Fritz Leiber
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-01-29 (67 years old)
Deathday
1949-10-14
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Fritz Lieber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr.
Fritz Leiber
Biography
Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was also an actor for a time. Leiber and his wife spent much of their time touring in a Shakespearean acting company, known by the 1930s as Fritz Leiber & Co. Leiber made his film bow in 1916, playing Mercutio in the Francis X. Bushman version of “Romeo and Juliet.” With his piercing eyes and shock of white hair, Leiber seemed every inch the priests, professors, musical professors, and religious fanatics that he was frequently called upon to play i...
Acting
1939
as Old Nobleman
1950
as Mr. Poole
1916
as Mercutio
1947
as Leopold Kroner
1937
as Father Andrew
1943
as Franz Liszt
1935
as Gaspard
1948
as Dr. Valonius
1917
as Caesar
1948
as Binda Sha
1947
as Padre
1947
as Chief Xeoli
1936
as Dr. Charbonnet
1945
as Bishop
1943
as Dr. Aanrud
1940
as Mr. Foster
1939
as Dr. Krull
1936
as Capt. John Ericsson
1937
as Stonewall Jackson
1937
as Horatio in 'Hamlet'
1946
as Painter
1941
as High Priest
1949
as Emir
1936
as Gregory Pappas
1945
as Dr. Bailey
1939
as Pierre Ferrand
1948
as D'Anneci
1921
as King Solomon
1938
as Dr. Weilander
1949
as Nanaram
1939
as Sadi Kirschen
1949
as Filippo
1945
as Evangelist (uncredited)
1936
as Father Prior
1940
as Abbe Gallard
1947
as Father Fareaux
1945
as The Padre
1937
as Franz Strauss
1938
as Ti-Ana
1940
as Inquisitor
1940
as Max
1942
as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
1947
as Hagerstrom
1946
as Prof. Jenner
1936
as Ouvrard
1944
as Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)
1949
as Lord Sharif
1938
as John Morrow
1946
as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
1947
as Priest
1920
as Jerry Wendover
1948
as Col. Isham
1920
as Louis XI
1944
1944
as Judge (uncredited)
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