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