Fritz Weaver
63 movies · 67 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 19, 1926
- Died
- Nov 26, 2016 (age 90)
- 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Fritz Weaver: movies and TV shows
Acting (130)
- Upcoming Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 2001
- 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- 1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- 1995 Broken Trust
as Lionel Nash
- 1995
- 1994 Spring Awakening
as Captain Von Koster
- 1994 Pointman
as Jason
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Blind Spot
as Simon
- 1993
- 1992 Citizen Cohn
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
- 1991 Ironclads
as John Ericsson
- 1991 The Three Little Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989
- 1989 The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 Under Siege
as Bernard Hughes
- 1986 Power
as Wallace Furman
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Arthur Beal
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote · TV
as Edwin Dupont / Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié / Judge Lambert · 3 episodes
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
- 1982 Creepshow
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- 1982 Maid in America
as Jonas
- 1982 Jaws of Satan
as Pater Tom Farrow
- 1981
- 1981 See China and Die
as Poston
- 1980 Nightkill
as Herbert Childs
- 1980 Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
as Captain Cooly
- 1980
- 1980 Children of Divorce
as Eli Sorenson
- 1980
- 1980 Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Dr. Michael Serling
- 1979
- 1978 The Big Fix
as Oscar Procari Sr.
- 1978
- 1977 Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
- 1977
- 1977 The Return of Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
- 1977 Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
- 1977 Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
- 1976 Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975 The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
- 1975 Henry James' The Jolly Corner
as Spencer Brydon
- 1974
- 1974 Give Me Liberty
as George Washington
- 1974 A Touch of the Poet
as Cornelius Melody
- 1974 The Book of Murder
as Henry
- 1974 Antigone
as Creon
- 1973 The Day of the Dolphin
as Harold DeMilo
- 1973
- 1973 Rx for the Defense
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
- 1973
- 1973 Hunter
as Cirrak
- 1972 The Female Instinct
as Anton de Tourolet
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Heat of Anger
as Vincent Kagel
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970 Berlin Affair
as Joe Mallicent
- 1970
- 1970 Company of Killers
as John Shankalien
- 1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain
as Roger Meredith
- 1969
- 1969 The Maltese Bippy
as Mischa Ravenswood
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967 The Crucible
as Reverend Hale
- 1967
- 1967 The Borgia Stick
as Anderson
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Mission: Impossible · TV
as Erik Hagar / Imre Rogosh / Emil Skarbeck / George Berlinger · 4 episodes
- 1966
- 1965 The F.B.I. · TV
as Steven Colton / John Thomas Whiting / Paul Winters / Charles Ridgeway · 4 episodes
- 1965
- 1965 To Trap a Spy
as Andrew Vulcan
- 1964 The Guns of August
as Narrator (voice)
- 1964 Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Jane Eyre
as Mason
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1957
- 1955
- 1951
- 1950
- 1948
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2020
- 2004
- 1996 Floating Palaces
2 episodes
- 1961
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1952 Omnibus
2 episodes