Fritz Leiber
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Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was also an actor for a time. Leiber and his wife spent much of their time touring in a Shakespearean acting company, known by the 1930s as Fritz Leiber & Co. Leiber made his film bow in 1916, playing Mercutio in the Francis X. Bushman version of “Romeo and Juliet.” With his piercing eyes and shock of white hair, Leiber seemed every inch the priests, professors, musical professors, and religious fanatics that he was frequently called upon to play in films. His many silent-era portrayals included Caesar in Theda Bara's 1917 “Cleopatra” and Solomon in the mammoth 1921 Betty Blythe vehicle “The Queen of Sheba.” He thrived as a character actor in sound films, usually in historical roles. In the film “Champagne Waltz” he portrayed an orchestra maestro; the role required him to play classical music on a violin and jazz on a clarinet. One of Leiber's larger assignments of the 1940s, and his most notable musical role, was as Franz Liszt in the Claude Rains' remake of “Phantom of the Opera” (1943). Leiber appears together with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in the wedding-feast scene of Greta Garbo's film “Camille” (1936) and in Warner Bros.' “The Great Garrick” (1937). Leiber also appeared with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939), but Fritz Leiber Jr. was not credited for his small speaking part. Late in his career, Leiber performed briefly opposite Charles Chaplin as the priest who visits Monsieur Verdoux in his prison cell.
Known for
Credits
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Old Nobleman
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Lord Sharif
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Inquisitor
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Franz Liszt
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Father Fareaux
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Evangelist (uncredited)
Crossroads (1942)
as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as Father Andrew
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Gaspard
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Abbe Gallard
Strange Journey (1946)
as Prof. Jenner
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
as Painter
The Spanish Main (1945)
as Bishop
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
as Dr. Charbonnet
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
as High Priest
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Ouvrard
Another Part of the Forest (1948)
as Col. Isham
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
as Dr. Charles Morris
Devil's Doorway (1950)
as Mr. Poole
The Queen of Sheba (1921)
as King Solomon
This Love of Ours (1945)
as Dr. Bailey
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Mr. Foster
They Made Her a Spy (1939)
as Dr. Krull
Down to the Sea (1936)
as Gregory Pappas
Cobra Woman (1944)
Actor
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as John Morrow
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Pierre Ferrand
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
as Binda Sha
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
as Judge (uncredited)
Humoresque (1947)
as Hagerstrom
Inner Sanctum (1948)
as Dr. Valonius
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Max
The Web (1947)
as Leopold Kroner
Bagdad (1949)
as Emir
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
as Sadi Kirschen
Gateway (1938)
as Dr. Weilander
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
as Padre
The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
as The Padre
Cleopatra (1917)
as Caesar
Romeo and Juliet (1916)
as Mercutio
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
as Filippo
The Great Garrick (1937)
as Horatio in 'Hamlet'
Adventures of Casanova (1948)
as D'Anneci
Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Franz Strauss
Song of India (1949)
as Nanaram
If I Were King (1920)
as Louis XI
First Comes Courage (1943)
as Dr. Aanrud
Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
as Ti-Ana
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Chief Xeoli
Sins of Man (1936)
as Father Prior
The Song of the Soul (1920)
as Jerry Wendover
High Conquest (1947)
as Priest
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
as Capt. John Ericsson
Under Southern Stars (1937)
as Stonewall Jackson