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
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Evangelist (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Father Fareaux
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Franz Liszt
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Inquisitor
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Abbe Gallard
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as Father Andrew
The Spanish Main (1945)
as Bishop
Devil's Doorway (1950)
as Mr. Poole
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Gaspard
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
as Painter
Strange Journey (1946)
as Prof. Jenner
The Web (1947)
as Leopold Kroner
Humoresque (1947)
as Hagerstrom
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Ouvrard
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
as Dr. Charbonnet
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
as Sadi Kirschen
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
Cobra Woman (1944)
Actor
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
as Dr. Charles Morris
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Mr. Foster
Another Part of the Forest (1948)
as Col. Isham
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
as High Priest
Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Franz Strauss
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
as Filippo
Bagdad (1949)
as Emir
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
as Padre
Crossroads (1942)
as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
High Conquest (1947)
as Priest
Romeo and Juliet (1916)
as Mercutio
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
as Binda Sha
Down to the Sea (1936)
as Gregory Pappas
They Made Her a Spy (1939)
as Dr. Krull
Cleopatra (1917)
as Caesar
The Great Garrick (1937)
as Horatio in 'Hamlet'
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
as Judge (uncredited)
Gateway (1938)
as Dr. Weilander
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
as Capt. John Ericsson
Song of India (1949)
as Nanaram
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as John Morrow
This Love of Ours (1945)
as Dr. Bailey
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Pierre Ferrand
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Max
The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
as The Padre
Sins of Man (1936)
as Father Prior
First Comes Courage (1943)
as Dr. Aanrud
Adventures of Casanova (1948)
as D'Anneci
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Chief Xeoli
Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
as Ti-Ana
Under Southern Stars (1937)
as Stonewall Jackson
If I Were King (1920)
as Louis XI
Inner Sanctum (1948)
as Dr. Valonius
The Song of the Soul (1920)
as Jerry Wendover
The Queen of Sheba (1921)
as King Solomon