Born
19 January 1926 (100)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Fritz William Weaver
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). H...
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.
'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