Fritz Weaver
Born: 1926-01-19
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
The Thomas Crown Affair
We'll Never Have Paris
Creepshow
The Cobbler
Berlin Affair
Black Sunday
Power
The Congressman
Blind Spot
Captains Courageous
Nightkill
Spring Awakening
The Guns of August
The Return of Wonder Woman
Marathon Man
Hunter
Pointman
Antigone
Jaws of Satan
Under Siege
Fail Safe
To Trap a Spy
This Must Be the Place
Company of Killers
Rx for the Defense
Demon Seed
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Heat of Anger
Battles That Doomed Hitler
Ironclads
The Borgia Stick
The Three Little Pigs
Tales from the Darkside
Maid in America
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
The Maltese Bippy
The Female Instinct
The Book of Murder
Citizen Cohn
The Big Fix
The Day of the Dolphin
My Name Is Bill W.
Broken Trust
The Crucible
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
See China and Die
Alice in Wonderland
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
The Power and the Glory
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Children of Divorce
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
A Touch of the Poet
Jane Eyre
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
