People
Fritz Weaver
- Name: Fritz Weaver
- Birthday: 1926-01-19
- Also known as: Fritz William Weaver
- Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Popularity: 0.235
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-28 |
| The Congressman as Harlan Lantier | 2016-04-09 |
| We'll Never Have Paris as Phillipe | 2014-10-01 |
| The Cobbler as Mr. Solomon | 2014-09-11 |
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Hugo Black | 2013-10-04 |
| This Must Be the Place as Cheyenne's Father (voice) | 2011-08-24 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self | 2004-01-01 |
| Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor | 2001-05-27 |
| Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self (archive footage) | 2000-10-31 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy) | 1999-08-06 |
| Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") | 1997-10-05 |
| Broken Trust as Lionel Nash | 1995-08-06 |
| Spring Awakening as Captain Von Koster | 1994-11-06 |
| Pointman as Jason | 1994-01-25 |
| Blind Spot as Simon | 1993-05-02 |
| Citizen Cohn as Sen. Everett Dirksen | 1992-08-22 |
| Ironclads as John Ericsson | 1991-03-11 |
| The Three Little Pigs | 1991-01-01 |
| Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Fenner | 1990-11-29 |
| Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer as Narrator | 1990-07-02 |
| My Name Is Bill W. | 1989-04-30 |
| The Spirit of Pittsburgh as Narrator | 1989-01-01 |
| Under Siege as Bernard Hughes | 1986-02-09 |
| Power as Wallace Furman | 1986-01-31 |
| The Hearst and Davies Affair as Arthur Beal | 1985-01-14 |
| Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Osiris | 1983-11-16 |
| Alice in Wonderland as Caterpillar | 1983-10-03 |
| Creepshow as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate") | 1982-11-10 |
| Maid in America as Jonas | 1982-09-22 |
| See China and Die as Poston | 1981-12-09 |
| Jaws of Satan as Pater Tom Farrow | 1981-07-24 |
| Nightkill as Herbert Childs | 1980-12-18 |
| Children of Divorce as Eli Sorenson | 1980-11-24 |
| Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Dr. Michael Serling | 1980-01-01 |
| The Big Fix as Oscar Procari Sr. | 1978-10-06 |
| Captains Courageous as Harvey Cheyne, Sr. | 1977-12-04 |
| Demon Seed as Alex Harris | 1977-04-07 |
| Black Sunday as FBI Agent Sam Corley | 1977-04-01 |
| Marathon Man as Professor Biesenthal | 1976-10-08 |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Mr. Andrew Borden | 1975-02-10 |
| The Book of Murder as Henry | 1974-03-19 |
| Antigone as Creon | 1974-02-13 |
| A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody | 1974-01-02 |
| The Day of the Dolphin as Harold DeMilo | 1973-12-19 |
| Shock-A-Bye Baby | 1973-12-05 |
| Hunter as Cirrak | 1973-01-09 |
| The Snoop Sisters as Anton de Tourolet | 1972-12-18 |
| Heat of Anger as Vincent Kagel | 1972-03-03 |
| Berlin Affair as Joe Mallicent | 1970-11-02 |
| Company of Killers as John Shankalien | 1970-08-26 |
| A Walk in the Spring Rain as Roger Meredith | 1970-06-17 |
| The Maltese Bippy as Mischa Ravenswood | 1969-06-18 |
| The Crucible as Reverend Hale | 1967-05-04 |
| The Borgia Stick as Anderson | 1967-02-25 |
| The Guns of August as Narrator (voice) | 1964-12-24 |
| Fail Safe as Col. Cascio | 1964-10-07 |
| To Trap a Spy as Andrew Vulcan | 1964-01-01 |
| The Power and the Glory | 1963-05-31 |
| Jane Eyre | 1961-04-27 |
| Man From a Missing Land as Narrator | 1961-01-01 |
