Fritz Weaver

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-01-19 (90 years old)

Deathday

2016-11-26

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,...

Acting

1999

The Thomas Crown Affair

as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

1964

Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio

1981

1976

Marathon Man

as Professor Biesenthal

1967

The Borgia Stick

as Anderson

1964

To Trap a Spy

as Andrew Vulcan

1972

The Female Instinct

as Anton de Tourolet

2014

1977

Demon Seed

as Alex Harris

1977

Black Sunday

as FBI Agent Sam Corley

2011

This Must Be the Place

as Cheyenne's Father (voice)

1975

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

as Mr. Andrew Borden

1991

Ironclads

as John Ericsson

-

Battles That Doomed Hitler

as Narrator (voice)

2000

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

1970

A Walk in the Spring Rain

as Roger Meredith

1970

Company of Killers

as John Shankalien

1980

Nightkill

as Herbert Childs

1974

Antigone

as Creon

1994

Pointman

as Jason

1993

Blind Spot

as Simon

1982

Jaws of Satan

as Pater Tom Farrow

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as Caterpillar

1974

1973

The Day of the Dolphin

as Harold DeMilo

1982

1978

The Big Fix

as Oscar Procari Sr.

1972

Heat of Anger

as Vincent Kagel

1969

The Maltese Bippy

as Mischa Ravenswood

1995

Broken Trust

as Lionel Nash

1982

Creepshow

as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

1986

Under Siege

as Bernard Hughes

2014

The Cobbler

as Mr. Solomon

1970

Berlin Affair

as Joe Mallicent

1980

Children of Divorce

as Eli Sorenson

1994

Spring Awakening

as Captain Von Koster

1967

The Crucible

as Reverend Hale

2016

The Congressman

as Harlan Lantier

1990

1986

Power

as Wallace Furman

1997

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

1964

The Guns of August

as Narrator (voice)

1977

Captains Courageous

as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

as Dr. Michael Serling

1992

Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Everett Dirksen

1974

A Touch of the Poet

as Cornelius Melody

1973

Hunter

as Cirrak

1975

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