Fritz Weaver

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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.

Known For

The X-Files

Senator Albert Sorenson

The Cobbler

Mr. Solomon

The Thomas Crown Affair

John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)

This Must Be the Place

Cheyenne's Father (voice)

Marathon Man

Professor Biesenthal

Creepshow

Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

The Twilight Zone

William Sturka

The Twilight Zone

Chancellor

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2020	'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	The Congressman MOVIE	Harlan Lantier
2014	We'll Never Have Paris MOVIE	Phillipe
2014	The Cobbler MOVIE	Mr. Solomon
2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight MOVIE	Hugo Black
2011	This Must Be the Place MOVIE	Cheyenne's Father (voice)
2004	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust MOVIE	Self
2001	Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor MOVIE	Self
2000	Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1999	The Thomas Crown Affair MOVIE	John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
1997	Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women MOVIE	Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
1996	Floating Palaces TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1995	Broken Trust MOVIE	Lionel Nash
1995	George Romero's Golden Tales 3 MOVIE	Self
1994	Spring Awakening MOVIE	Captain Von Koster
1994	Pointman MOVIE	Jason
1993	Frasier TV	Trevor Ainsley
1993	The X-Files TV	Senator Albert Sorenson
1993	Blind Spot MOVIE	Simon
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV	Kovat
1992	Citizen Cohn MOVIE	Sen. Everett Dirksen
1991	Ironclads MOVIE	John Ericsson
1991	The Three Little Pigs MOVIE	Self
1990	Tales from the Darkside MOVIE	Dr. Fenner
1990	Against the Law TV	Self
1990	Law & Order TV	Nathan Fogg
1990	Law & Order TV	Philip Woodleigh
1990	Law & Order TV	Larry Weber
1990	Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer MOVIE	Narrator
1989	My Name Is Bill W. MOVIE	Self
1989	The Spirit of Pittsburgh MOVIE	Narrator
1988	Monsters TV	Self
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series TV	Asteroth
1987	I'll Take Manhattan TV	Mr. Amberville
1986	L.A. Law TV	Dr. Aaron Pierce
1986	Matlock TV	Pastor James Hubert
1986	Under Siege MOVIE	Bernard Hughes
1986	Power MOVIE	Wallace Furman
1985	The Twilight Zone TV	(segment "The Star")
1985	A Death in California TV	Van Niven
1985	The Hearst and Davies Affair MOVIE	Arthur Beal
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Edwin Dupont
1984	Tales from the Darkside TV	Dr. Fenner
1984	Tales from the Darkside TV	Sir Edmund Halley
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Judge Lambert
1984	Hot Pursuit TV	Self
1983	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art MOVIE	Osiris
1983	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	Caterpillar
1982	Creepshow MOVIE	Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
1982	Maid in America MOVIE	Jonas
1982	Jaws of Satan MOVIE	Pater Tom Farrow
1981	Falcon Crest TV	Arthur Masefield
1981	See China and Die MOVIE	Poston
1980	Nightkill MOVIE	Herbert Childs
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Captain J. Cooly
1980	Children of Divorce MOVIE	Eli Sorenson
1980	The Martian Chronicles TV	Father Peregrine
1980	Dan August: Once Is Never Enough MOVIE	Dr. Michael Serling
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Princey
1978	The Big Fix MOVIE	Oscar Procari Sr.
1978	Holocaust TV	Dr. Josef Weiss
1977	Captains Courageous MOVIE	Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
1977	The Love Boat TV	Mr. Weatherby
1977	The Return of Wonder Woman MOVIE	Dr. Solano
1977	Demon Seed MOVIE	Alex Harris
1977	Black Sunday MOVIE	FBI Agent Sam Corley
1976	Marathon Man MOVIE	Professor Biesenthal
