Fritz Weaver
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1926-01-19
- Died
- 2016-11-26
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Fritz William 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, The Martian Chronicles, and Demon Seed.
Known For
TV Shows (71)
Law & Order
1990
as Nathan Fogg / Philip Woodleigh / Larry Weber
Ironside
1967
as Paul Friedland
The X-Files
1993
as Senator Albert Sorenson
Frasier
1993
as Trevor Ainsley
The Fugitive
1963
as Joe Tucker
The Love Boat
1977
as Mr. Weatherby
Great Performances
1971
as Caterpillar / Creon
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Edwin Dupont / Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié / Judge Lambert
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Kovat
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Imre Rogosh / Erik Hagar / Emil Skarbeck / George Berlinger
Falcon Crest
1981
as Arthur Masefield
The Twilight Zone
1959
as William Sturka / Chancellor
Matlock
1986
as Pastor James Hubert
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Dr. Harvey Danworth
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Sen. William Pike
Mannix
1967
as William Avery / Dr. Cameron McKenzie
Studio One
1948
as George Hanley
L.A. Law
1986
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Hobler
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Fenner / Sir Edmund Halley
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Princey
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Captain J. Cooly
The F.B.I.
1965
as Steven Colton / John Thomas Whiting / Paul Winters / Charles Ridgeway
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "The Star")
Room 222
1969
Gunsmoke
1955
as Marshal Burl Masters
The Big Valley
1965
as Burke Jordan / Hebron Grant
Rawhide
1959
as Jonathan Damon
The Defenders
1961
as Leo Graves / Vincent Kayle
Cannon
1971
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Peter Raff
The Invaders
1967
as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
as Milovan Djilas
Omnibus
1952
as Newspaper Photographer
Combat!
1962
as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Laurence Sheffield / Jason Matthews
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Mazi
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Ted Whitlock
The Name of the Game
1968
as Walter Scharz
NET Playhouse
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Andrew Vulcan
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Martin Cohen
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Asteroth
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Narrator
Felony Squad
1966
Monsters
1988
as Mr. Hallet
The Mod Squad
1968
as John Palmer
Petrocelli
1974
as Colonel William Fletcher
Wonder Woman
1975
as Dr. Solano
The Great Adventure
1963
as Colonel Thomas Rose
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Martin Weir
Dan August
1970
as Dr. Michael Serling
Espionage
1963
as Richard Keller
CBS Playhouse
1966
as David Hoffman
The Outcasts
1968
The New Breed
1961
as Arthur Grissom
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Burnham
Holocaust
1978
as Dr. Josef Weiss
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Charlie Castle / Barsad
Movies (65)
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
The Cobbler
2014
as Mr. Solomon
Marathon Man
1976
as Professor Biesenthal
Creepshow
1982
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
This Must Be the Place
2011
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Fail Safe
1964
as Col. Cascio
Demon Seed
1977
as Alex Harris
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Phillipe
Black Sunday
1977
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
The Female Instinct
1972
as Anton de Tourolet
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
as Narrator (voice)
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Harold DeMilo
Ironclads
1991
as John Ericsson
The Maltese Bippy
1969
as Mischa Ravenswood
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Mr. Andrew Borden
Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Darkside
1990
as Dr. Fenner
Jaws of Satan
1982
as Pater Tom Farrow
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Hugo Black
Power
1986
as Wallace Furman
Pointman
1994
as Jason
The Big Fix
1978
as Oscar Procari Sr.
Broken Trust
1995
as Lionel Nash
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
as Roger Meredith
The Power and the Glory
1963
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
Company of Killers
1970
as John Shankalien
The Congressman
2016
as Harlan Lantier
See China and Die
1981
as Poston
Maid in America
1982
as Jonas
The Book of Murder
1974
as Henry
Blind Spot
1993
as Simon
The Three Little Pigs
1991
The Borgia Stick
1967
as Anderson
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
Nightkill
1980
as Herbert Childs
Give Me Liberty
1974
as George Washington
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as Caterpillar
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
as Spencer Brydon
Captains Courageous
1977
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
Under Siege
1986
as Bernard Hughes
Spring Awakening
1994
as Captain Von Koster
A Touch of the Poet
1974
as Cornelius Melody
Rx for the Defense
1973
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
To Trap a Spy
1965
as Andrew Vulcan
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
as Dr. Michael Serling
The Crucible
1967
as Reverend Hale
Children of Divorce
1980
as Eli Sorenson
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Guns of August
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973
Heat of Anger
1972
as Vincent Kagel
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
as Dr. Solano
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989
as Narrator
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
as Arthur Beal
Berlin Affair
1970
as Joe Mallicent
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
as Osiris
Jane Eyre
1961
Hunter
1973
as Cirrak
Antigone
1974
as Creon
Man from a Missing Land
1961
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Fritz Weaver
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, esp… With 136 credits spanning from 1948 to 2020, Fritz Weaver has appeared in 65 films and 71 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fritz Weaver Movies
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) — as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- The Cobbler (2014) — as Mr. Solomon
- Marathon Man (1976) — as Professor Biesenthal
- Creepshow (1982) — as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- This Must Be the Place (2011) — as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
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