Fritz Weaver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 19, 1926
- Died
- Nov 26, 2016 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 137
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
The X-Files
1993TV
Senator Albert Sorenson
The Cobbler
2014Movie
Mr. Solomon
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999Movie
John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
This Must Be the Place
2011Movie
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Marathon Man
1976Movie
Professor Biesenthal
Creepshow
1982Movie
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Filmography
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Congressman
2016Movie
Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris
2014Movie
Phillipe
The Cobbler
2014Movie
Mr. Solomon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013Movie
Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place
2011Movie
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004Movie
Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999Movie
John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997Movie
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Floating Palaces
1996TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Broken Trust
1995Movie
Lionel Nash
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995Movie
Spring Awakening
1994Movie
Captain Von Koster
Pointman
1994Movie
Jason
Frasier
1993TV
Trevor Ainsley
The X-Files
1993TV
Senator Albert Sorenson
Blind Spot
1993Movie
Simon
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993TV
Kovat
Citizen Cohn
1992Movie
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Ironclads
1991Movie
John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs
1991Movie
Tales from the Darkside
1990Movie
Dr. Fenner
Against the Law
1990TV
Law & Order
1990TV
Nathan Fogg, Philip Woodleigh, Larry Weber
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990Movie
Narrator (voice)
My Name Is Bill W.
1989Movie
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989Movie
Narrator
Monsters
1988TV
Mr. Hallet
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987TV
Asteroth
I'll Take Manhattan
1987TV
Mr. Amberville
L.A. Law
1986TV
Dr. Aaron Pierce
Matlock
1986TV
Pastor James Hubert
Under Siege
1986Movie
Bernard Hughes
Power
1986Movie
Wallace Furman
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
(segment "The Star")
A Death in California
1985TV
Van Niven
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985Movie
Arthur Beal
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Edwin Dupont, Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié, Judge Lambert
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Dr. Fenner, Sir Edmund Halley
Hot Pursuit
1984TV
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983Movie
Osiris
Alice in Wonderland
1983Movie
Caterpillar
Creepshow
1982Movie
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America
1982Movie
Jonas
Jaws of Satan
1982Movie
Pater Tom Farrow
Falcon Crest
1981TV
Arthur Masefield
See China and Die
1981Movie
Poston
Nightkill
1980Movie
Herbert Childs
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
1980Movie
Captain Cooly
Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
Captain J. Cooly
Children of Divorce
1980Movie
Eli Sorenson
The Martian Chronicles
1980TV
Father Peregrine
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980Movie
Dr. Michael Serling
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Princey
The Big Fix
1978Movie
Oscar Procari Sr.
Holocaust
1978TV
Dr. Josef Weiss
Captains Courageous
1977Movie
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Love Boat
1977TV
Mr. Weatherby
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977Movie
Dr. Solano
Demon Seed
1977Movie
Alex Harris
Black Sunday
1977Movie
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Marathon Man
1976Movie
Professor Biesenthal
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Sen. William Pike
Wonder Woman
1975TV
Dr. Solano
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975Movie
Mr. Andrew Borden
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975Movie
Spencer Brydon
Petrocelli
1974TV
Colonel William Fletcher
Give Me Liberty
1974Movie
George Washington
A Touch of the Poet
1974Movie
Cornelius Melody
The Book of Murder
1974Movie
Henry
Antigone
1974Movie
Creon
The Day of the Dolphin
1973Movie
Harold DeMilo
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973Movie
Rx for the Defense
1973Movie
Dr. Daniel Kemper
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Laurence Sheffield, Jason Matthews
Hunter
1973Movie
Cirrak
The Female Instinct
1972Movie
Anton de Tourolet
Kung Fu
1972TV
Hillquist
Delphi Bureau
1972TV
Vander
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Ted Whitlock
Banyon
1972TV
Whitney Pemberton
Heat of Anger
1972Movie
Vincent Kagel
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971TV
Dr. Martin Cohen
Cannon
1971TV
Great Performances
1971TV
Caterpillar, Creon
Night Gallery
1970TV
Dr. Mazi
Berlin Affair
1970Movie
Joe Mallicent
Dan August
1970TV
Dr. Michael Serling
Company of Killers
1970Movie
John Shankalien
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970Movie
Roger Meredith
Room 222
1969TV
The Maltese Bippy
1969Movie
Mischa Ravenswood
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Dr. Harvey Danworth
The Mod Squad
1968TV
John Palmer
The Outcasts
1968TV
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Walter Scharz
Mannix
1967TV
Dr. Cameron McKenzie, William Avery
The Crucible
1967Movie
Reverend Hale
Ironside
1967TV
Paul Friedland
The Borgia Stick
1967Movie
Anderson
The Invaders
1967TV
Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
David Hoffman
NET Playhouse
1966TV
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Imre Rogosh, Erik Hagar, Emil Skarbeck, George Berlinger
Felony Squad
1966TV
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Steven Colton, John Thomas Whiting, Paul Winters, Charles Ridgeway
The Big Valley
1965TV
Burke Jordan, Hebron Grant
To Trap a Spy
1965Movie
Andrew Vulcan
The Guns of August
1964Movie
Narrator (voice)
Fail Safe
1964Movie
Col. Cascio
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Andrew Vulcan
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Col. Peter Raff
Espionage
1963TV
Richard Keller
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Colonel Thomas Rose
The Fugitive
1963TV
Joe Tucker
The Power and the Glory
1963Movie
Combat!
1962TV
Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
The New Breed
1961TV
Arthur Grissom
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Arthur Hobler
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Martin Weir
The Defenders
1961TV
Leo Graves, Vincent Kayle
Jane Eyre
1961Movie
The Asphalt Jungle
1961TV
Man from a Missing Land
1961Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Festival
1960TV
Brutus
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
William Sturka, Chancellor
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959TV
Self - Narrator
Rawhide
1959TV
Jonathan Damon
DuPont Show of the Month
1957TV
Charlie Castle, Barsad
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Winner, Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Marshal Burl Masters
Omnibus
1952TV
Newspaper Photographer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Dr. Burnham
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950TV
Milovan Djilas
Studio One
1948TV
George Hanley, George
Battles That Doomed Hitler
Movie
Narrator (voice)