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.
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Movie Appearances
The Thomas Crown Affair
as John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
1999
Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
1964
See China and Die
as Poston
1981
Marathon Man
as Professor Biesenthal
1976
The Borgia Stick
as Anderson
1967
The Power and the Glory
1963
The Three Little Pigs
1991
To Trap a Spy
as Andrew Vulcan
1965
The Female Instinct
as Anton de Tourolet
1972
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
as Narrator
1989
We'll Never Have Paris
as Phillipe
2014
Demon Seed
as Alex Harris
1977
Black Sunday
as FBI Agent Sam Corley
1977
This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)
2011
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
2004
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Mr. Andrew Borden
1975
Ironclads
as John Ericsson
1991
Battles That Doomed Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
TBA
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2020
TV Appearances
Falcon Crest
as Arthur Masefield
1981
L.A. Law
as Dr. Aaron Pierce
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Edwin Dupont
1984
Magnum, P.I.
as Captain J. Cooly
1980
The Great Adventure
as Colonel Thomas Rose
1963
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Fenner
1984
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Andrew Vulcan
1964
Law & Order
as Nathan Fogg
1990
Cain's Hundred
as Martin Weir
1961
Kung Fu
as Hillquist
1972
The F.B.I.
as Steven Colton
1965
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Asteroth
1987