Acting

Fritz Weaver

Born: 1926-01-19
Died: 2016-11-26
Birthplace: 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

137 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Congressman

2016 · Movie

Harlan Lantier

The Cobbler

2014 · Movie

Mr. Solomon

We'll Never Have Paris

2014 · Movie

Phillipe

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013 · Movie

Hugo Black

This Must Be the Place

2011 · Movie

Cheyenne's Father (voice)

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004 · Movie

Self

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor

2001 · Movie

Cast

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999 · Movie

John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

1997 · Movie

Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

Floating Palaces

1996 · TV Show

Self - Narrator (voice)

Broken Trust

1995 · Movie

Lionel Nash

George Romero's Golden Tales 3

1995 · Movie

Cast

Pointman

1994 · Movie

Jason

Spring Awakening

1994 · Movie

Captain Von Koster

Blind Spot

1993 · Movie

Simon

Frasier

1993 · TV Show

Trevor Ainsley

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993 · TV Show

Kovat

The X-Files

1993 · TV Show

Senator Albert Sorenson

Citizen Cohn

1992 · Movie

Sen. Everett Dirksen

Ironclads

1991 · Movie

John Ericsson

The Three Little Pigs

1991 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Against the Law

1990 · TV Show

Cast

Law & Order

1990 · TV Show

Nathan Fogg · Philip Woodleigh · Larry Weber

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1990 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Tales from the Darkside

1990 · Movie

Dr. Fenner

My Name Is Bill W.

1989 · Movie

Cast

The Spirit of Pittsburgh

1989 · Movie

Narrator

Monsters

1988 · TV Show

Mr. Hallet

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987 · TV Show

Asteroth

I'll Take Manhattan

1987 · TV Show

Mr. Amberville

L.A. Law

1986 · TV Show

Dr. Aaron Pierce

Matlock

1986 · TV Show

Pastor James Hubert

Power

1986 · Movie

Wallace Furman

Under Siege

1986 · Movie

Bernard Hughes

A Death in California

1985 · TV Show

Van Niven

The Hearst and Davies Affair

1985 · Movie

Arthur Beal

The Twilight Zone

1985 · TV Show

(segment "The Star")

Hot Pursuit

1984 · TV Show

Cast

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · TV Show

Edwin Dupont · Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié · Judge Lambert

Tales from the Darkside

1984 · TV Show

Dr. Fenner · Sir Edmund Halley

Alice in Wonderland

1983 · Movie

Caterpillar

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983 · Movie

Osiris

Creepshow

1982 · Movie

Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

Jaws of Satan

1982 · Movie

Pater Tom Farrow

Maid in America

1982 · Movie

Jonas

Falcon Crest

1981 · TV Show

Arthur Masefield

See China and Die

1981 · Movie

Poston

Children of Divorce

1980 · Movie

Eli Sorenson

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980 · Movie

Dr. Michael Serling

Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii

1980 · Movie

Captain Cooly

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · TV Show

Captain J. Cooly

Nightkill

1980 · Movie

Herbert Childs

The Martian Chronicles

1980 · TV Show

Father Peregrine

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · TV Show

Princey

Holocaust

1978 · TV Show

Dr. Josef Weiss

The Big Fix

1978 · Movie

Oscar Procari Sr.

