
Fritz Weaver
Acting
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.
TV Shows(69)

Floating Palaces
Self - Narrator (voice)
1996

Frasier
Trevor Ainsley
1993

The X-Files
Senator Albert Sorenson
1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Kovat
1993

Against the Law
1990

Law & Order
Nathan Fogg
1990

Monsters
Mr. Hallet
1988

Friday the 13th: The Series
Asteroth
1987

I'll Take Manhattan
Mr. Amberville
1987

L.A. Law
Dr. Aaron Pierce
1986

Matlock
Pastor James Hubert
1986

The Twilight Zone
(segment "The Star")
1985

A Death in California
Van Niven
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Edwin Dupont
1984

Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Fenner
1984

Hot Pursuit
1984

Falcon Crest
Arthur Masefield
1981

Magnum, P.I.
Captain J. Cooly
1980

The Martian Chronicles
Father Peregrine
1980

Tales of the Unexpected
Princey
1979

Holocaust
Dr. Josef Weiss
1978

The Love Boat
Mr. Weatherby
1977

Quincy, M.E.
Sen. William Pike
1976

Wonder Woman
Dr. Solano
1975

Petrocelli
Colonel William Fletcher
1974

Barnaby Jones
Laurence Sheffield
1973

Kung Fu
Hillquist
1972

Delphi Bureau
Vander
1972

The Streets of San Francisco
Ted Whitlock
1972

Banyon
Whitney Pemberton
1972

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Dr. Martin Cohen
1971

Cannon
1971

Great Performances
Caterpillar
1971

Night Gallery
Dr. Mazi
1970

Dan August
Dr. Michael Serling
1970

Room 222
1969

The Mod Squad
John Palmer
1968

The Outcasts
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Harvey Danworth
1968

The Name of the Game
Walter Scharz
1968

Mannix
Dr. Cameron McKenzie
1967

Ironside
Paul Friedland
1967

The Invaders
Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
1967
CBS Playhouse
David Hoffman
1966

Mission: Impossible
Imre Rogosh
1966

Felony Squad
1966

The F.B.I.
Steven Colton
1965

The Big Valley
Burke Jordan
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Andrew Vulcan
1964

12 O'Clock High
Col. Peter Raff
1964

Espionage
Richard Keller
1963

The Great Adventure
Colonel Thomas Rose
1963

The Fugitive
Joe Tucker
1963

Combat!
Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
1962

The New Breed
Arthur Grissom
1961

Dr. Kildare
Arthur Hobler
1961

Cain's Hundred
Martin Weir
1961

The Defenders
Leo Graves
1961

The Asphalt Jungle
1961

The Twilight Zone
William Sturka
1959

The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Narrator
1959

Rawhide
Jonathan Damon
1959

DuPont Show of the Month
Charlie Castle
1957

Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956

Gunsmoke
Marshal Burl Masters
1955

Omnibus
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Burnham
1951

Armstrong Circle Theatre
Milovan Djilas
1950

Studio One
George Hanley
1948
Movies(66)

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
2020

The Congressman
Harlan Lantier
2016

We'll Never Have Paris
Phillipe
2014

The Cobbler
Mr. Solomon
2014

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Hugo Black
2013

This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
2011

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
2004

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Self (archive footage)
2000

The Thomas Crown Affair
John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
1999

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
1997

Broken Trust
Lionel Nash
1995

George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995

Spring Awakening
Captain Von Koster
1994

Pointman
Jason
1994

Blind Spot
Simon
1993

Citizen Cohn
Sen. Everett Dirksen
1992

Ironclads
John Ericsson
1991

The Three Little Pigs
1991

Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Fenner
1990

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Narrator
1990

My Name Is Bill W.
1989

The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Narrator
1989

Under Siege
Bernard Hughes
1986

Power
Wallace Furman
1986

The Hearst and Davies Affair
Arthur Beal
1985

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Osiris
1983

Alice in Wonderland
Caterpillar
1983

Creepshow
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
1982

Maid in America
Jonas
1982

Jaws of Satan
Pater Tom Farrow
1982

See China and Die
Poston
1981

Nightkill
Herbert Childs
1980

Children of Divorce
Eli Sorenson
1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Dr. Michael Serling
1980

The Big Fix
Oscar Procari Sr.
1978

Captains Courageous
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
1977

The Return of Wonder Woman
Dr. Solano
1977

Demon Seed
Alex Harris
1977

Black Sunday
FBI Agent Sam Corley
1977

Marathon Man
Professor Biesenthal
1976

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Mr. Andrew Borden
1975

Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Spencer Brydon
1975
Give Me Liberty
George Washington
1974

A Touch of the Poet
Cornelius Melody
1974

The Book of Murder
Henry
1974

Antigone
Creon
1974

The Day of the Dolphin
Harold DeMilo
1973
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973

Rx for the Defense
Dr. Daniel Kemper
1973

Hunter
Cirrak
1973

The Female Instinct
Anton de Tourolet
1972

Heat of Anger
Vincent Kagel
1972

Berlin Affair
Joe Mallicent
1970

Company of Killers
John Shankalien
1970

A Walk in the Spring Rain
Roger Meredith
1970

The Maltese Bippy
Mischa Ravenswood
1969

The Crucible
Reverend Hale
1967

The Borgia Stick
Anderson
1967

To Trap a Spy
Andrew Vulcan
1965

The Guns of August
Narrator (voice)
1964

Fail Safe
Col. Cascio
1964

The Power and the Glory
1963

Jane Eyre
1961
Man from a Missing Land
Self - Narrator (voice)
1961

Battles That Doomed Hitler
Narrator (voice)