Portrait of Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: January 19, 1926

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

2016
The Congressman

as Harlan Lantier

2014
2014
The Cobbler

as Mr. Solomon

2011
This Must Be the Place

as Cheyenne's Father (voice)

2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

1999
The Thomas Crown Affair

as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

1996
Floating Palaces

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1995
Broken Trust

as Lionel Nash

1994
Spring Awakening

as Captain Von Koster

1994
Pointman

as Jason

1993
Frasier

as Trevor Ainsley

1993
The X-Files

as Senator Albert Sorenson

1993
Blind Spot

as Simon

1992
Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Everett Dirksen

1991
Ironclads

as John Ericsson

1990
1990
Law & Order

as Nathan Fogg

1990
Law & Order

as Philip Woodleigh

1990
Law & Order

as Larry Weber

1987
I'll Take Manhattan

as Mr. Amberville

1986
L.A. Law

as Dr. Aaron Pierce

1986
Matlock

as Pastor James Hubert

1986
Under Siege

as Bernard Hughes

1986
Power

as Wallace Furman

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Star")

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Edwin Dupont

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Judge Lambert

1984
1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Sir Edmund Halley

1983
Alice in Wonderland

as Caterpillar

1982
Creepshow

as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

1982
1982
Jaws of Satan

as Pater Tom Farrow

1981
Falcon Crest

as Arthur Masefield

1981
1980
Nightkill

as Herbert Childs

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Captain J. Cooly

1980
Children of Divorce

as Eli Sorenson

1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Father Peregrine

1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

as Dr. Michael Serling

1978
The Big Fix

as Oscar Procari Sr.

1978
Holocaust

as Dr. Josef Weiss

1977
Captains Courageous

as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.

1977
The Love Boat

as Mr. Weatherby

1977
Demon Seed

as Alex Harris

1977
Black Sunday

as FBI Agent Sam Corley

1976
Marathon Man

as Professor Biesenthal

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Sen. William Pike

1975
Wonder Woman

as Dr. Solano

1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden

as Mr. Andrew Borden

1975
1974
Petrocelli

as Colonel William Fletcher

1974
A Touch of the Poet

as Cornelius Melody

1974
1974
Antigone

as Creon

1973
The Day of the Dolphin

as Harold DeMilo

1973
Rx for the Defense

as Dr. Daniel Kemper

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Laurence Sheffield

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Jason Matthews

1973
Hunter

as Cirrak

1972
The Female Instinct

as Anton de Tourolet

1972
Kung Fu

as Hillquist

1972
Delphi Bureau

as Vander

1972
1972
Banyon

as Whitney Pemberton

1972
Heat of Anger

as Vincent Kagel

1971
1971
1971
Great Performances

as Caterpillar

1971
1970
Night Gallery

as Dr. Mazi

1970
Berlin Affair

as Joe Mallicent

1970
Dan August

as Dr. Michael Serling

1970
Company of Killers

as John Shankalien

1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain

as Roger Meredith

1969
The Maltese Bippy

as Mischa Ravenswood

1968
The Mod Squad

as John Palmer

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Harvey Danworth

1968
The Name of the Game

as Walter Scharz

1967
Mannix

as Dr. Cameron McKenzie

1967
Mannix

as William Avery

1967
The Crucible

as Reverend Hale

1967
Ironside

as Paul Friedland

1967
The Borgia Stick

as Anderson

1967
The Invaders

as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Imre Rogosh

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Erik Hagar

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Emil Skarbeck

1966
Mission: Impossible

as George Berlinger

1965
The F.B.I.

as Steven Colton

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 Burke Jordan

1965
The Big Valley

as Hebron Grant

1964
The Guns of August

as Narrator (voice)

1964
Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Andrew Vulcan

1964
12 O'Clock High

as Col. Peter Raff

1964
To Trap a Spy

as Andrew Vulcan

1963
The Great Adventure

as Colonel Thomas Rose

1963
The Fugitive

as Joe Tucker

1962
Combat!

as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller

1961
The New Breed

as Arthur Grissom

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Arthur Hobler

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Martin Weir

1961
The Defenders

as Leo Graves

1961
The Defenders

as Vincent Kayle

1959
The Twilight Zone

as William Sturka

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Chancellor

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self - Narrator

1959
Rawhide

as Jonathan Damon

1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Charlie Castle

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1955
Gunsmoke

as Marshal Burl Masters

1952
Omnibus

as Newspaper Photographer

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Burnham

1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre

as Milovan Djilas

1948
Studio One

as George Hanley

1948
Studio One

as George

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Battles That Doomed Hitler

as Narrator (voice)