Fritz Weaver
January 19, 1926 (98 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
- 2020 · 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Congressman as Harlan Lantier
- 2014 · We'll Never Have Paris as Phillipe
- 2014 · The Cobbler as Mr. Solomon
- 2013 · Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Hugo Black
- 2011 · This Must Be the Place as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2001 · Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor as
- 2000 · Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · The Thomas Crown Affair as John Reynolds
- 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
- 1994 · Spring Awakening as Captain Von Koster
- 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
- 1991 · The Three Little Pigs as
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Fenner
- 1990 · Against the Law as
- 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
- 1989 · The Spirit of Pittsburgh as Narrator
- 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
- 1986 · Power as Wallace Furman
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 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
- 1984 · Hot Pursuit as
- 1983 · Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Osiris
- 1983 · Alice in Wonderland as Caterpillar
- 1982 · Creepshow as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- 1982 · Maid in America as Jonas
- 1981 · See China and Die as Poston
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Arthur Masefield
- 1981 · Jaws of Satan as Pater Tom Farrow
- 1980 · Nightkill as Herbert Childs
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · Children of Divorce as Eli Sorenson
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Father Peregrine
- 1980 · Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Dr. Michael Serling
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Princey
- 1978 · The Big Fix as Oscar Procari Sr.
- 1978 · Holocaust as Dr. Josef Weiss
- 1977 · Captains Courageous as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Mr. Weatherby
- 1977 · Demon Seed as Alex Harris
- 1977 · Black Sunday as FBI Agent Sam Corley
- 1976 · Marathon Man as Professor Biesenthal
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Sen. William Pike
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Dr. Solano
- 1975 · The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Mr. Andrew Borden
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Colonel William Fletcher
- 1974 · The Book of Murder as Henry
- 1974 · Antigone as Creon
- 1974 · A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody
- 1973 · The Snoop Sisters as Anton de Tourolet
- 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 · The Snoop Sisters as Anton de Tourolet
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Hillquist
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Ted Whitlock
- 1972 · Banyon as Whitney Pemberton
- 1972 · Heat of Anger as Vincent Kagel
- 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 · Berlin Affair as Joe Mallicent
- 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 · The Outcasts as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Harvey Danworth
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Walter Scharz
- 1967 · Mannix as William Avery
- 1967 · Mannix as Dr. Cameron McKenzie
- 1967 · The Crucible as Reverend Hale
- 1967 · Ironside as Paul Friedland
- 1967 · The Borgia Stick as Anderson
- 1967 · The Invaders as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 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
- 1964 · The Guns of August as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Andrew Vulcan
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Col. Peter Raff
- 1964 · To Trap a Spy as Andrew Vulcan
- 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
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as
- Future · Battles That Doomed Hitler as Narrator
- Future · George Romero's Golden Tales 3 as
- 1961 · Man From a Missing Land as Narrator
- 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
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Charlie Castle
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Barsad
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Marshal Burl Masters
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Burnham
- 1950 · Armstrong Circle Theatre as Milovan Djilas
- 1948 · Studio One as George Hanley
- 1948 · Studio One as George