Share:

Fritz Weaver

Actor | * 01/19/1926 († 90, 11/26/2016) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years. Weaver won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for his performance as Jerome Malley in the original Broadway production of Child's Play, and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Chalk Garden (1958). He was also well-known as a Shakespearean, and for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the musical Baker Street. On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe (1964), and appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Black Sunday (1977), Demon Seed (also 1977), Creepshow (1982), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Weaver portrayed ... ()
Photo of Fritz Weaver
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division. ...

Marathon Man

R

1976 | 3.6/5 | 2h 5min
Thriller
available on:
Watch now!
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective. ...

The Thomas Crown Affair

R

1999 | 3.4/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Crime, Romance / Love
available on:
Watch now!
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen. ...

Creepshow

R

1982 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Horror, Comedy
available on:
Watch now!
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of th ...

Holocaust

Certification unknown

1978 | 3.7/5 | 1h 28min per episode
Drama, War & Politics
Search on Amazon.com
Watch now!

Awards & Nominations for Fritz Weaver

Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Ad Protect Your Online Privacy with a VPN

Don't risk your personal information and online activities being exposed to hackers, government surveillance, and other online threats. A VPN encrypts your internet connection and hides your IP, giving you maximum security and privacy. Take control of your online safety, switch to a VPN now. Choose one of these services to learn more:

Movies with Fritz Weaver as Actor(50)

as Harlan Lantier2016 The Congressman
as Hugo Black2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Cheyenne's Father (voice)2011 This Must Be the Place
as himself2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2001 Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
as John Reynolds1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Lionel Nash1995 Broken Trust
as Captain Von Koster1994 Spring Awakening
as Jason1994 Pointman
as Simon1993 Blind Spot
as Sen. Everett Dirksen1992 Citizen Cohn
1991 The Three Little Pigs
as John Ericsson1991 Ironclads
as Narrator1990 Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1989 My Name Is Bill W.
as Bernard Hughes1986 Under Siege
as Wallace Furman1986 Power
as Arthur Beal1985 The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Dr. Fenner1984 Inside the Closet
as Caterpillar1983 Alice in Wonderland
as Osiris1983 Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")1982 Creepshow
as Jonas1982 Maid in America
as Pater Tom Farrow1981 Jaws of Satan
as Poston1981 See China and Die
as Dr. Michael Serling1980 Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Eli Sorenson1980 Children of Divorce
as Herbert Childs1980 Nightkill
as Oscar Procari Sr.1978 The Big Fix
as FBI Agent Sam Corley1977 Black Sunday
as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.1977 Captains Courageous
as Alex Harris1977 Demon Seed
as Professor Biesenthal1976 Marathon Man
as Mr. Andrew Borden1975 The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Cornelius Melody1974 A Touch of the Poet
as Henry1974 The Book of Murder
as Harold DeMilo1973 The Day of the Dolphin
as Vincent Kagel1972 Heat of Anger
as Anton de Tourolet1972 The Snoop Sisters
as John Shankalien1970 Company of Killers
as Joe Mallicent1970 Berlin Affair
as Roger Meredith1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain
as Mischa Ravenswood1969 The Maltese Bippy
as Anderson1967 The Borgia Stick
as Reverend Hale1967 The Crucible
as Andrew Vulcan1964 To Trap a Spy
as Narrator (voice)1964 The Guns of August
as Col. Cascio1964 Fail Safe
1963 The Power and the Glory

TV Shows/Series with Fritz Weaver as Actor(71)

as Senator Albert Sorenson1993 The X-Files
as Kovat1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Trevor Ainsley1993 Frasier
as Nathan Fogg1990 Law & Order
as Philip Woodleigh1990 Law & Order
as Larry Weber1990 Law & Order
1990 Against the Law
1988 Monsters
as Asteroth1987 Friday the 13th: The Series
as Mr. Amberville1987 I'll Take Manhattan
as Dr. Aaron Pierce1986 L.A. Law
1986 Matlock
as Van Niven1985 A Death in California
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Edwin Dupont1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Judge Lambert1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié1984 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Hot Pursuit
as Dr. Fenner1984 Tales from the Darkside
as Sir Edmund Halley1984 Tales from the Darkside
1981 Falcon Crest
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Father Peregrine1980 The Martian Chronicles
as Princey1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr. Josef Weiss1978 Holocaust
1976 Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. Solano1975 Wonder Woman
1974 Petrocelli
as Jason Matthews1973 Barnaby Jones
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Kung Fu
1972 Banyon
1971 Cannon
as Creon1971 Great Performances
1970 Night Gallery
1969 Room 222
as Col. Walter Scharz1968 The Name of the Game
as Dr. Harvey Danworth1968 Hawaii Five-O
1968 The Mod Squad
1968 The Outcasts
as Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke1967 The Invaders
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1966 Felony Squad
1966 Mission: Impossible
1966 CBS Playhouse
as Burke Jordan1965 The Big Valley
as Hebron Grant1965 The Big Valley
as Steven Colton1965 The F.B.I.
as John Thomas Whiting1965 The F.B.I.
as Paul Winters1965 The F.B.I.
as Charles Ridgeway1965 The F.B.I.
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Colonel Thomas Rose1963 The Great Adventure
as Joe Tucker1963 The Fugitive
as Major Chaplain Ernest Miller1962 Combat!
as Martin Weir1961 Cain's Hundred
as Leo Graves1961 The Defenders
as Vincent Kayle1961 The Defenders
as Arthur Hobler1961 Dr. Kildare
as Arthur Grissom1961 The New Breed
as Jonathan Damon1959 Rawhide
as William Sturka1959 The Twilight Zone
as Chancellor1959 The Twilight Zone
as Charlie Castle1957 DuPont Show of the Month
as Marshal Burl Masters1955 Gunsmoke
1952 Omnibus
as Dr. Burnham1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Milovan Djilas1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre
as George Hanley1948 Studio One
as George1948 Studio One

Full Name: Fritz Weaver
Born: Tuesday, 01/19 1926 (January) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 11/26 2016 (November) in Manhattan (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Peabody High School, Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, HB Studio
Spouses (current/former): Rochelle Oliver
Student of: Herbert Berghof
Other names for Fritz Weaver (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Fritz William Weaver"
Fritz Weaver frequently works together with these people:
Harry Townes (41x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (41x, Actor)
William Windom (35x, Actor)
Frank Marth (35x, Actor)
Claude Akins (34x, Actor)
John Anderson (34x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (33x, Actor)
Royal Dano (33x, Actor)
Harold Gould (33x, Actor)
John Milford (33x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (33x, Actor)
Leonard B. Stern (4x, Crew)
Maintain information on this page as an official partner
Is any information about this person incorrect or missing? Give us a hint!
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:109387, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024