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