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