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Sen. William Pike
1975	Wonder Woman TV	Dr. Solano
1975	The Legend of Lizzie Borden MOVIE	Mr. Andrew Borden
1975	Henry James' The Jolly Corner MOVIE	Spencer Brydon
1974	Petrocelli TV	Colonel William Fletcher
1974	Give Me Liberty MOVIE	George Washington
1974	A Touch of the Poet MOVIE	Cornelius Melody
1974	The Book of Murder MOVIE	Henry
1974	Antigone MOVIE	Creon
1973	The Day of the Dolphin MOVIE	Harold DeMilo
1973	Shock-A-Bye Baby MOVIE	Self
1973	Rx for the Defense MOVIE	Dr. Daniel Kemper
1973	Barnaby Jones TV	Laurence Sheffield
1973	Barnaby Jones TV	Jason Matthews
1973	Hunter MOVIE	Cirrak
1972	The Female Instinct MOVIE	Anton de Tourolet
1972	Kung Fu TV	Hillquist
1972	Delphi Bureau TV	Vander
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Ted Whitlock
1972	Banyon TV	Whitney Pemberton
1972	Heat of Anger MOVIE	Vincent Kagel
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law TV	Dr. Martin Cohen
1971	Cannon TV	Self
1971	Great Performances TV	Caterpillar
1971	Great Performances TV	Creon
1970	Night Gallery TV	Dr. Mazi
1970	Berlin Affair MOVIE	Joe Mallicent
1970	Dan August TV	Dr. Michael Serling
1970	Company of Killers MOVIE	John Shankalien
1970	A Walk in the Spring Rain MOVIE	Roger Meredith
1969	Room 222 TV	Self
1969	The Maltese Bippy MOVIE	Mischa Ravenswood
1968	The Mod Squad TV	John Palmer
1968	The Outcasts TV	Self
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Dr. Harvey Danworth
1968	The Name of the Game TV	Walter Scharz
1967	Mannix TV	William Avery
1967	Mannix TV	Dr. Cameron McKenzie
1967	The Crucible MOVIE	Reverend Hale
1967	Ironside TV	Paul Friedland
1967	The Borgia Stick MOVIE	Anderson
1967	The Invaders TV	Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
1966	CBS Playhouse TV	Self
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Imre Rogosh
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Erik Hagar
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Emil Skarbeck
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	George Berlinger
1966	Felony Squad TV	Self
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Steven Colton
1965	The F.B.I. TV	John Thomas Whiting
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Paul Winters
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Charles Ridgeway
1965	The Big Valley TV	Burke Jordan
1965	The Big Valley TV	Hebron Grant
1965	To Trap a Spy MOVIE	Andrew Vulcan
1964	The Guns of August MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1964	Fail Safe MOVIE	Col. Cascio
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV	Andrew Vulcan
1964	12 O'Clock High TV	Col. Peter Raff
1963	The Great Adventure TV	Colonel Thomas Rose
1963	The Fugitive TV	Joe Tucker
1963	The Power and the Glory MOVIE	Self
1962	Combat! TV	Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
1961	The New Breed TV	Arthur Grissom
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Arthur Hobler
1961	Cain's Hundred TV	Martin Weir
1961	The Defenders TV	Leo Graves
1961	The Defenders TV	Vincent Kayle
1961	Jane Eyre MOVIE	Self
1961	The Asphalt Jungle TV	Self
1961	Man from a Missing Land MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	William Sturka
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Chancellor
1959	The Bell Telephone Hour TV	Self - Narrator
1959	Rawhide TV	Jonathan Damon
1957	DuPont Show of the Month TV	Charlie Castle
1957	DuPont Show of the Month TV	Barsad
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Winner
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Marshal Burl Masters
1952	Omnibus TV	Self
1952	Omnibus TV	Newspaper Photographer
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Dr. Burnham
1950	Armstrong Circle Theatre TV	Milovan Djilas
1948	Studio One TV	George Hanley
1948	Studio One TV	George
	Battles That Doomed Hitler MOVIE	Narrator (voice)

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