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Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Born: 1926-01-19 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War poster
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020 • Self (archive footage)
The Congressman poster
The Congressman
2016 • Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris poster
We'll Never Have Paris
2014 • Phillipe
The Cobbler poster
The Cobbler
2014 • Mr. Solomon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight poster
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 • Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place poster
This Must Be the Place
2011 • Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust poster
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 • Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor poster
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' poster
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 • Self (archive footage)
The Thomas Crown Affair poster
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 • John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women poster
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997 • Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Broken Trust poster
Broken Trust
1995 • Lionel Nash
George Romero's Golden Tales 3 poster
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
Spring Awakening poster
Spring Awakening
1994 • Captain Von Koster
Pointman poster
Pointman
1994 • Jason
Blind Spot poster
Blind Spot
1993 • Simon
Citizen Cohn poster
Citizen Cohn
1992 • Sen. Everett Dirksen
Ironclads poster
Ironclads
1991 • John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs poster
The Three Little Pigs
1991
Tales from the Darkside poster
Tales from the Darkside
1990 • Dr. Fenner
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer poster
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990 • Narrator
My Name Is Bill W. poster
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh poster
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989 • Narrator
Under Siege poster
Under Siege
1986 • Bernard Hughes
Power poster
Power
1986 • Wallace Furman
The Hearst and Davies Affair poster
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985 • Arthur Beal
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art poster
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983 • Osiris
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1983 • Caterpillar
Creepshow poster
Creepshow
1982 • Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America poster
Maid in America
1982 • Jonas
Jaws of Satan poster
Jaws of Satan
1982 • Pater Tom Farrow
See China and Die poster
See China and Die
1981 • Poston
Nightkill poster
Nightkill
1980 • Herbert Childs
Children of Divorce poster
Children of Divorce
1980 • Eli Sorenson
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980 • Dr. Michael Serling
The Big Fix poster
The Big Fix
1978 • Oscar Procari Sr.
Captains Courageous poster
Captains Courageous
1977 • Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Return of Wonder Woman poster
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977 • Dr. Solano
Demon Seed poster
Demon Seed
1977 • Alex Harris
Black Sunday poster
Black Sunday
1977 • FBI Agent Sam Corley
Marathon Man poster
Marathon Man
1976 • Professor Biesenthal
The Legend of Lizzie Borden poster
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 • Mr. Andrew Borden
Henry James' The Jolly Corner poster
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975 • Spencer Brydon
No Image
Give Me Liberty
1974 • George Washington
A Touch of the Poet poster
A Touch of the Poet
1974 • Cornelius Melody
The Book of Murder poster
The Book of Murder
1974 • Henry
Antigone poster
Antigone
1974 • Creon
The Day of the Dolphin poster
The Day of the Dolphin
1973 • Harold DeMilo
No Image
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973
Rx for the Defense poster
Rx for the Defense
1973 • Dr. Daniel Kemper
Hunter poster
Hunter
1973 • Cirrak
The Female Instinct poster
The Female Instinct
1972 • Anton de Tourolet
Heat of Anger poster
Heat of Anger
1972 • Vincent Kagel
Berlin Affair poster
Berlin Affair
1970 • Joe Mallicent
Company of Killers poster
Company of Killers
1970 • John Shankalien
A Walk in the Spring Rain poster
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 • Roger Meredith
The Maltese Bippy poster
The Maltese Bippy
1969 • Mischa Ravenswood
The Crucible poster
The Crucible
1967 • Reverend Hale
The Borgia Stick poster
The Borgia Stick
1967 • Anderson
To Trap a Spy poster
To Trap a Spy
1965 • Andrew Vulcan
The Guns of August poster
The Guns of August
1964 • Narrator (voice)
Fail Safe poster
Fail Safe
1964 • Col. Cascio
The Power and the Glory poster
The Power and the Glory
1963
Jane Eyre poster
Jane Eyre
1961
No Image
Man from a Missing Land
1961 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Battles That Doomed Hitler poster
Battles That Doomed Hitler
— • Narrator (voice)