Fritz Weaver
Known for: Acting
Born: January 19, 1926
Died: November 26, 2016
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
66 movies · 71 TV shows, newest first
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
6.2
The Congressman
2016
4.8
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
5.9
The Cobbler
2014
6.4
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
7.0
This Must Be the Place
2011
6.6
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
7.0
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
8.5
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
10.0
Floating Palaces
1996
6.3
Broken Trust
1995
3.0
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995
6.5
Spring Awakening
1994
6.3
Pointman
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.2
Blind Spot
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
7.4
Ironclads
1991
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The Three Little Pigs
1991
5.9
Tales from the Darkside
1990
7.0
Against the Law
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990
6.0
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990
6.5
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
NR
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989
7.0
Monsters
1988
7.3
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
6.2
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.5
Under Siege
1986
5.9
Power
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.2
A Death in California
1985
4.2
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
5.8
Hot Pursuit
1984
6.6
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
6.9
Creepshow
1982
10.0
Maid in America
1982
5.1
Jaws of Satan
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
8.0
See China and Die
1981
4.9
Nightkill
1980NR
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
1980
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
7.5
Children of Divorce
1980
7.1
The Martian Chronicles
1980
5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
5.8
The Big Fix
1978
7.3
Holocaust
1978
7.0
Captains Courageous
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
8.5
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
5.9
Demon Seed
1977
6.7
Black Sunday
1977
7.2
Marathon Man
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
6.9
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
6.5
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
7.2
Petrocelli
1974NR
Give Me Liberty
1974
10.0
A Touch of the Poet
1974
NR
The Book of Murder
1974
NR
Antigone
1974
5.8
The Day of the Dolphin
1973NR
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973
9.0
Rx for the Defense
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
10.0
Hunter
1973
7.0
The Female Instinct
1972
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
8.0
Delphi Bureau
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
8.0
Banyon
1972
10.0
Heat of Anger
1972
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
10.0
Berlin Affair
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
6.5
Company of Killers
1970
5.7
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
6.1
Room 222
1969
6.2
The Maltese Bippy
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.5
The Outcasts
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
4.5
The Crucible
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
8.5
The Borgia Stick
1967
6.9
The Invaders
19677.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
6.2
The Big Valley
1965
5.9
To Trap a Spy
1965
8.0
The Guns of August
1964
7.8
Fail Safe
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
10.0
Espionage
1963
10.0
The Great Adventure
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
9.0
The Power and the Glory
1963
7.9
Combat!
1962
7.7
The New Breed
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
7.0
Jane Eyre
1961
5.0
The Asphalt Jungle
19616.0
Man from a Missing Land
1961
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Festival
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
7.0
Omnibus
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
4.5
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948
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Battles That Doomed Hitler
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