Fritz Weaver

Actor Jan 19 (died age 90) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1948–2020 (72 year career)

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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). H…

Known For

Film

Marathon Man

Professor Biesenthal

Film

This Must Be the Place

Cheyenne's Father (voice)

Film

Creepshow

Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

Film

The Thomas Crown Affair

John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

Film

Fail Safe

Col. Cascio

Film

The Cobbler

Mr. Solomon

Film

Black Sunday

FBI Agent Sam Corley

Film

Demon Seed

Alex Harris

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (66)

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020

as Self (archive footage)

The Congressman

as Harlan Lantier

The Cobbler

as Mr. Solomon

We'll Never Have Paris

2014

as Phillipe

4.8

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013

as Hugo Black

6.3

This Must Be the Place

2011

as Cheyenne's Father (voice)

7.0

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004

as Self

6.5

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor

2001

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

6.7

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

1997

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

7.0

Broken Trust

1995

as Lionel Nash

5.2

George Romero's Golden Tales 3

1995

3.0

Spring Awakening

1994

as Captain Von Koster

Pointman

as Jason

Blind Spot

as Simon

Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Everett Dirksen

6.0

The Three Little Pigs

1991

Ironclads

1991

as John Ericsson

7.0

Tales from the Darkside

1990

as Dr. Fenner

6.4

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1990

as Narrator

6.0

The Spirit of Pittsburgh

1989

as Narrator

My Name Is Bill W.

Power

as Wallace Furman

Under Siege

as Bernard Hughes

The Hearst and Davies Affair

as Arthur Beal

Alice in Wonderland

as Caterpillar

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

1983

as Osiris

6.5

Creepshow

1982

as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

Jaws of Satan

as Pater Tom Farrow

Maid in America

as Jonas

See China and Die

as Poston

Nightkill

as Herbert Childs

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980

as Dr. Michael Serling

Children of Divorce

as Eli Sorenson

The Big Fix

as Oscar Procari Sr.

The Return of Wonder Woman

as Dr. Solano

Demon Seed

as Alex Harris

Black Sunday

as FBI Agent Sam Corley

6.7

Captains Courageous

1977

as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

6.5

Marathon Man

1976

as Professor Biesenthal

7.2

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975

as Mr. Andrew Borden

6.8

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

1975

as Spencer Brydon

4.0

Antigone

1974

as Creon

The Book of Murder

1974

as Henry

A Touch of the Poet

1974

as Cornelius Melody

Give Me Liberty

1974

as George Washington

The Day of the Dolphin

1973

as Harold DeMilo

5.8

Rx for the Defense

1973

as Dr. Daniel Kemper

Hunter

1973

as Cirrak

Shock-A-Bye Baby

1973

Heat of Anger

1972

as Vincent Kagel

The Female Instinct

1972

as Anton de Tourolet

Company of Killers

1970

as John Shankalien

4.0

Berlin Affair

1970

as Joe Mallicent

A Walk in the Spring Rain

as Roger Meredith

The Maltese Bippy

as Mischa Ravenswood

The Borgia Stick

as Anderson

The Crucible

as Reverend Hale

To Trap a Spy

as Andrew Vulcan

The Guns of August

as Narrator (voice)

Fail Safe

1964

as Col. Cascio

7.8

The Power and the Glory

1963

Jane Eyre

1961

Man from a Missing Land

1961

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Battles That Doomed Hitler

as Narrator (voice)

Television (69)

Floating Palaces

1996

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The X-Files

1993

as Senator Albert Sorenson

8.4

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Kovat

Frasier

as Trevor Ainsley

Law & Order

as Philip Woodleigh

Against the Law

Monsters

Friday the 13th: The Series

as Asteroth

I'll Take Manhattan

as Mr. Amberville

L.A. Law

as Dr. Aaron Pierce

Matlock

as Pastor James Hubert

7.1

The Twilight Zone

1985

as (segment "The Star")

7.8

A Death in California

as Van Niven

Murder, She Wrote

as Judge Lambert

Tales from the Darkside

as Dr. Fenner

Hot Pursuit

Falcon Crest

as Arthur Masefield

Magnum, P.I.

as Captain J. Cooly

The Martian Chronicles

1980

as Father Peregrine

6.9

Tales of the Unexpected

as Princey

Holocaust

as Dr. Josef Weiss

The Love Boat

as Mr. Weatherby

Quincy, M.E.

as Sen. William Pike

Wonder Woman

as Dr. Solano

Petrocelli

as Colonel William Fletcher

Barnaby Jones

as Jason Matthews

The Snoop Sisters

as Anton de Tourolet

The Streets of San Francisco

as Ted Whitlock

Banyon

as Whitney Pemberton

Delphi Bureau

as Vander

Kung Fu

as Hillquist

Great Performances

as Creon

Cannon

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Dr. Martin Cohen

Night Gallery

as Dr. Mazi

Dan August

as Dr. Michael Serling

Room 222

Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Harvey Danworth

The Name of the Game

as Walter Scharz

The Mod Squad

as John Palmer

The Outcasts

Ironside

as Paul Friedland

Mannix

as Dr. Cameron McKenzie

6.7

The Invaders

1967

as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke

Mission: Impossible

as Imre Rogosh

Felony Squad

CBS Playhouse

The F.B.I.

as Steven Colton

The Big Valley

as Burke Jordan

12 O'Clock High

as Col. Peter Raff

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

as Andrew Vulcan

The Fugitive

as Joe Tucker

The Great Adventure

as Colonel Thomas Rose

Combat!

1962

as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller

Dr. Kildare

as Arthur Hobler

The Defenders

as Leo Graves

The New Breed

as Arthur Grissom

Cain's Hundred

as Martin Weir

The Asphalt Jungle

The Twilight Zone

as William Sturka

Rawhide

as Jonathan Damon

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self - Narrator

7.3

DuPont Show of the Month

as Charlie Castle

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Gunsmoke

as Marshal Burl Masters

6.6

Omnibus

1952

6.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dr. Burnham

8.6

Armstrong Circle Theatre

as Milovan Djilas

Studio One

as George Hanley