Fritz Weaver

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Known For

Acting

Born

1926-01-19

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Acting History

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