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.
64 movies · 71 shows
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020·0.0
The Congressman
2016·6.2
We'll Never Have Paris
2014·4.8
The Cobbler
2014·5.9
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013·6.4
This Must Be the Place
2011·7.0
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004·6.6
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2001·7.0
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999·6.8
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997·8.5
Broken Trust
1995·6.3
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1995·3.0
Spring Awakening
1994·6.5
Pointman
1994·6.3
Blind Spot
1993·6.2
Citizen Cohn
1992·6.3
Ironclads
1991·7.4
The Three Little Pigs
1991·0.0
Tales from the Darkside
1990·5.9
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990·6.0
My Name Is Bill W.
1989·6.5
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
1989·0.0
Under Siege
1986·7.5
Power
1986·5.8
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985·4.2
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983·6.6
Alice in Wonderland
1983·6.8
Creepshow
1982·6.9
Maid in America
1982·10.0
Jaws of Satan
1982·5.1
See China and Die
1981·8.0
Nightkill
1980·4.9
Children of Divorce
1980·7.5
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980·5.7
The Big Fix
1978·5.8
Captains Courageous
1977·7.0
The Return of Wonder Woman
1977·8.5
Demon Seed
1977·5.9
Black Sunday
1977·6.7
Marathon Man
1976·7.2
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975·6.9
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975·6.5
Give Me Liberty
1974·0.0
A Touch of the Poet
1974·10.0
The Book of Murder
1974·0.0
Antigone
1974·0.0
The Day of the Dolphin
1973·5.8
Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973·0.0
Rx for the Defense
1973·9.0
Hunter
1973·10.0
The Female Instinct
1972·7.0
Heat of Anger
1972·10.0
Berlin Affair
1970·10.0
Company of Killers
1970·6.5
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970·5.7
The Maltese Bippy
1969·6.2
The Crucible
1967·4.5
The Borgia Stick
1967·8.5
To Trap a Spy
1965·5.9
The Guns of August
1964·8.0
Fail Safe
1964·7.8
The Power and the Glory
1963·9.0
Jane Eyre
1961·7.0
Man from a Missing Land
1961·6.0