Fritz Weaver
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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
Credits
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
The Cobbler (2014)
as Mr. Solomon
Marathon Man (1976)
as Professor Biesenthal
Creepshow (1982)
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
This Must Be the Place (2011)
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Fail Safe (1964)
as Col. Cascio
Demon Seed (1977)
as Alex Harris
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)
as Phillipe
Black Sunday (1977)
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
The Female Instinct (1972)
as Anton de Tourolet
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
as Harold DeMilo
Ironclads (1991)
as John Ericsson
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
as Mischa Ravenswood
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
as Mr. Andrew Borden
Battles That Doomed Hitler (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
as Dr. Fenner
Jaws of Satan (1982)
as Pater Tom Farrow
My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
Actor
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as Hugo Black
Power (1986)
as Wallace Furman
Pointman (1994)
as Jason
The Big Fix (1978)
as Oscar Procari Sr.
Broken Trust (1995)
as Lionel Nash
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
as Roger Meredith
The Power and the Glory (1963)
Actor
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
Company of Killers (1970)
as John Shankalien
The Congressman (2016)
as Harlan Lantier
See China and Die (1981)
as Poston
Maid in America (1982)
as Jonas
The Book of Murder (1974)
as Henry
Blind Spot (1993)
as Simon
The Three Little Pigs (1991)
Actor
The Borgia Stick (1967)
as Anderson
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
as Self
Nightkill (1980)
as Herbert Childs
Give Me Liberty (1974)
as George Washington
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
George Romero's Golden Tales 3 (1995)
Actor
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Caterpillar
Henry James' The Jolly Corner (1975)
as Spencer Brydon
Captains Courageous (1977)
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
Under Siege (1986)
as Bernard Hughes
Spring Awakening (1994)
as Captain Von Koster
A Touch of the Poet (1974)
as Cornelius Melody
Rx for the Defense (1973)
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
To Trap a Spy (1965)
as Andrew Vulcan
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor (2001)
Actor
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980)
as Dr. Michael Serling
The Crucible (1967)
as Reverend Hale
Children of Divorce (1980)
as Eli Sorenson
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Guns of August (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Shock-A-Bye Baby (1973)
Actor
Heat of Anger (1972)
as Vincent Kagel
The Return of Wonder Woman (1977)
as Dr. Solano
The Spirit of Pittsburgh (1989)
as Narrator
The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985)
as Arthur Beal
Berlin Affair (1970)
as Joe Mallicent
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
as Osiris
Jane Eyre (1961)
Actor
Hunter (1973)
as Cirrak
Antigone (1974)
as Creon
Man from a Missing Land (1961)
as Self - Narrator (voice)