Fritz Leiber
Birthday
1882/01/29
Day of death
1949/10/14 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Fritz Lieber, Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr.
Biography
Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was also an actor for a time. Leiber and his wife spent much of their time touring in a Shakespearean acting company, known by the 1930s as Fritz Leiber & Co. Leiber made his film bow in 1916, playing Mercutio in the Francis X. Bushman version of “Romeo and Juliet.” With his piercing eyes and shock of...Read more
Acting
(1939) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Old Nobleman
(1950) Devil's Doorway
as Mr. Poole
(1916) Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
(1947) The Web
as Leopold Kroner
(1937) The Prince and the Pauper
as Father Andrew
(1943) Phantom of the Opera
as Franz Liszt
(1935) A Tale of Two Cities
as Gaspard
(1948) Inner Sanctum
as Dr. Valonius
(1948) To the Ends of the Earth
as Binda Sha
(1917) Cleopatra
as Caesar
(1947) Bells of San Angelo
as Padre
(1947) Dangerous Venture
as Chief Xeoli
(1936) The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Charbonnet
(1945) The Spanish Main
as Bishop
(1943) First Comes Courage
as Dr. Aanrud
(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as Mr. Foster
(1936) Hearts in Bondage
as Capt. John Ericsson
(1939) They Made Her a Spy
as Dr. Krull
(1937) Under Southern Stars
as Stonewall Jackson
(1937) The Great Garrick
as Horatio in 'Hamlet'
(1946) A Scandal in Paris
as Painter
(1941) Aloma of the South Seas
as High Priest
(1949) Bagdad
as Emir
(1936) Down to the Sea
as Gregory Pappas
(1945) This Love of Ours
as Dr. Bailey
(1939) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Pierre Ferrand
(1948) Adventures of Casanova
as D'Anneci
(1921) The Queen of Sheba
as King Solomon
(1938) Gateway
as Dr. Weilander
(1949) Song of India
as Nanaram
(1939) Nurse Edith Cavell
as Sadi Kirschen
(1949) Bride of Vengeance
as Filippo
(1945) Scarlet Street
as Evangelist (uncredited)
(1936) Sins of Man
as Father Prior
(1940) All This, and Heaven Too
as Abbe Gallard
(1947) Monsieur Verdoux
as Father Fareaux
(1945) The Cisco Kid Returns
as The Padre
(1937) Champagne Waltz
as Franz Strauss
(1938) Flight Into Nowhere
as Ti-Ana
(1940) The Sea Hawk
as Inquisitor
(1940) The Way of All Flesh
as Max
(1942) Crossroads
as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
(1947) Humoresque
as Hagerstrom
(1946) Strange Journey
as Prof. Jenner
(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Ouvrard
(1944) Cry of the Werewolf
as Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)
(1949) Samson and Delilah
as Lord Sharif
(1938) The Jury's Secret
as John Morrow
(1946) Angel on My Shoulder
as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
(1947) High Conquest
as Priest
(1920) The Song of the Soul
as Jerry Wendover
(1948) Another Part of the Forest
as Col. Isham
(1920) If I Were King
as Louis XI
(1944) Cobra Woman
as ---
(1944) Youth Runs Wild
as Judge (uncredited)