Black Sunday

1977 · Movie

FBI Agent Sam Corley

Captains Courageous

1977 · Movie

Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

Demon Seed

1977 · Movie

Alex Harris

The Love Boat

1977 · TV Show

Mr. Weatherby

The Return of Wonder Woman

1977 · Movie

Dr. Solano

Marathon Man

1976 · Movie

Professor Biesenthal

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · TV Show

Sen. William Pike

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

1975 · Movie

Spencer Brydon

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975 · Movie

Mr. Andrew Borden

Wonder Woman

1975 · TV Show

Dr. Solano

A Touch of the Poet

1974 · Movie

Cornelius Melody

Antigone

1974 · Movie

Creon

Give Me Liberty

1974 · Movie

George Washington

Petrocelli

1974 · TV Show

Colonel William Fletcher

The Book of Murder

1974 · Movie

Henry

Barnaby Jones

1973 · TV Show

Laurence Sheffield · Jason Matthews

Hunter

1973 · Movie

Cirrak

Rx for the Defense

1973 · Movie

Dr. Daniel Kemper

Shock-A-Bye Baby

1973 · Movie

Cast

The Day of the Dolphin

1973 · Movie

Harold DeMilo

Banyon

1972 · TV Show

Whitney Pemberton

Delphi Bureau

1972 · TV Show

Vander

Heat of Anger

1972 · Movie

Vincent Kagel

Kung Fu

1972 · TV Show

Hillquist

The Female Instinct

1972 · Movie

Anton de Tourolet

The Streets of San Francisco

1972 · TV Show

Ted Whitlock

Cannon

1971 · TV Show

Cast

Great Performances

1971 · TV Show

Caterpillar · Creon

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 · TV Show

Dr. Martin Cohen

A Walk in the Spring Rain

1970 · Movie

Roger Meredith

Berlin Affair

1970 · Movie

Joe Mallicent

Company of Killers

1970 · Movie

John Shankalien

Dan August

1970 · TV Show

Dr. Michael Serling

Night Gallery

1970 · TV Show

Dr. Mazi

Hawaii Five-O

1969 · TV Show

Dr. Harvey Danworth

Room 222

1969 · TV Show

Cast

The Maltese Bippy

1969 · Movie

Mischa Ravenswood

The Mod Squad

1968 · TV Show

John Palmer

The Name of the Game

1968 · TV Show

Walter Scharz

The Outcasts

1968 · TV Show

Cast

Ironside

1967 · TV Show

Paul Friedland

Mannix

1967 · TV Show

Dr. Cameron McKenzie · William Avery

The Borgia Stick

1967 · Movie

Anderson

The Crucible

1967 · Movie

Reverend Hale

The Invaders

1967 · TV Show

Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke

CBS Playhouse

1966 · TV Show

David Hoffman

Felony Squad

1966 · TV Show

Cast

Mission: Impossible

1966 · TV Show

Imre Rogosh · Erik Hagar · Emil Skarbeck · George Berlinger

NET Playhouse

1966 · TV Show

Cast

The Big Valley

1965 · TV Show

Burke Jordan · Hebron Grant

The F.B.I.

1965 · TV Show

Steven Colton · John Thomas Whiting · Paul Winters · Charles Ridgeway

To Trap a Spy

1965 · Movie

Andrew Vulcan

12 O'Clock High

1964 · TV Show

Col. Peter Raff

Fail Safe

1964 · Movie

Col. Cascio

The Guns of August

1964 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964 · TV Show

Andrew Vulcan

Espionage

1963 · TV Show

Richard Keller

The Fugitive

1963 · TV Show

Joe Tucker

The Great Adventure

1963 · TV Show

Colonel Thomas Rose

The Power and the Glory

1963 · Movie

Cast

Combat!

1962 · TV Show

Major Chaplain Ernest Miller

Cain's Hundred

1961 · TV Show

Martin Weir

Dr. Kildare

1961 · TV Show

Arthur Hobler

Jane Eyre

1961 · Movie

Mason

Man from a Missing Land

1961 · Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Asphalt Jungle

1961 · TV Show

Cast

The Defenders

1961 · TV Show

Leo Graves · Vincent Kayle

The New Breed

1961 · TV Show

Arthur Grissom

Festival

1960 · TV Show

Brutus

Rawhide

1959 · TV Show

Jonathan Damon

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 · TV Show

Self - Narrator

The Twilight Zone

1959 · TV Show

William Sturka · Chancellor

DuPont Show of the Month

1957 · TV Show

Charlie Castle · Barsad

Tony Awards

1956 · TV Show

Self - Winner · Self - Memoriam (archive footage)

Gunsmoke

1955 · TV Show

Marshal Burl Masters

Omnibus

1952 · TV Show

Cast · Newspaper Photographer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · TV Show

Dr. Burnham

Armstrong Circle Theatre

1950 · TV Show

Milovan Djilas

Studio One

1948 · TV Show

George Hanley · George

Battles That Doomed Hitler

Date unknown · Movie

Narrator (voice)