Fritz Weaver
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-01-19
Day of Death
2016-11-26 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Fritz Weaver
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.
Acting
Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Congressman
as Harlan Lantier
(2014)
The Cobbler
as Mr. Solomon
(2014)
We'll Never Have Paris
as Phillipe
(2013)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Hugo Black
(2011)
This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
(2004)
(2001)
(2000)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
(1997)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
(1995)
Broken Trust
as Lionel Nash
(1994)
Pointman
as Jason
(1994)
Spring Awakening
as Captain Von Koster
(1993)
Blind Spot
as Simon
(1992)
Citizen Cohn
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
(1991)
Ironclads
as John Ericsson
(1991)
(1990)
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
(1990)
(1989)
(1989)
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
(1986)
Power
as Wallace Furman
(1986)
Under Siege
as Bernard Hughes
(1985)
The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Arthur Beal
(1983)
Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
(1983)
(1982)
Creepshow
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
(1982)
Maid in America
as Jonas
(1981)
Jaws of Satan
as Pater Tom Farrow
(1981)
See China and Die
as Poston
(1980)
Nightkill
as Herbert Childs
(1980)
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Dr. Michael Serling
(1980)
Children of Divorce
as Eli Sorenson
(1978)
The Big Fix
as Oscar Procari Sr.
(1977)
Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
(1977)
Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
(1977)
Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
(1977)
The Return of Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
(1976)
Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
(1975)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
(1975)
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
as Spencer Brydon
(1974)
A Touch of the Poet
as Cornelius Melody
(1974)
Antigone
as Creon
(1974)
The Book of Murder
as Henry
(1973)
The Day of the Dolphin
as Harold DeMilo
(1973)
Hunter
as Cirrak
(1973)
(1972)
Heat of Anger
as Vincent Kagel
(1972)
The Snoop Sisters
as Anton de Tourolet
(1970)
A Walk in the Spring Rain
as Roger Meredith
(1970)
Company of Killers
as John Shankalien
(1970)
Berlin Affair
as Joe Mallicent
(1969)
The Maltese Bippy
as Mischa Ravenswood
(1967)
The Crucible
as Reverend Hale
(1967)
The Borgia Stick
as Anderson
(1964)
Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
(1964)
To Trap a Spy
as Andrew Vulcan
(1964)
The Guns of August
as Narrator (voice)
(1963)
(1961)
(1961)
Man From a Missing Land
as Narrator