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Fritz Weaver
Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

ActingBorn January 19, 1926Died November 26, 2016 (age 90)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
The Congressman

as Harlan Lantier

Movie
2014Movie
2014
The Cobbler

as Mr. Solomon

Movie
2013Movie
2011
This Must Be the Place

as Cheyenne's Father (voice)

Movie
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair

as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

Movie
1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

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

Movie
1996
Floating Palaces

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1995
Broken Trust

as Lionel Nash

Movie
1994
Spring Awakening

as Captain Von Koster

Movie
1994
Pointman

as Jason

Movie
1993
Frasier

as Trevor Ainsley

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Senator Albert Sorenson

TV
1993
Blind Spot

as Simon

Movie
1992
Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Everett Dirksen

Movie
1991
Ironclads

as John Ericsson

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Nathan Fogg

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Philip Woodleigh

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Larry Weber

TV
1989Movie
1988
Monsters

as Mr. Hallet

TV
1987
I'll Take Manhattan

as Mr. Amberville

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Dr. Aaron Pierce

TV
1986
Matlock

as Pastor James Hubert

TV
1986
Under Siege

as Bernard Hughes

Movie
1986
Power

as Wallace Furman

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Star")

TV
1985TV
1985Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Edwin Dupont

TV
1984TV
1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Sir Edmund Halley

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Judge Lambert

TV
1983
Alice in Wonderland

as Caterpillar

Movie
1982
Creepshow

as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Jaws of Satan

as Pater Tom Farrow

Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Arthur Masefield

TV
1981Movie
1980
Nightkill

as Herbert Childs

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Captain J. Cooly

TV
1980
Children of Divorce

as Eli Sorenson

Movie
1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Father Peregrine

TV
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

as Dr. Michael Serling

Movie
1979TV
1978
The Big Fix

as Oscar Procari Sr.

Movie
1978
Holocaust

as Dr. Josef Weiss

TV
1977
Captains Courageous

as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Mr. Weatherby

TV
1977Movie
1977
Demon Seed

as Alex Harris

Movie
1977
Black Sunday

as FBI Agent Sam Corley

Movie
1976
Marathon Man

as Professor Biesenthal

Movie
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Sen. William Pike

TV
1975
Wonder Woman

as Dr. Solano

TV
1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden

as Mr. Andrew Borden

Movie
1975Movie
1974
Petrocelli

as Colonel William Fletcher

TV
1974
Give Me Liberty

as George Washington

Movie
1974
A Touch of the Poet

as Cornelius Melody

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Antigone

as Creon

Movie
1973
The Day of the Dolphin

as Harold DeMilo

Movie
1973
Rx for the Defense

as Dr. Daniel Kemper

Movie
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Laurence Sheffield

TV
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Jason Matthews

TV
1973
Hunter

as Cirrak

Movie
1972
The Female Instinct

as Anton de Tourolet

Movie
1972
Kung Fu

as Hillquist

TV
1972
Delphi Bureau

as Vander

TV
1972TV
1972
Banyon

as Whitney Pemberton

TV
1972
Heat of Anger

as Vincent Kagel

Movie
1971TV
1971TV
1971
Great Performances

as Caterpillar

TV
1971TV
1970
Night Gallery

as Dr. Mazi

TV
1970
Berlin Affair

as Joe Mallicent

Movie
1970
Dan August

as Dr. Michael Serling

TV
1970
Company of Killers

as John Shankalien

Movie
1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain

as Roger Meredith

Movie
1969TV
1969
The Maltese Bippy

as Mischa Ravenswood

Movie
1968
The Mod Squad

as John Palmer

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Harvey Danworth

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Walter Scharz

TV
1967
Mannix

as William Avery

TV
1967
Mannix

as Dr. Cameron McKenzie

TV
1967
The Crucible

as Reverend Hale

Movie
1967
Ironside

as Paul Friedland

TV
1967
The Borgia Stick

as Anderson

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke

TV
1966
CBS Playhouse

as David Hoffman

TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Erik Hagar

TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Imre Rogosh

TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Emil Skarbeck

TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as George Berlinger

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Steven Colton

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as John Thomas Whiting

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Paul Winters

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Charles Ridgeway

TV
1965
The Big Valley

as Burke Jordan

TV
1965
The Big Valley

as Hebron Grant

TV
1965
To Trap a Spy

as Andrew Vulcan

Movie
1964
The Guns of August

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1964
Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio

Movie
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Andrew Vulcan

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Col. Peter Raff

TV
1963
Espionage

as Richard Keller

TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Colonel Thomas Rose

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Joe Tucker

TV
1962
Combat!

as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller

TV
1961
The New Breed

as Arthur Grissom

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Arthur Hobler

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Martin Weir

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Leo Graves

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Vincent Kayle

TV
1961Movie
1961
Man from a Missing Land

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1960
Festival

as Brutus

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as William Sturka

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Chancellor

TV
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self - Narrator

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Jonathan Damon

TV
1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Charlie Castle

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Memoriam (archive footage)

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Marshal Burl Masters

TV
1952TV
1952
Omnibus

as Newspaper Photographer

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Burnham

TV
1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre

as Milovan Djilas

TV
1948
Studio One

as George Hanley

TV
1948
Studio One

as George

TV
Battles That Doomed Hitler

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 19, 1926
Day of DeathNovember 26, 2016
Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity0.9