Fritz Weaver
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
Acting
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday
1/19/1926
Fail Safe
7.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.7
Marathon Man
7.2
The Borgia Stick
7.8
To Trap a Spy
5.5
Demon Seed
5.9
Black Sunday
6.6
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
6.5
Ironclads
8
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
6.5
A Walk in the Spring Rain
5.9
Company of Killers
4
Nightkill
5.2
Blind Spot
6
Jaws of Satan
5
The Big Fix
5.7
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
7
The Maltese Bippy
5.2
Creepshow
6.9
Under Siege
7.5
The Hearst and Davies Affair
3.8
Berlin Affair
0
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
6
Children of Divorce
6
Spring Awakening
0
The Crucible
3.5
The Congressman
6.3
Tales from the Darkside
6.8
Power
6
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
7
The Guns of August
0
Captains Courageous
6
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
4
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
0
Citizen Cohn
6.3
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
6.5
My Name Is Bill W.
6.5
A Touch of the Poet
0
See China and Die
0
The Power and the Glory
0
The Snoop Sisters
0
The Three Little Pigs
0
This Must Be the Place
7
Man From a Missing Land
6
Pointman
6.5
Alice in Wonderland
8
The Book of Murder
0
The Day of the Dolphin
5.8
Maid in America
0
Heat of Anger
0
Broken Trust
5.2
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
0
We'll Never Have Paris
4.9
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
0
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
0
Antigone
0
Jane Eyre
0
Shock-A-Bye Baby
0