Fritz Weaver
Acting
- Born:
- 1926-01-19
- Died:
- 2016-11-26
- Place of birth:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
The Congressman
We'll Never Have Paris
The Cobbler
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
This Must Be the Place
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Floating Palaces
Broken Trust
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Spring Awakening
Pointman
Frasier
The X-Files
Blind Spot
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Citizen Cohn
Ironclads
The Three Little Pigs
Tales from the Darkside
Against the Law
Law & Order
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
My Name Is Bill W.
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Monsters
Friday the 13th: The Series
I'll Take Manhattan
L.A. Law
Matlock
Under Siege
Power
The Twilight Zone
A Death in California
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Murder, She Wrote
Tales from the Darkside
Hot Pursuit
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alice in Wonderland
Creepshow
Maid in America
Jaws of Satan
Falcon Crest
See China and Die
Nightkill
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Magnum, P.I.
Children of Divorce
The Martian Chronicles
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Tales of the Unexpected
The Big Fix
Holocaust
Captains Courageous
The Love Boat
The Return of Wonder Woman
Demon Seed
Black Sunday
Marathon Man
Quincy, M.E.
Wonder Woman
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Petrocelli
Give Me Liberty
A Touch of the Poet
The Book of Murder
Antigone
The Day of the Dolphin
Shock-A-Bye Baby
Rx for the Defense
Barnaby Jones
Hunter
The Female Instinct
Kung Fu
Delphi Bureau
The Streets of San Francisco
Banyon
Heat of Anger
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Cannon
Great Performances
Night Gallery
Berlin Affair
Dan August
Company of Killers
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Room 222
The Maltese Bippy
Hawaii Five-O
The Mod Squad
The Outcasts
The Name of the Game
Mannix
The Crucible
Ironside
The Borgia Stick
The Invaders
CBS Playhouse
NET Playhouse
Mission: Impossible
Felony Squad
The F.B.I.
The Big Valley
To Trap a Spy
The Guns of August
Fail Safe
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
12 O'Clock High
Espionage
The Great Adventure
The Fugitive
The Power and the Glory
Combat!
The New Breed
Dr. Kildare
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
Jane Eyre
The Asphalt Jungle
Man from a Missing Land
Festival
The Twilight Zone
The Bell Telephone Hour
Rawhide
DuPont Show of the Month
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
Omnibus
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Studio One
Battles That Doomed Hitler