Fritz Weaver
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1926-01-19 – 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
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Fail Safe
1964Col. Cascio
See China and Die
1981Poston
Marathon Man
1976Professor Biesenthal
The Borgia Stick
1967Anderson
The Power and the Glory
1963
The Three Little Pigs
1991
To Trap a Spy
1965Andrew Vulcan
The Female Instinct
1972Anton de Tourolet
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989Narrator
We'll Never Have Paris
2014Phillipe
Demon Seed
1977Alex Harris
Black Sunday
1977FBI Agent Sam Corley
This Must Be the Place
2011Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004Self
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975Mr. Andrew Borden
Ironclads
1991John Ericsson
Battles That Doomed Hitler
Narrator (voice)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000Self (archive footage)