday:

01/19/1926

Place of birth:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA:

Biography:

Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor in television, stage, and motion pictures. He portrayed Dr. Josef Weiss in the 1978 epic television drama Holocaust, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. In cinema, he made his debut in the film Fail Safe (1964) and also appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Creepshow (1982), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Among many television roles, he performed in the movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975). He also worked in science fiction and fantasy, especially in television series and movies like The Twilight Zone, 'Way Out, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The Martian Chronicles, and Demon Seed.



Credits

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Congressman (2016)
Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)
Phillipe
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place (2011)
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor (2001)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
John Reynolds
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Broken Trust (1995)
Lionel Nash
Spring Awakening (1994)
Captain Von Koster
Pointman (1994)
Jason
Blind Spot (1993)
Simon
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Ironclads (1991)
John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs (1991)
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
Dr. Fenner
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990)
Narrator
My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
The Spirit of Pittsburgh (1989)
Narrator
Under Siege (1986)
Bernard Hughes
Power (1986)
Wallace Furman
The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985)
Arthur Beal
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Osiris
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Caterpillar
Creepshow (1982)
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America (1982)
Jonas
See China and Die (1981)
Poston
Jaws of Satan (1981)
Pater Tom Farrow
Nightkill (1980)
Herbert Childs
Children of Divorce (1980)
Eli Sorenson
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980)
Dr. Michael Serling
The Big Fix (1978)
Oscar Procari Sr.
Captains Courageous (1977)
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
Demon Seed (1977)
Alex Harris
Black Sunday (1977)
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Marathon Man (1976)
Professor Biesenthal
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Mr. Andrew Borden
The Book of Murder (1974)
Henry
Antigone (1974)
Creon
A Touch of the Poet (1974)
Cornelius Melody
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Harold DeMilo
The Snoop Sisters (1972)
Anton de Tourolet
Heat of Anger (1972)
Vincent Kagel
Berlin Affair (1970)
Joe Mallicent
Company of Killers (1970)
John Shankalien
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Roger Meredith
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
Mischa Ravenswood
The Crucible (1967)
Reverend Hale
The Borgia Stick (1967)
Anderson
The Guns of August (1964)
Narrator (voice)
Fail Safe (1964)
Col. Cascio
To Trap a Spy (1964)
Andrew Vulcan
The Power and the Glory (1963)
Jane Eyre (1961)
Man From a Missing Land (1961)
Narrator
Battles That Doomed Hitler ()
Narrator