Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 19, 1926
Died
Nov 26, 2016
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
136 titles
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
Filmography
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
The Congressman
Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris
Phillipe
The Cobbler
Mr. Solomon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
The Thomas Crown Affair
John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Floating Palaces
Self - Narrator (voice)
Broken Trust
Lionel Nash
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Spring Awakening
Captain Von Koster
Pointman
Jason
Frasier
Trevor Ainsley
The X-Files
Senator Albert Sorenson
Blind Spot
Simon
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Kovat
Citizen Cohn
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Ironclads
John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs
Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Fenner
Against the Law
Law & Order
Nathan Fogg
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Narrator (voice)
My Name Is Bill W.
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Narrator
Monsters
Mr. Hallet
Friday the 13th: The Series
Asteroth
I'll Take Manhattan
Mr. Amberville
L.A. Law
Dr. Aaron Pierce
Matlock
Pastor James Hubert
Under Siege
Bernard Hughes
Power
Wallace Furman
The Twilight Zone
(segment "The Star")
A Death in California
Van Niven
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Arthur Beal
Murder, She Wrote
Edwin Dupont
Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Fenner
Hot Pursuit
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Osiris
Alice in Wonderland
Caterpillar
Creepshow
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America
Jonas
Jaws of Satan
Pater Tom Farrow
Falcon Crest
Arthur Masefield
See China and Die
Poston
Nightkill
Herbert Childs
Magnum, P.I.
Captain J. Cooly