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