Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 19, 1926
Place of Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | The Congressman | Harlan Lantier |
| 2014 | We'll Never Have Paris | Phillipe |
| 2014 | The Cobbler | Mr. Solomon |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Hugo Black |
| 2011 | This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne's Father (voice) |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Self |
| 2001 | Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor | |
| 2000 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | John Reynolds (Golf Buddy) |
| 1997 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women | Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
| 1995 | Broken Trust | Lionel Nash |
| 1995 | George Romero's Golden Tales 3 | |
| 1994 | Pointman | Jason |
| 1994 | Spring Awakening | Captain Von Koster |
| 1993 | Blind Spot | Simon |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Sen. Everett Dirksen |
| 1991 | The Three Little Pigs | |
| 1991 | Ironclads | John Ericsson |
| 1990 | Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer | Narrator |
| 1990 | Tales from the Darkside | Dr. Fenner |
| 1989 | The Spirit of Pittsburgh | Narrator |
| 1989 | My Name Is Bill W. | |
| 1986 | Under Siege | Bernard Hughes |
| 1986 | Power | Wallace Furman |
| 1985 | The Hearst and Davies Affair | Arthur Beal |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | Caterpillar |
| 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Osiris |
| 1982 | Jaws of Satan | Pater Tom Farrow |
| 1982 | Maid in America | Jonas |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate") |
| 1981 | See China and Die | Poston |
| 1980 | Nightkill | Herbert Childs |
| 1980 | Children of Divorce | Eli Sorenson |
| 1980 | Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Dr. Michael Serling |
| 1978 | The Big Fix | Oscar Procari Sr. |
| 1977 | Demon Seed | Alex Harris |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | FBI Agent Sam Corley |
| 1977 | Captains Courageous | Harvey Cheyne, Sr. |
| 1977 | The Return of Wonder Woman | Dr. Solano |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Professor Biesenthal |
| 1975 | The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Mr. Andrew Borden |
| 1975 | Henry James' The Jolly Corner | Spencer Brydon |
| 1974 | Antigone | Creon |
| 1974 | The Book of Murder | Henry |
| 1974 | A Touch of the Poet | Cornelius Melody |
| 1974 | Give me liberty | George Washington |
| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Harold DeMilo |
| 1973 | Shock-A-Bye Baby | |
| 1973 | Hunter | Cirrak |
| 1973 | Rx for the Defense | Dr. Daniel Kemper |
| 1972 | The Female Instinct | Anton de Tourolet |
| 1972 | Heat of Anger | Vincent Kagel |
| 1970 | A Walk in the Spring Rain | Roger Meredith |
| 1970 | Company of Killers | John Shankalien |
| 1970 | Berlin Affair | Joe Mallicent |
| 1969 | The Maltese Bippy | Mischa Ravenswood |
| 1967 | The Borgia Stick | Anderson |
| 1967 | The Crucible | Reverend Hale |
| 1964 | Fail Safe | Col. Cascio |
| 1964 | To Trap a Spy | Andrew Vulcan |
| 1964 | The Guns of August | Narrator (voice) |
| 1963 | The Power and the Glory | |
| 1961 | Man from a Missing Land | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1961 | Jane Eyre | |
| Battles That Doomed Hitler | Narrator (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Floating Palaces | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Trevor Ainsley |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Senator Albert Sorenson |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Kovat |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Nathan Fogg |
| 1990 | Against the Law | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Philip Woodleigh |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Larry Weber |
| 1988 | Monsters | |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Asteroth |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan | Mr. Amberville |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Dr. Aaron Pierce |
| 1986 | Matlock | Pastor James Hubert |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Star") |
| 1985 | A Death in California | Van Niven |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Edwin Dupont |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Dr. Fenner |
| 1984 | Hot Pursuit | |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Sir Edmund Halley |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Judge Lambert |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Arthur Masefield |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Captain J. Cooly |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Father Peregrine |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Princey |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Dr. Josef Weiss |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Mr. Weatherby |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Sen. William Pike |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Dr. Solano |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Colonel William Fletcher |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Laurence Sheffield |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Jason Matthews |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Hillquist |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Ted Whitlock |
| 1972 | Banyon | Whitney Pemberton |
| 1972 | Delphi Bureau | Vander |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Caterpillar |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Martin Cohen |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Creon |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Dr. Mazi |
| 1970 | Dan August | Dr. Michael Serling |
| 1969 | Room 222 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Harvey Danworth |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | John Palmer |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Walter Scharz |
| 1967 | Ironside | Paul Friedland |
| 1967 | Mannix | William Avery |
| 1967 | Mannix | Dr. Cameron McKenzie |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Imre Rogosh |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Erik Hagar |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Emil Skarbeck |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | George Berlinger |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Steven Colton |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Burke Jordan |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | John Thomas Whiting |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Paul Winters |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Charles Ridgeway |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Hebron Grant |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Andrew Vulcan |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Col. Peter Raff |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Colonel Thomas Rose |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Joe Tucker |
| 1962 | Combat! | Major Chaplain Ernest Miller |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Martin Weir |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Arthur Grissom |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Arthur Hobler |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Leo Graves |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Vincent Kayle |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | William Sturka |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jonathan Damon |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Chancellor |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Narrator |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Charlie Castle |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Barsad |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Marshal Burl Masters |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Newspaper Photographer |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Burnham |
| 1950 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Milovan Djilas |
| 1948 | Studio One | George Hanley |
| 1948 | Studio One | George |