Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Known for
Acting
Born
January 19, 1926
Died
November 26, 2016 (aged 90)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Battles That Doomed Hitler poster

Battles That Doomed Hitler

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War poster

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
The Congressman poster

The Congressman

Movie · as Harlan Lantier

2014
We'll Never Have Paris poster

We'll Never Have Paris

Movie · as Phillipe

2014
The Cobbler poster

The Cobbler

Movie · as Mr. Solomon

2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight poster

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Movie · as Hugo Black

2011
This Must Be the Place poster

This Must Be the Place

Movie · as Cheyenne's Father (voice)

2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust poster

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Movie · as Self

2001
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor poster

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor

Movie

1999
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie · as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women poster

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

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

1996
Floating Palaces poster

Floating Palaces

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1995
Broken Trust poster

Broken Trust

Movie · as Lionel Nash

1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 3 poster

George Romero's Golden Tales 3

Movie

1994
Pointman poster

Pointman

Movie · as Jason

1994
Spring Awakening poster

Spring Awakening

Movie · as Captain Von Koster

1993
Blind Spot poster

Blind Spot

Movie · as Simon

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Trevor Ainsley · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Senator Albert Sorenson · 2 eps

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Kovat · 1 ep

1992
Citizen Cohn poster

Citizen Cohn

Movie · as Sen. Everett Dirksen

1991
The Three Little Pigs poster

The Three Little Pigs

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
Ironclads poster

Ironclads

Movie · as John Ericsson

1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer poster

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1990
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

Movie · as Dr. Fenner

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Nathan Fogg, Philip Woodleigh, Larry Weber · 1 ep

1990
Against the Law poster

Against the Law

TV · 1 ep

1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh poster

The Spirit of Pittsburgh

Movie · as Narrator

1989
My Name Is Bill W. poster

My Name Is Bill W.

Movie

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Mr. Hallet · 1 ep

1987
Friday the 13th: The Series poster

Friday the 13th: The Series

TV · as Asteroth · 2 eps

1987
I'll Take Manhattan poster

I'll Take Manhattan

TV · as Mr. Amberville · 4 eps

1986
Under Siege poster

Under Siege

Movie · as Bernard Hughes

1986
Power poster

Power

Movie · as Wallace Furman

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Dr. Aaron Pierce · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Pastor James Hubert · 1 ep

1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair poster

The Hearst and Davies Affair

Movie · as Arthur Beal

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "The Star") · 1 ep

1985
A Death in California poster

A Death in California

TV · as Van Niven · 2 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Edwin Dupont, Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié, Judge Lambert · 1 ep

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Dr. Fenner, Sir Edmund Halley · 1 ep

1984
Hot Pursuit poster

Hot Pursuit

TV · 1 ep

1983
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Caterpillar

1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art poster

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Movie · as Osiris

1982
Jaws of Satan poster

Jaws of Satan

Movie · as Pater Tom Farrow

1982
Maid in America poster

Maid in America

Movie · as Jonas

1982
Creepshow poster

Creepshow

Movie · as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

1981
See China and Die poster

See China and Die

Movie · as Poston

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Arthur Masefield · 1 ep

1980
Nightkill poster

Nightkill

Movie · as Herbert Childs

1980
Children of Divorce poster

Children of Divorce

Movie · as Eli Sorenson

1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Movie · as Dr. Michael Serling

1980
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii

Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii

Movie · as Captain Cooly

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Captain J. Cooly · 2 eps

1980
The Martian Chronicles poster

The Martian Chronicles

TV · as Father Peregrine · 1 ep

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Princey · 1 ep

1978
The Big Fix poster

The Big Fix

Movie · as Oscar Procari Sr.

