person

Fritz Weaver

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-01-19

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Fritz Weaver

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.

Also Known For

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The Thomas Crown Affair

Aug 06, 1999

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78

Fail Safe

Oct 07, 1964

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See China and Die

Dec 09, 1981

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71

Marathon Man

Oct 08, 1976

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78

The Borgia Stick

Feb 25, 1967

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NA

The Power and the Glory

May 31, 1963

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NA

The Three Little Pigs

Jan 01, 1991

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56

To Trap a Spy

Jan 01, 1964

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NA

The Female Instinct

Dec 18, 1972

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NA

The Spirit of Pittsburgh

Jan 01, 1989

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48

We'll Never Have Paris

Oct 01, 2014

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58

Demon Seed

Apr 07, 1977

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67

Black Sunday

Apr 01, 1977

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69

This Must Be the Place

Aug 24, 2011

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65

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Jan 01, 2004

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67

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

Feb 10, 1975

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70

Ironclads

Mar 11, 1991

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NA

Battles That Doomed Hitler

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NA

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Oct 31, 2000

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NA

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Jan 28, 2020

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58

A Walk in the Spring Rain

Jun 17, 1970

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40

Company of Killers

Aug 26, 1970

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60

Man From a Missing Land

Jan 01, 1961

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51

Nightkill

Dec 18, 1980

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NA

Antigone

Feb 13, 1974

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62

Pointman

Jan 25, 1994

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NA

Jane Eyre

Apr 27, 1961

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60

Blind Spot

May 02, 1993

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50

Jaws of Satan

Jan 15, 1982

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68

Alice in Wonderland

Oct 03, 1983

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NA

The Book of Murder

Mar 19, 1974

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58

The Day of the Dolphin

Dec 19, 1973

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NA

Maid in America

Sep 22, 1982

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57

The Big Fix

Oct 06, 1978

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65

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

Nov 16, 1983

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NA

Heat of Anger

Mar 03, 1972

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54

The Maltese Bippy

Jun 18, 1969

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38

The Hearst and Davies Affair

Jan 14, 1985

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52

Broken Trust

Aug 06, 1995

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69

Creepshow

Nov 10, 1982

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75

Under Siege

Feb 09, 1986

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NA

Shock-A-Bye Baby

Dec 05, 1973

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58

The Cobbler

Sep 11, 2014

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NA

Berlin Affair

Nov 02, 1970

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40

George Romero's Golden Tales 3

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60

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Jul 02, 1990

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60

Children of Divorce

Nov 24, 1980

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50

Spring Awakening

Nov 06, 1994

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35

The Crucible

May 04, 1967

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62

The Congressman

Apr 09, 2016

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60

Tales from the Darkside

Nov 29, 1990

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58

Power

Jan 31, 1986

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70

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Oct 05, 1997

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NA

The Guns of August

Dec 24, 1964

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60

Captains Courageous

Dec 04, 1977

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40

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Jan 01, 1980

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NA

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor

May 27, 2001

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62

Citizen Cohn

Aug 22, 1992

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63

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Oct 04, 2013

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My Name Is Bill W.

Apr 30, 1989

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NA

A Touch of the Poet

Jan 02, 1974

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NA

Hunter

Jan 09, 1973

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NA

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

Jan 01, 1975

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70

The Return of Wonder Woman

Sep 16, 1977

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55

Falcon Crest

Dec 04, 1981

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71

L.A. Law

Sep 15, 1986

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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72

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

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NA

The Great Adventure

Sep 27, 1963

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71

Tales from the Darkside

Sep 30, 1984

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72

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Sep 22, 1964

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74

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

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47

Cain's Hundred

Sep 19, 1961

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77

Kung Fu

Oct 14, 1972

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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73

Friday the 13th: The Series

Oct 03, 1987

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71

Matlock

Mar 03, 1986

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77

The Twilight Zone

Sep 27, 1985

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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75

Quincy, M.E.

Oct 03, 1976

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69

The Streets of San Francisco

Sep 23, 1972

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68

The Martian Chronicles

Jan 15, 1980

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60

Omnibus

Nov 09, 1952

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60

Room 222

Sep 11, 1969

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76

Frasier

Sep 16, 1993

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63

The Mod Squad

Sep 24, 1968

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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83

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

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50

Studio One

Nov 07, 1948

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76

Combat!

Oct 02, 1962

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78

Night Gallery

Dec 16, 1970

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70

Wonder Woman

Nov 07, 1975

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65

Cannon

Sep 14, 1971

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71

Monsters

Oct 22, 1988

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dec 24, 1951

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68

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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64

Felony Squad

Sep 12, 1966

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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53

The Outcasts

Sep 23, 1968

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72

The Fugitive

Sep 17, 1963

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70

Banyon

Sep 15, 1972

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61

The Big Valley

Sep 15, 1965

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71

Petrocelli

Sep 11, 1974

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60

Against the Law

Sep 23, 1990

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50

Hot Pursuit

Sep 22, 1984

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70

The New Breed

Oct 03, 1961

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70

CBS Playhouse

Dec 08, 1966

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73

Holocaust

Apr 16, 1978

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55

Dr. Kildare

Sep 27, 1961

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62

The Defenders

Sep 16, 1961

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62

The Defenders

Sep 16, 1961

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50

The Asphalt Jungle

Apr 02, 1961

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67

DuPont Show of the Month

Sep 29, 1957

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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71

Tales from the Darkside

Sep 30, 1984

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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61

The Big Valley

Sep 15, 1965

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55

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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15

A Death in California

May 12, 1985

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74

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

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68

The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968

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74

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

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64

I'll Take Manhattan

Mar 01, 1987

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50

Studio One

Nov 07, 1948

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68

Dan August

Sep 23, 1970

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63

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

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69

Barnaby Jones

Jan 28, 1973

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63

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Sep 16, 1971

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66

Mannix

Sep 16, 1967

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66

Mannix

Sep 16, 1967

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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73

The Bell Telephone Hour

Jan 12, 1959

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72

12 O'Clock High

Sep 18, 1964

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30

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Jun 06, 1950

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78

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Jan 03, 1993

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NA

Floating Palaces

Apr 21, 1996

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68

The Invaders

Jan 10, 1967

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67

DuPont Show of the Month

Sep 29, 1957

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69

Barnaby Jones

Jan 28, 1973

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55

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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67

Tales of the Unexpected

Mar 24, 1979

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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55

Tony Awards

Apr 01, 1956

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60

Omnibus

Nov 09, 1952

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55

Tony Awards

Apr 01, 1956