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Fritz Weaver
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 televisi…
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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.
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2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
The Congressman
Movie Harlan Lantier
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2014
We'll Never Have Paris
Movie Phillipe
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2014
The Cobbler
Movie Mr. Solomon
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2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie Hugo Black
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2011
This Must Be the Place
Movie Cheyenne's Father (voice)
- 2004
- 2001
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1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
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1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Movie Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
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1996
Floating Palaces
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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1995
Broken Trust
Movie Lionel Nash
- 1995
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1994
Spring Awakening
Movie Captain Von Koster
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1994
Pointman
Movie Jason
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1993
Frasier
TV show Trevor Ainsley
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1993
The X-Files
TV show Senator Albert Sorenson
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1993
Blind Spot
Movie Simon
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Kovat
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1992
Citizen Cohn
Movie Sen. Everett Dirksen
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1991
Ironclads
Movie John Ericsson
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1991
The Three Little Pigs
Movie
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1990
Tales from the Darkside
Movie Dr. Fenner
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1990
Against the Law
TV show
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1990
Law & Order
TV show Nathan Fogg
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1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1989
My Name Is Bill W.
Movie
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1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Movie Narrator
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1988
Monsters
TV show Mr. Hallet
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1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV show Asteroth
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1987
I'll Take Manhattan
TV show Mr. Amberville
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Dr. Aaron Pierce
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1986
Matlock
TV show Pastor James Hubert
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1986
Under Siege
Movie Bernard Hughes
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1986
Power
Movie Wallace Furman
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1985
The Twilight Zone
TV show (segment "The Star")
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1985
A Death in California
TV show Van Niven
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1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Movie Arthur Beal
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Edwin Dupont
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1984
Tales from the Darkside
TV show Dr. Fenner
