Fritz 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
John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
The Thomas Crown Affair
Col. Cascio
Fail Safe
Poston
See China and Die
Professor Biesenthal
Marathon Man
Anderson
The Borgia Stick
The Power and the Glory
The Three Little Pigs
Andrew Vulcan
To Trap a Spy
Anton de Tourolet
The Female Instinct
Narrator
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Phillipe
We'll Never Have Paris
Alex Harris
Demon Seed
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Black Sunday
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
This Must Be the Place
Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Mr. Andrew Borden
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
John Ericsson
Ironclads
Narrator (voice)
Battles That Doomed Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Roger Meredith
A Walk in the Spring Rain
John Shankalien
Company of Killers
Narrator
Man From a Missing Land
Herbert Childs
Nightkill
Creon
Antigone
Jason
Pointman
Jane Eyre
Simon
Blind Spot
Pater Tom Farrow
Jaws of Satan
Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland
Henry
The Book of Murder
Harold DeMilo
The Day of the Dolphin
Jonas
Maid in America
Oscar Procari Sr.
The Big Fix
Osiris
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vincent Kagel
Heat of Anger
Mischa Ravenswood
The Maltese Bippy
Arthur Beal
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Lionel Nash
Broken Trust
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Creepshow
Bernard Hughes
Under Siege
Shock-A-Bye Baby
Mr. Solomon
The Cobbler
Joe Mallicent
Berlin Affair
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Narrator
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Eli Sorenson
Children of Divorce
Captain Von Koster
Spring Awakening
Reverend Hale
The Crucible
Harlan Lantier
The Congressman
Dr. Fenner
Tales from the Darkside
Wallace Furman
Power
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Narrator (voice)
The Guns of August
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
Captains Courageous
Dr. Michael Serling
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Citizen Cohn
Hugo Black
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
My Name Is Bill W.
Cornelius Melody
A Touch of the Poet
Cirrak
Hunter
Spencer Brydon
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Dr. Solano
The Return of Wonder Woman
Dr. Daniel Kemper
Rx for the Defense
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-01-19
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Fritz William Weaver