Fritz Weaver
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.
Movies (63)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
The Congressman
2016
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
The Cobbler
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
This Must Be the Place
2011
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
Broken Trust
1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
Spring Awakening
1994
Pointman
1994
Blind Spot
1993
Citizen Cohn
1992
Ironclads
1991
The Three Little Pigs
1991
Tales from the Darkside
1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989
Under Siege
1986
Power
1986
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
Alice in Wonderland
1983
Creepshow
1982
Maid in America
1982
Jaws of Satan
1982
See China and Die
1981
Nightkill
1980
Children of Divorce
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
The Big Fix
1978
Captains Courageous
1977
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
Demon Seed
1977
Black Sunday
1977
Marathon Man
1976
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
A Touch of the Poet
1974
The Book of Murder
1974
Antigone
1974
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
Rx for the Defense
1973
Hunter
1973
The Female Instinct
1972
Heat of Anger
1972
Berlin Affair
1970
Company of Killers
1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
The Maltese Bippy
1969
The Crucible
1967
The Borgia Stick
1967
To Trap a Spy
1965
The Guns of August
1964
Fail Safe
1964
The Power and the Glory
1963
Jane Eyre
1961
Battles That Doomed Hitler
TV Shows (89)
Floating Palaces
1996
Frasier
1993
The X-Files
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Against the Law
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Monsters
1988
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
A Death in California
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hot Pursuit
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Holocaust
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Petrocelli
1974
Barnaby Jones
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
Kung Fu
1972
Delphi Bureau
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Banyon
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Cannon
1971
Great Performances
1971
Great Performances
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Dan August
1970
Room 222
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
Mannix
1967
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Invaders
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
Felony Squad
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
The Big Valley
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
12 O'Clock High
1964
Espionage
1963
The Great Adventure
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Combat!
1962
The New Breed
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Rawhide
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Gunsmoke
1955
Omnibus
1952
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948