Birthday
1926/01/19
Day of death
2016/11/26 (90 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Fritz William 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). H...Read more
(1999) The Thomas Crown Affair
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
(1964) Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
(1981) See China and Die
as Poston
(1976) Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
(1967) The Borgia Stick
as Anderson
(1963) The Power and the Glory
as ---
(1991) The Three Little Pigs
as ---
(1964) To Trap a Spy
as Andrew Vulcan
(1972) The Snoop Sisters
as Anton de Tourolet
(1989) The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
(2014) We'll Never Have Paris
as Phillipe
(1977) Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
(1977) Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
(2011) This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
(2004) Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
(1975) The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
(1991) Ironclads
as John Ericsson
Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
(2000) Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) A Walk in the Spring Rain
as Roger Meredith
(1970) Company of Killers
as John Shankalien
(1961) Man From a Missing Land
as Narrator
(1980) Nightkill
as Herbert Childs
(1974) Antigone
as Creon
(1994) Pointman
as Jason
(1961) Jane Eyre
as ---
(1993) Blind Spot
as Simon
(1981) Jaws of Satan
as Pater Tom Farrow
(1983) Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
(1974) The Book of Murder
as Henry
(1973) The Day of the Dolphin
as Harold DeMilo
(1982) Maid in America
as Jonas
(1978) The Big Fix
as Oscar Procari Sr.
(1983) Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Osiris
(1972) Heat of Anger
as Vincent Kagel
(1969) The Maltese Bippy
as Mischa Ravenswood
(1985) The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Arthur Beal
(1995) Broken Trust
as Lionel Nash
(1982) Creepshow
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
(1986) Under Siege
as Bernard Hughes
(1973) Shock-A-Bye Baby
as ---
(2014) The Cobbler
as Mr. Solomon
(1970) Berlin Affair
as Joe Mallicent
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
as ---
(1990) Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
as Narrator
(1980) Children of Divorce
as Eli Sorenson
(1994) Spring Awakening
as Captain Von Koster
(1967) The Crucible
as Reverend Hale
(2016) The Congressman
as Harlan Lantier
(1990) Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
(1986) Power
as Wallace Furman
(1997) Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
(1964) The Guns of August
as Narrator (voice)
(1977) Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
(1980) Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Dr. Michael Serling
(2001) Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
as ---
(1992) Citizen Cohn
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
(2013) Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Hugo Black
(1989) My Name Is Bill W.
as ---
(1974) A Touch of the Poet
as Cornelius Melody
(1973) Hunter
as Cirrak
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Arthur Masefield
(1986) L.A. Law
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Edwin Dupont
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Captain J. Cooly
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Colonel Thomas Rose
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Andrew Vulcan
(1990) Law & Order
as Nathan Fogg
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Martin Weir
(1972) Kung Fu
as Hillquist
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Steven Colton
(1987) Friday the 13th: The Series
as Asteroth
(1986) Matlock
as Pastor James Hubert
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Star")
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Harvey Danworth
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Sen. William Pike
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Ted Whitlock
(1980) The Martian Chronicles
as Father Peregrine
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1969) Room 222
as ---
(1993) Frasier
as Trevor Ainsley
(1968) The Mod Squad
as John Palmer
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Marshal Burl Masters
(1993) The X-Files
as Senator Albert Sorenson
(1948) Studio One
as George Hanley
(1962) Combat!
as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
(1970) Night Gallery
as Dr. Mazi
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1988) Monsters
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as William Sturka
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Burnham
(1967) Ironside
as Paul Friedland
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Jonathan Damon
(1968) The Outcasts
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Joe Tucker
(1972) Banyon
as Whitney Pemberton
(1965) The Big Valley
as Burke Jordan
(1974) Petrocelli
as Colonel William Fletcher
(1990) Against the Law
as ---
(1984) Hot Pursuit
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Arthur Grissom
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1978) Holocaust
as Dr. Josef Weiss
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Arthur Hobler
(1961) The Defenders
as Leo Graves
(1961) The Defenders
as Vincent Kayle
(1961) The Asphalt Jungle
as ---
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Charlie Castle
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Chancellor
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Sir Edmund Halley
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié
(1965) The F.B.I.
as John Thomas Whiting
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Paul Winters
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Charles Ridgeway
(1965) The Big Valley
as Hebron Grant
(1971) Great Performances
as Caterpillar
(1985) A Death in California
as Van Niven
(1990) Law & Order
as Philip Woodleigh
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Walter Scharz
(1990) Law & Order
as Larry Weber
(1987) I'll Take Manhattan
as Mr. Amberville
(1948) Studio One
as George
(1970) Dan August
as Dr. Michael Serling
(1977) The Love Boat
as Mr. Weatherby
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Laurence Sheffield
(1967) Mannix
as William Avery
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Martin Cohen
(1967) Mannix
as Dr. Cameron McKenzie
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Imre Rogosh
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Erik Hagar
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Emil Skarbeck
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as George Berlinger
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Narrator
(1964) 12 O'Clock High
as Col. Peter Raff
(1950) Armstrong Circle Theatre
as Milovan Djilas
(1993) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Kovat
(1996) Floating Palaces
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1967) The Invaders
as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Barsad
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Jason Matthews
(1973) The Snoop Sisters
as Anton de Tourolet
(1971) Great Performances
as Creon
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Princey
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Judge Lambert
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
(1952) Omnibus
as Newspaper Photographer