
Acting
Born January 19, 1926 · 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.

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020

The Congressman
2016

We'll Never Have Paris
2014

The Cobbler
2014

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013

This Must Be the Place
2011

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000

The Thomas Crown Affair
1999

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997

Broken Trust
1995

George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995

Spring Awakening
1994

Pointman
1994

Blind Spot
1993

Citizen Cohn
1992

Ironclads
1991

The Three Little Pigs
1991

Tales from the Darkside
1990

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

My Name Is Bill W.
1989

The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989

Under Siege
1986

Power
1986

The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985

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

Alice in Wonderland
1983

Creepshow
1982

Maid in America
1982

Jaws of Satan
1982

See China and Die
1981

Nightkill
1980

Children of Divorce
1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980

The Big Fix
1978

Captains Courageous
1977

The Return of Wonder Woman
1977

Demon Seed
1977

Black Sunday
1977

Marathon Man
1976

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975

Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
Give Me Liberty
1974

A Touch of the Poet
1974

The Book of Murder
1974

Antigone
1974

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

Rx for the Defense
1973

Hunter
1973

The Female Instinct
1972

Heat of Anger
1972

Berlin Affair
1970

Company of Killers
1970

A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970

The Maltese Bippy
1969

The Crucible
1967

The Borgia Stick
1967

To Trap a Spy
1965

The Guns of August
1964

Fail Safe
1964

The Power and the Glory
1963

Jane Eyre
1961
Man from a Missing Land
1961