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