1978
Holocaust poster

Holocaust

TV · as Dr. Josef Weiss · 4 eps

1977
Demon Seed poster

Demon Seed

Movie · as Alex Harris

1977
Black Sunday poster

Black Sunday

Movie · as FBI Agent Sam Corley

1977
Captains Courageous poster

Captains Courageous

Movie · as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

1977
The Return of Wonder Woman poster

The Return of Wonder Woman

Movie · as Dr. Solano

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Mr. Weatherby · 1 ep

1976
Marathon Man poster

Marathon Man

Movie · as Professor Biesenthal

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Sen. William Pike · 1 ep

1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden poster

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

Movie · as Mr. Andrew Borden

1975
Henry James' The Jolly Corner poster

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

Movie · as Spencer Brydon

1975
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

TV · as Dr. Solano · 1 ep

1974
Antigone poster

Antigone

Movie · as Creon

1974
The Book of Murder poster

The Book of Murder

Movie · as Henry

1974
A Touch of the Poet poster

A Touch of the Poet

Movie · as Cornelius Melody

1974
Give Me Liberty poster

Give Me Liberty

Movie · as George Washington

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · as Colonel William Fletcher · 1 ep

1973
The Day of the Dolphin poster

The Day of the Dolphin

Movie · as Harold DeMilo

1973
Shock-A-Bye Baby

Shock-A-Bye Baby

Movie

1973
Hunter poster

Hunter

Movie · as Cirrak

1973
Rx for the Defense poster

Rx for the Defense

Movie · as Dr. Daniel Kemper

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Laurence Sheffield, Jason Matthews · 1 ep

1972
The Female Instinct poster

The Female Instinct

Movie · as Anton de Tourolet

1972
Heat of Anger poster

Heat of Anger

Movie · as Vincent Kagel

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Hillquist · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Ted Whitlock · 1 ep

1972
Banyon poster

Banyon

TV · as Whitney Pemberton · 1 ep

1972
Delphi Bureau poster

Delphi Bureau

TV · as Vander · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 3 eps

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Caterpillar, Creon · 1 ep

1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law poster

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV · as Dr. Martin Cohen · 1 ep

1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain poster

A Walk in the Spring Rain

Movie · as Roger Meredith

1970
Company of Killers poster

Company of Killers

Movie · as John Shankalien

1970
Berlin Affair poster

Berlin Affair

Movie · as Joe Mallicent

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Dr. Mazi · 1 ep

1970
Dan August poster

Dan August

TV · as Dr. Michael Serling · 1 ep

1969
The Maltese Bippy poster

The Maltese Bippy

Movie · as Mischa Ravenswood

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Dr. Harvey Danworth · 1 ep

1969
Room 222 poster

Room 222

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · as John Palmer · 1 ep

1968
The Outcasts poster

The Outcasts

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Walter Scharz · 1 ep

1967
The Borgia Stick poster

The Borgia Stick

Movie · as Anderson

1967
The Crucible poster

The Crucible

Movie · as Reverend Hale

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Paul Friedland · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Dr. Cameron McKenzie, William Avery · 1 ep

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke · 1 ep

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 2 eps

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Imre Rogosh, Erik Hagar, Emil Skarbeck, George Berlinger · 1 ep

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as David Hoffman · 1 ep

1966
NET Playhouse poster

NET Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1965
To Trap a Spy poster

To Trap a Spy

Movie · as Andrew Vulcan

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Steven Colton, John Thomas Whiting, Paul Winters, Charles Ridgeway · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Burke Jordan, Hebron Grant · 1 ep

1964
Fail Safe poster

Fail Safe

Movie · as Col. Cascio

1964
The Guns of August poster

The Guns of August

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

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

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

TV · as Andrew Vulcan · 1 ep

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Col. Peter Raff · 1 ep

1963
The Power and the Glory poster

The Power and the Glory

Movie

1963
The Great Adventure poster

The Great Adventure

TV · as Colonel Thomas Rose · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Joe Tucker · 1 ep

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Richard Keller · 1 ep

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller · 1 ep

1961
Man from a Missing Land

Man from a Missing Land

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1961
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Mason

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Martin Weir · 1 ep

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Arthur Grissom · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Arthur Hobler · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Leo Graves, Vincent Kayle · 1 ep

1961
The Asphalt Jungle poster

The Asphalt Jungle

TV · 1 ep

1960
Festival poster

Festival

TV · as Brutus · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as William Sturka, Chancellor · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jonathan Damon · 2 eps

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour poster

The Bell Telephone Hour

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

1957
DuPont Show of the Month poster

DuPont Show of the Month

TV · as Charlie Castle, Barsad · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Memoriam (archive footage) · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Marshal Burl Masters · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Newspaper Photographer · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Dr. Burnham · 1 ep

1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre poster

Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV · as Milovan Djilas · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as George Hanley · 1 ep