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