Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver (90)

1926-01-19 - 2016-11-26 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

On Movies

  • The Congressman
  • We'll Never Have Paris
  • The Cobbler
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
  • This Must Be the Place
  • The Thomas Crown Affair
  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
  • Broken Trust
  • Spring Awakening
  • Pointman
  • Blind Spot
  • Citizen Cohn
  • Ironclads
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • My Name Is Bill W.
  • Under Siege
  • Power
  • The Hearst and Davies Affair
  • Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Creepshow
  • Maid in America
  • See China and Die
  • Jaws of Satan
  • Nightkill
  • Children of Divorce
  • Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
  • The Big Fix
  • Captains Courageous
  • Demon Seed
  • Black Sunday
  • Marathon Man
  • The Legend of Lizzie Borden
  • Henry James' The Jolly Corner
  • The Book of Murder
  • A Touch of the Poet
  • The Day of the Dolphin
  • Shock-A-Bye Baby
  • Hunter
  • The Snoop Sisters
  • Heat of Anger
  • Berlin Affair
  • Company of Killers
  • A Walk in the Spring Rain
  • The Maltese Bippy
  • The Crucible
  • The Borgia Stick
  • Fail Safe
  • To Trap a Spy
  • The Power and the Glory
  • Jane Eyre

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