Fritz Weaver
January 19, 1926 (99 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Credits
- 2016 · The Congressman as Harlan Lantier
- 2011 · This Must Be the Place as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
- 1999 · The Thomas Crown Affair as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- 1994 · Spring Awakening as Captain Von Koster
- 1991 · The Three Little Pigs as
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Fenner
- 1990 · Against the Law as
- 1989 · The Spirit of Pittsburgh as Narrator
- 1986 · Power as Wallace Furman
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1982 · Creepshow as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- 1982 · Maid in America as Jonas
- 1982 · Jaws of Satan as Pater Tom Farrow
- 1981 · See China and Die as Poston
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Father Peregrine
- 1978 · The Big Fix as Oscar Procari Sr.
- 1978 · Holocaust as Dr. Josef Weiss
- 1977 · Captains Courageous as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
- 1977 · Demon Seed as Alex Harris
- 1977 · Black Sunday as FBI Agent Sam Corley
- 1976 · Marathon Man as Professor Biesenthal
- 1974 · The Book of Murder as Henry
- 1973 · Rx for the Defense as Dr. Daniel Kemper
- 1972 · The Female Instinct as Anton de Tourolet
- 1972 · Delphi Bureau as Vander
- 1972 · Banyon as Whitney Pemberton
- 1972 · Heat of Anger as Vincent Kagel
- 1970 · Berlin Affair as Joe Mallicent
- 1968 · The Outcasts as
- 1967 · The Borgia Stick as Anderson
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1964 · Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as
- 1961 · Man from a Missing Land as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Charlie Castle
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Barsad
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Burnham
- 1950 · Armstrong Circle Theatre as Milovan Djilas
- Future · Battles That Doomed Hitler as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · We'll Never Have Paris as Phillipe
- 2014 · The Cobbler as Mr. Solomon
- 2013 · Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Hugo Black
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2001 · Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor as
- 2000 · Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- 1996 · Floating Palaces as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Broken Trust as Lionel Nash
- 1995 · George Romero's Golden Tales 3 as
- 1994 · Pointman as Jason
- 1993 · Frasier as Trevor Ainsley
- 1993 · The X-Files as Senator Albert Sorenson
- 1993 · Blind Spot as Simon
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Kovat
- 1992 · Citizen Cohn as Sen. Everett Dirksen
- 1991 · Ironclads as John Ericsson
- 1990 · Law & Order as Nathan Fogg
- 1990 · Law & Order as Philip Woodleigh
- 1990 · Law & Order as Larry Weber
- 1990 · Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer as Narrator
- 1989 · My Name Is Bill W. as
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1987 · Friday the 13th: The Series as Asteroth
- 1987 · I'll Take Manhattan as Mr. Amberville
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Dr. Aaron Pierce
- 1986 · Matlock as Pastor James Hubert
- 1986 · Under Siege as Bernard Hughes
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Star")
- 1985 · A Death in California as Van Niven
- 1985 · The Hearst and Davies Affair as Arthur Beal
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Edwin Dupont
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Judge Lambert
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Fenner
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Sir Edmund Halley
- 1983 · Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Osiris
- 1983 · Alice in Wonderland as Caterpillar
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Arthur Masefield
- 1980 · Nightkill as Herbert Childs
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Captain J. Cooly
- 1980 · Children of Divorce as Eli Sorenson
- 1980 · Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Dr. Michael Serling
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Princey
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Mr. Weatherby
- 1977 · The Return of Wonder Woman as Dr. Solano
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Sen. William Pike
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Dr. Solano
- 1975 · The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Mr. Andrew Borden
- 1975 · Henry James' The Jolly Corner as Spencer Brydon
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Colonel William Fletcher
- 1974 · Give Me Liberty as George Washington
- 1974 · A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody
- 1974 · Antigone as Creon
- 1973 · The Day of the Dolphin as Harold DeMilo
- 1973 · Shock-A-Bye Baby as
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Laurence Sheffield
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Jason Matthews
- 1973 · Hunter as Cirrak
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Hillquist
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Ted Whitlock
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Martin Cohen
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Great Performances as Caterpillar
- 1971 · Great Performances as Creon
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Dr. Mazi
- 1970 · Dan August as Dr. Michael Serling
- 1970 · Company of Killers as John Shankalien
- 1970 · A Walk in the Spring Rain as Roger Meredith
- 1969 · Room 222 as
- 1969 · The Maltese Bippy as Mischa Ravenswood
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as John Palmer
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Harvey Danworth
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Walter Scharz
- 1967 · Mannix as Dr. Cameron McKenzie
- 1967 · Mannix as William Avery
- 1967 · The Crucible as Reverend Hale
- 1967 · Ironside as Paul Friedland
- 1967 · The Invaders as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Imre Rogosh
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Erik Hagar
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Emil Skarbeck
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as George Berlinger
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Steven Colton
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as John Thomas Whiting
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Paul Winters
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Charles Ridgeway
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Burke Jordan
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Hebron Grant
- 1965 · To Trap a Spy as Andrew Vulcan
- 1964 · The Guns of August as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Andrew Vulcan
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Col. Peter Raff
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Colonel Thomas Rose
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Joe Tucker
- 1963 · The Power and the Glory as
- 1962 · Combat! as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
- 1961 · The New Breed as Arthur Grissom
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Arthur Hobler
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Martin Weir
- 1961 · The Defenders as Leo Graves
- 1961 · The Defenders as Vincent Kayle
- 1961 · Jane Eyre as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as William Sturka
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Chancellor
- 1959 · The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Narrator
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jonathan Damon
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Marshal Burl Masters
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1952 · Omnibus as Newspaper Photographer
- 1948 · Studio One as George Hanley
- 1948 · Studio One as George