Fritz Weaver

Personal Info

Birthday

January 19, 1926

Day of Death

2016-11-26

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Fritz William Weaver

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Frasier

The X-Files

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Combat!

Magnum, P.I.

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Congressman
as Harlan Lantier
2014
We'll Never Have Paris
as Phillipe
The Cobbler
as Mr. Solomon
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Hugo Black
2011
This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
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
Spring Awakening
as Captain Von Koster
Pointman
as Jason
1993
Blind Spot
as Simon
1992
Citizen Cohn
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
1991
Ironclads
as John Ericsson
1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
as Narrator
1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
1986
Under Siege
as Bernard Hughes
Power
as Wallace Furman
1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Arthur Beal
1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Osiris
Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
1982
Creepshow
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America
as Jonas
Jaws of Satan
as Pater Tom Farrow
1981
See China and Die
as Poston
1980
Nightkill
as Herbert Childs
Children of Divorce
as Eli Sorenson
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Dr. Michael Serling
1978
The Big Fix
as Oscar Procari Sr.
1977
Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Return of Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
1976
Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
as Spencer Brydon
1974
The Book of Murder
as Henry
Antigone
as Creon
A Touch of the Poet
as Cornelius Melody
1973
The Day of the Dolphin
as Harold DeMilo
Hunter
as Cirrak
1972
The Female Instinct
as Anton de Tourolet
Heat of Anger
as Vincent Kagel
1970
Berlin Affair
as Joe Mallicent
Company of Killers
as John Shankalien
A Walk in the Spring Rain
as Roger Meredith
1969
The Maltese Bippy
as Mischa Ravenswood
1967
The Crucible
as Reverend Hale
The Borgia Stick
as Anderson
1964
The Guns of August
as Narrator (voice)
Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
To Trap a Spy
as Andrew Vulcan
1961
Man From a Missing Land
as Narrator