Fritz Weaver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 January 1926 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 26 November 2016
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
Acting 67
- 2026Battles That Doomed Hitler as Narrator (voice)
- 2020'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
- 2016The Congressman as Harlan Lantier
- 2014We'll Never Have Paris as Phillipe
- 2014The Cobbler as Mr. Solomon
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Hugo Black
- 2011This Must Be the Place as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
- 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2001Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
- 2000Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self (archive footage)
- 1999The Thomas Crown Affair as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- 1997Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- 1995Broken Trust as Lionel Nash
- 1995George Romero's Golden Tales 3
- 1994Spring Awakening as Captain Von Koster
- 1994Pointman as Jason
- 1993Blind Spot as Simon
- 1992Citizen Cohn as Sen. Everett Dirksen
- 1991Ironclads as John Ericsson
- 1991The Three Little Pigs
- 1990Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Fenner
- 1990Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer as Narrator (voice)
- 1989My Name Is Bill W.
- 1989The Spirit of Pittsburgh as Narrator
- 1986Under Siege as Bernard Hughes
- 1986Power as Wallace Furman
- 1985The Hearst and Davies Affair as Arthur Beal
- 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Osiris
- 1983Alice in Wonderland as Caterpillar
- 1982Creepshow as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- 1982Maid in America as Jonas
- 1982Jaws of Satan as Pater Tom Farrow
- 1981See China and Die as Poston
- 1980Nightkill as Herbert Childs
- 1980Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii as Captain Cooly
- 1980Children of Divorce as Eli Sorenson
- 1980Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Dr. Michael Serling
- 1978The Big Fix as Oscar Procari Sr.
- 1977Captains Courageous as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
- 1977The Return of Wonder Woman as Dr. Solano
- 1977Demon Seed as Alex Harris
- 1977Black Sunday as FBI Agent Sam Corley
- 1976Marathon Man as Professor Biesenthal
- 1975The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Mr. Andrew Borden
- 1975Henry James' The Jolly Corner as Spencer Brydon
- 1974Give Me Liberty as George Washington
- 1974A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody
- 1974The Book of Murder as Henry
- 1974Antigone as Creon
- 1973The Day of the Dolphin as Harold DeMilo
- 1973Shock-A-Bye Baby
- 1973Rx for the Defense as Dr. Daniel Kemper
- 1973Hunter as Cirrak
- 1972The Female Instinct as Anton de Tourolet
- 1972Heat of Anger as Vincent Kagel
- 1970Berlin Affair as Joe Mallicent
- 1970Company of Killers as John Shankalien
- 1970A Walk in the Spring Rain as Roger Meredith
- 1969The Maltese Bippy as Mischa Ravenswood
- 1967The Crucible as Reverend Hale
- 1967The Borgia Stick as Anderson
- 1965To Trap a Spy as Andrew Vulcan
- 1964The Guns of August as Narrator (voice)
- 1964Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
- 1963The Power and the Glory
- 1961Jane Eyre
- 1961Man from a Missing Land as Self - Narrator (voice)