Birthday:
Jan 19, 1926
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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, especially in television series and movies like The Twilight Zone, 'Way Out, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The Martian Chronicles, and Demon Seed.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Thomas Crown Affair | John Reynolds | 1999 |
| Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | 1964 |
| See China and Die | Poston | 1981 |
| Marathon Man | Professor Biesenthal | 1976 |
| The Borgia Stick | Anderson | 1967 |
| The Power and the Glory | 1963 | |
| The Three Little Pigs | 1991 | |
| To Trap a Spy | Andrew Vulcan | 1964 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Anton de Tourolet | 1972 |
| The Spirit of Pittsburgh | Narrator | 1989 |
| We'll Never Have Paris | Phillipe | 2014 |
| Demon Seed | Alex Harris | 1977 |
| Black Sunday | FBI Agent Sam Corley | 1977 |
| This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne's Father (voice) | 2011 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Self | 2004 |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Mr. Andrew Borden | 1975 |
| Ironclads | John Ericsson | 1991 |
| Battles That Doomed Hitler | Narrator | 1970 |
| Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| A Walk in the Spring Rain | Roger Meredith | 1970 |
| Company of Killers | John Shankalien | 1970 |
| Man From a Missing Land | Narrator | 1961 |
| Nightkill | Herbert Childs | 1980 |
| Antigone | Creon | 1974 |
| Pointman | Jason | 1994 |
| Jane Eyre | 1961 | |
| Blind Spot | Simon | 1993 |
| Jaws of Satan | Pater Tom Farrow | 1981 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Caterpillar | 1983 |
| The Book of Murder | Henry | 1974 |
| The Day of the Dolphin | Harold DeMilo | 1973 |
| Maid in America | Jonas | 1982 |
| The Big Fix | Oscar Procari Sr. | 1978 |
| Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Osiris | 1983 |
| Heat of Anger | Vincent Kagel | 1972 |
| The Maltese Bippy | Mischa Ravenswood | 1969 |
| The Hearst and Davies Affair | Arthur Beal | 1985 |
| Broken Trust | Lionel Nash | 1995 |
| Creepshow | Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate") | 1982 |
| Under Siege | Bernard Hughes | 1986 |
| Shock-A-Bye Baby | 1973 | |
| The Cobbler | Mr. Solomon | 2014 |
| Berlin Affair | Joe Mallicent | 1970 |
| George Romero's Golden Tales 3 | 1970 | |
| Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer | Narrator | 1990 |
| Children of Divorce | Eli Sorenson | 1980 |
| Spring Awakening | Captain Von Koster | 1994 |
| The Crucible | Reverend Hale | 1967 |
| The Congressman | Harlan Lantier | 2016 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Dr. Fenner | 1990 |
| Power | Wallace Furman | 1986 |
| Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women | Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") | 1997 |
| The Guns of August | Narrator (voice) | 1964 |
| Captains Courageous | Harvey Cheyne, Sr. | 1977 |
| Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Dr. Michael Serling | 1980 |
| Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor | 2001 | |
| Citizen Cohn | Sen. Everett Dirksen | 1992 |
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Hugo Black | 2013 |
| My Name Is Bill W. | 1989 | |
| A Touch of the Poet | Cornelius Melody | 1974 |
| Hunter | Cirrak | 1973 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Falcon Crest | Arthur Masefield | 1981 |
| L.A. Law | Dr. Aaron Pierce | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Edwin Dupont | 1984 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Captain J. Cooly, USN | 1980 |
| The Great Adventure | Colonel Thomas Rose | 1963 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Dr. Fenner | 1984 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Andrew Vulcan | 1964 |
| Law & Order | Nathan Fogg | 1990 |
| Cain's Hundred | Martin Weir | 1961 |
| Kung Fu | Hillquist | 1972 |
| The F.B.I. | Steven Colton | 1965 |
| Friday the 13th: The Series | Asteroth | 1987 |
| Matlock | Pastor James Hubert | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | 1985 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Harvey Danworth | 1968 |
| Quincy, M.E. | Sen. William Pike | 1976 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Ted Whitlock | 1972 |
| The Martian Chronicles | Father Peregrine | 1980 |
| Omnibus | 1952 | |
| Room 222 | 1969 | |
| Frasier | Trevor Ainsley | 1993 |
| The Mod Squad | John Palmer | 1968 |
| Gunsmoke | Marshal Burl Masters | 1955 |
| The X-Files | Senator Albert Sorenson | 1993 |
| Studio One | George Hanley | 1948 |
| Combat! | Major Chaplain Ernest Miller | 1962 |
| Night Gallery | Dr. Mazi | 1970 |
| Wonder Woman | Dr. Solano | 1975 |
| Cannon | 1971 | |
| Monsters | 1988 | |
| The Twilight Zone | William Sturka | 1959 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Burnham | 1951 |
| Ironside | Paul Friedland | 1967 |
| Felony Squad | 1966 | |
| Rawhide | Jonathan Damon | 1959 |
| The Outcasts | 1968 | |
| The Fugitive | Joe Tucker | 1963 |
| Banyon | Whitney Pemberton | 1972 |
| The Big Valley | Burke Jordan | 1965 |
| Petrocelli | Colonel William Fletcher | 1974 |
| Against the Law | 1990 | |
| Hot Pursuit | 1984 | |
| The New Breed | Arthur Grissom | 1961 |
| CBS Playhouse | 1966 | |
| Holocaust | Dr. Josef Weiss | 1978 |
| Dr. Kildare | Arthur Hobler | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Leo Graves | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Vincent Kayle | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | 1961 | |
| DuPont Show of the Month | Charlie Castle | 1957 |
| The Twilight Zone | Chancellor | 1959 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Sir Edmund Halley | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié | 1984 |
| The F.B.I. | John Thomas Whiting | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Paul Winters | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Charles Ridgeway | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Hebron Grant | 1965 |
| Great Performances | Caterpillar | 1971 |
| A Death in California | Van Niven | 1985 |
| Law & Order | Philip Woodleigh | 1990 |
| The Name of the Game | Walter Scharz | 1968 |
| Law & Order | Larry Weber | 1990 |
| I'll Take Manhattan | Mr. Amberville | 1987 |
| Studio One | George | 1948 |
| Dan August | Dr. Michael Serling | 1970 |
| The Love Boat | Mr. Weatherby | 1977 |
| Barnaby Jones | Laurence Sheffield | 1973 |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Martin Cohen | 1971 |
| Mannix | William Avery | 1967 |
| Mannix | Dr. Cameron McKenzie | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Erik Hagar | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Imre Rogosh | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Emil Skarbeck | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | George Berlinger | 1966 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Narrator | 1959 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Col. Peter Raff | 1964 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Milovan Djilas | 1950 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Kovat | 1993 |
| Floating Palaces | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1996 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956 |
| The Invaders | Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke | 1967 |
| DuPont Show of the Month | Barsad | 1957 |
| Barnaby Jones | Jason Matthews | 1973 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Anton de Tourolet | 1973 |
| Great Performances | Creon | 1971 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Princey | 1979 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Judge Lambert | 1984 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Memoriam (archive footage) | 1956 |
