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 (70)
Law & Order
1990
as Nathan Fogg / Philip Woodleigh / Larry Weber
The X-Files
1993
as Senator Albert Sorenson
Frasier
1993
as Trevor Ainsley
Falcon Crest
1981
as Arthur Masefield
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Edwin Dupont / Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié / Judge Lambert
The Fugitive
1963
as Joe Tucker
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Kovat
The Love Boat
1977
as Mr. Weatherby
Ironside
1967
as Paul Friedland
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Captain J. Cooly
Mannix
1967
as Dr. Cameron McKenzie / William Avery
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Dr. Harvey Danworth
Great Performances
1971
as Caterpillar / Creon
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Sen. William Pike
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Imre Rogosh / Erik Hagar / Emil Skarbeck / George Berlinger
The Twilight Zone
1959
as William Sturka / Chancellor
L.A. Law
1986
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
Matlock
1986
as Pastor James Hubert
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Hobler
Cannon
1971
Combat!
1962
as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
The F.B.I.
1965
as Steven Colton / John Thomas Whiting / Paul Winters / Charles Ridgeway
Rawhide
1959
as Jonathan Damon
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "The Star")
Studio One
1948
as George Hanley
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Princey
The Big Valley
1965
as Burke Jordan / Hebron Grant
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Laurence Sheffield / Jason Matthews
The Invaders
1967
as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Fenner / Sir Edmund Halley
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Mazi
The Defenders
1961
as Leo Graves / Vincent Kayle
The Name of the Game
1968
as Walter Scharz
Omnibus
1952
as Newspaper Photographer
Gunsmoke
1955
as Marshal Burl Masters
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Ted Whitlock
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Asteroth
Room 222
1969
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Andrew Vulcan
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Peter Raff
Felony Squad
1966
Monsters
1988
as Mr. Hallet
The Mod Squad
1968
as John Palmer
Wonder Woman
1975
as Dr. Solano
Petrocelli
1974
as Colonel William Fletcher
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Martin Cohen
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Martin Weir
The New Breed
1961
as Arthur Grissom
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Narrator
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
as Milovan Djilas
Espionage
1963
as Richard Keller
The Great Adventure
1963
as Colonel Thomas Rose
CBS Playhouse
1966
as David Hoffman
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Charlie Castle / Barsad
Banyon
1972
as Whitney Pemberton
Holocaust
1978
as Dr. Josef Weiss
The Outcasts
1968
Dan August
1970
as Dr. Michael Serling
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Burnham
Movies (66)
The Cobbler
2014
as Mr. Solomon
Marathon Man
1976
as Professor Biesenthal
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Creepshow
1982
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Demon Seed
1977
as Alex Harris
Fail Safe
1964
as Col. Cascio
This Must Be the Place
2011
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Black Sunday
1977
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
Maid in America
1982
as Jonas
Ironclads
1991
as John Ericsson
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Phillipe
Nightkill
1980
as Herbert Childs
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Harold DeMilo
The Crucible
1967
as Reverend Hale
Pointman
1994
as Jason
Power
1986
as Wallace Furman
Blind Spot
1993
as Simon
The Maltese Bippy
1969
as Mischa Ravenswood
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
To Trap a Spy
1965
as Andrew Vulcan
The Big Fix
1978
as Oscar Procari Sr.
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Hugo Black
Jaws of Satan
1982
as Pater Tom Farrow
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
as Arthur Beal
Berlin Affair
1970
as Joe Mallicent
Captains Courageous
1977
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Book of Murder
1974
as Henry
The Female Instinct
1972
as Anton de Tourolet
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
as Osiris
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Mr. Andrew Borden
Under Siege
1986
as Bernard Hughes
The Congressman
2016
as Harlan Lantier
Broken Trust
1995
as Lionel Nash
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Hunter
1973
as Cirrak
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
as Dr. Michael Serling
Children of Divorce
1980
as Eli Sorenson
Heat of Anger
1972
as Vincent Kagel
The Power and the Glory
1963
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
as Roger Meredith
Tales from the Darkside
1990
as Dr. Fenner
A Touch of the Poet
1974
as Cornelius Melody
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as Caterpillar
The Borgia Stick
1967
as Anderson
Spring Awakening
1994
as Captain Von Koster
The Three Little Pigs
1991
See China and Die
1981
as Poston
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
as Dr. Solano
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
as Spencer Brydon
Jane Eyre
1961
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989
as Narrator
Company of Killers
1970
as John Shankalien
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
as Narrator
Antigone
1974
as Creon
Rx for the Defense
1973
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
Give Me Liberty
1974
as George Washington
The Guns of August
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
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 66 films and 70 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fritz Weaver Movies
- The Cobbler (2014) — as Mr. Solomon
- Marathon Man (1976) — as Professor Biesenthal
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) — as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- Creepshow (1982) — as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- Demon Seed (1977) — as Alex Harris
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