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.
Filmography 136
Movies (65)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War2020Self (archive footage)
The Congressman2016Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris2014Phillipe
The Cobbler2014Mr. Solomon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight2013Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place2011Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust2004Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor2001
The Thomas Crown Affair1999John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women1997Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Broken Trust1995Lionel Nash
George Romero's Golden Tales 31995
Spring Awakening1994Captain Von Koster
Pointman1994Jason
Blind Spot1993Simon
Citizen Cohn1992Sen. Everett Dirksen
Ironclads1991John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs1991
Tales from the Darkside1990Dr. Fenner
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer1990Narrator (voice)
My Name Is Bill W.1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh1989Narrator
Under Siege1986Bernard Hughes
Power1986Wallace Furman
The Hearst and Davies Affair1985Arthur Beal
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art1983Osiris
Alice in Wonderland1983Caterpillar
Creepshow1982Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America1982Jonas
Jaws of Satan1982Pater Tom Farrow
Shows (71)
Floating Palaces1996Self - Narrator (voice)
Frasier1993Trevor Ainsley
The X-Files1993Senator Albert Sorenson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993Kovat
Against the Law1990
Law & Order1990Nathan Fogg
Monsters1988Mr. Hallet
Friday the 13th: The Series1987Asteroth
I'll Take Manhattan1987Mr. Amberville
L.A. Law1986Dr. Aaron Pierce
Matlock1986Pastor James Hubert
The Twilight Zone1985(segment "The Star")
A Death in California1985Van Niven
Murder, She Wrote1984Edwin Dupont
Tales from the Darkside1984Dr. Fenner
Hot Pursuit1984
Falcon Crest1981Arthur Masefield
Magnum, P.I.1980Captain J. Cooly
The Martian Chronicles1980Father Peregrine
Tales of the Unexpected1979Princey
Holocaust1978Dr. Josef Weiss
The Love Boat1977Mr. Weatherby
Quincy, M.E.1976Sen. William Pike
Wonder Woman1975Dr. Solano
Petrocelli1974Colonel William Fletcher
Barnaby Jones1973Laurence Sheffield
Kung Fu1972Hillquist
Delphi Bureau1972Vander
The Streets of San Francisco1972Ted Whitlock
Banyon1972Whitney Pemberton