Acting

Fritz Weaver

Born 1926-01-19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 2016-11-26

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.

Credits

Newest first

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Congressman
as Harlan Lantier
2016
We'll Never Have Paris
as Phillipe
2014
The Cobbler
as Mr. Solomon
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Hugo Black
2013
This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
2011
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
2004
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
The Thomas Crown Affair
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
1999
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
1997
Floating Palaces
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Broken Trust
as Lionel Nash
1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
Spring Awakening
as Captain Von Koster
1994
Pointman
as Jason
1994
Frasier
as Trevor Ainsley
1993
The X-Files
as Senator Albert Sorenson
1993
Blind Spot
as Simon
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Kovat
1993
Citizen Cohn
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
1992
Ironclads
as John Ericsson
1991
The Three Little Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
1990
Against the Law
1990
Law & Order
as Nathan Fogg
1990
Law & Order
as Philip Woodleigh
1990
Law & Order
as Larry Weber
1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
as Narrator (voice)
1990
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
1989
Monsters
as Mr. Hallet
1988
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Asteroth
1987
I'll Take Manhattan
as Mr. Amberville
1987
L.A. Law
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
1986
Matlock
as Pastor James Hubert
1986
Under Siege
as Bernard Hughes
1986
Power
as Wallace Furman
1986
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Star")
1985
A Death in California
as Van Niven
1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Arthur Beal
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Edwin Dupont
1984
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
1984
Tales from the Darkside
as Sir Edmund Halley
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Judge Lambert
1984
Hot Pursuit
1984
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Osiris
1983
Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
1983
Creepshow
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
1982
Maid in America
as Jonas
1982
Jaws of Satan
as Pater Tom Farrow
1982
Falcon Crest
as Arthur Masefield
1981
See China and Die
as Poston
1981
Nightkill
as Herbert Childs
1980
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
as Captain Cooly
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
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
as Princey
1979
The Big Fix
as Oscar Procari Sr.
1978
Holocaust
as Dr. Josef Weiss
1978
Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
1977
The Love Boat
as Mr. Weatherby
1977
The Return of Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
1977
Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
1977
Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
1977
Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
1976
Quincy, M.E.
as Sen. William Pike
1976
Wonder Woman
as Dr. Solano
1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
1975
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
as Spencer Brydon
1975
Petrocelli
as Colonel William Fletcher
1974
Give Me Liberty
as George Washington
1974
A Touch of the Poet
as Cornelius Melody
1974
The Book of Murder
as Henry
1974
Antigone
as Creon
1974
The Day of the Dolphin
as Harold DeMilo
1973
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973
Rx for the Defense
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
1973