'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Fritz Weaver
1926-01-19
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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.
Filmography
The Congressman
2016 · Movie
as Harlan Lantier
We'll Never Have Paris
2014 · Movie
as Phillipe
The Cobbler
2014 · Movie
as Mr. Solomon
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · Movie
as Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place
2011 · Movie
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Movie
as Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · Movie
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997 · Movie
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Floating Palaces
1996 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Broken Trust
1995 · Movie
as Lionel Nash
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995 · Movie
Pointman
1994 · Movie
as Jason
Spring Awakening
1994 · Movie
as Captain Von Koster
Blind Spot
1993 · Movie
as Simon
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Trevor Ainsley
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Senator Albert Sorenson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · TV Show
as Kovat
Citizen Cohn
1992 · Movie
as Sen. Everett Dirksen
The Three Little Pigs
1991 · Movie
Ironclads
1991 · Movie
as John Ericsson
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Darkside
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Fenner
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Nathan Fogg, Philip Woodleigh, Larry Weber
Against the Law
1990 · TV Show
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989 · Movie
as Narrator
My Name Is Bill W.
1989 · Movie
Monsters
1988 · TV Show
as Mr. Hallet
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · TV Show
as Asteroth
I'll Take Manhattan
1987 · TV Show
as Mr. Amberville
Under Siege
1986 · Movie
as Bernard Hughes
Power
1986 · Movie
as Wallace Furman
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
Matlock
1986 · TV Show
as Pastor James Hubert
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985 · Movie
as Arthur Beal
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as (segment "The Star")
A Death in California
1985 · TV Show
as Van Niven
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Edwin Dupont, Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié, Judge Lambert
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · TV Show
as Dr. Fenner, Sir Edmund Halley
Hot Pursuit
1984 · TV Show
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Movie
as Caterpillar
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983 · Movie
as Osiris
Jaws of Satan
1982 · Movie
as Pater Tom Farrow
Maid in America
1982 · Movie
as Jonas
Creepshow
1982 · Movie
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
See China and Die
1981 · Movie
as Poston
Falcon Crest
1981 · TV Show
as Arthur Masefield
Nightkill
1980 · Movie
as Herbert Childs
Children of Divorce
1980 · Movie
as Eli Sorenson
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980 · Movie
as Dr. Michael Serling
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · TV Show
as Captain J. Cooly
The Martian Chronicles
1980 · TV Show
as Father Peregrine
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as Princey
The Big Fix
1978 · Movie
as Oscar Procari Sr.
Holocaust
1978 · TV Show
as Dr. Josef Weiss
Demon Seed
1977 · Movie
as Alex Harris
Black Sunday
1977 · Movie
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
Captains Courageous
1977 · Movie
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977 · Movie
as Dr. Solano
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Mr. Weatherby
Marathon Man
1976 · Movie
as Professor Biesenthal
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV Show
as Sen. William Pike
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 · Movie
as Mr. Andrew Borden
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975 · Movie
as Spencer Brydon
Wonder Woman
1975 · TV Show
as Dr. Solano
Antigone
1974 · Movie
as Creon
The Book of Murder
1974 · Movie
as Henry
A Touch of the Poet
1974 · Movie
as Cornelius Melody
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Give Me Liberty
1974 · Movie
as George Washington
Petrocelli
1974 · TV Show
as Colonel William Fletcher
The Day of the Dolphin
1973 · Movie
as Harold DeMilo
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Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973 · Movie
Hunter
1973 · Movie
as Cirrak
Rx for the Defense
1973 · Movie
as Dr. Daniel Kemper
Barnaby Jones
1973 · TV Show
as Laurence Sheffield, Jason Matthews
The Female Instinct
1972 · Movie
as Anton de Tourolet
Heat of Anger
1972 · Movie
as Vincent Kagel
Kung Fu
1972 · TV Show
as Hillquist
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
as Ted Whitlock
Banyon
1972 · TV Show
as Whitney Pemberton
Delphi Bureau
1972 · TV Show
as Vander
Cannon
1971 · TV Show
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Caterpillar, Creon
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · TV Show
as Dr. Martin Cohen
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 · Movie
as Roger Meredith
Company of Killers
1970 · Movie
as John Shankalien
Berlin Affair
1970 · Movie
as Joe Mallicent
Night Gallery
1970 · TV Show
as Dr. Mazi
Dan August
1970 · TV Show
as Dr. Michael Serling
The Maltese Bippy
1969 · Movie
as Mischa Ravenswood
Room 222
1969 · TV Show
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV Show
as Dr. Harvey Danworth
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV Show
as John Palmer
The Outcasts
1968 · TV Show
The Name of the Game
1968 · TV Show
as Walter Scharz
The Borgia Stick
1967 · Movie
as Anderson
The Crucible
1967 · Movie
as Reverend Hale
Ironside
1967 · TV Show
as Paul Friedland
Mannix
1967 · TV Show
as Dr. Cameron McKenzie, William Avery
The Invaders
1967 · TV Show
as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
Felony Squad
1966 · TV Show
Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV Show
as Imre Rogosh, Erik Hagar, Emil Skarbeck, George Berlinger
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CBS Playhouse
1966 · TV Show
as David Hoffman
NET Playhouse
1966 · TV Show
To Trap a Spy
1965 · Movie
as Andrew Vulcan
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
as Steven Colton, John Thomas Whiting, Paul Winters, Charles Ridgeway
The Big Valley
1965 · TV Show
as Burke Jordan, Hebron Grant
Fail Safe
1964 · Movie
as Col. Cascio
The Guns of August
1964 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV Show
as Andrew Vulcan
12 O'Clock High
1964 · TV Show
as Col. Peter Raff
The Power and the Glory
1963 · Movie
The Great Adventure
1963 · TV Show
as Colonel Thomas Rose
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
as Joe Tucker
Espionage
1963 · TV Show
as Richard Keller
Combat!
1962 · TV Show
as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
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Man from a Missing Land
1961 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jane Eyre
1961 · Movie
Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV Show
as Martin Weir
The New Breed
1961 · TV Show
as Arthur Grissom
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
as Arthur Hobler
The Defenders
1961 · TV Show
as Leo Graves, Vincent Kayle
The Asphalt Jungle
1961 · TV Show
Festival
1960 · TV Show
as Brutus
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
as William Sturka, Chancellor
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
as Jonathan Damon
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · TV Show
as Charlie Castle, Barsad
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Winner, Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Marshal Burl Masters
Omnibus
1952 · TV Show
as Newspaper Photographer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Dr. Burnham
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Milovan Djilas
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
as George Hanley, George
Battles That Doomed Hitler
· Movie
as Narrator (voice)
