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.
Known For
Creepshow
(1982)
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
The Thomas Crown Affair
(1999)
John Reynolds
Fail Safe
(1964)
Col. Cascio
Demon Seed
(1977)
Alex Harris
The Cobbler
(2014)
Mr. Solomon
We'll Never Have Paris
(2014)
Phillipe
Marathon Man
(1976)
Professor Biesenthal
Black Sunday
(1977)
FBI Agent Sam Corley
This Must Be the Place
(2011)
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
My Name Is Bill W.
(1989)
The Crucible
(1967)
Reverend Hale
Power
(1986)
Wallace Furman
Full Filmography
Acting
Man From a Missing Land
(1961)
Narrator
Jane Eyre
(1961)
The Power and the Glory
(1963)
Fail Safe
(1964)
Col. Cascio
To Trap a Spy
(1964)
Andrew Vulcan
The Guns of August
(1964)
Narrator (voice)
The Borgia Stick
(1967)
Anderson
The Crucible
(1967)
Reverend Hale
The Maltese Bippy
(1969)
Mischa Ravenswood
A Walk in the Spring Rain
(1970)
Roger Meredith
Company of Killers
(1970)
John Shankalien
Berlin Affair
(1970)
Joe Mallicent
The Snoop Sisters
(1972)
Anton de Tourolet
Heat of Anger
(1972)
Vincent Kagel
The Day of the Dolphin
(1973)
Harold DeMilo
Shock-A-Bye Baby
(1973)
A Touch of the Poet
(1974)
Cornelius Melody
The Book of Murder
(1974)
Henry
Antigone
(1974)
Creon
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
(1975)
Mr. Andrew Borden
Marathon Man
(1976)
Professor Biesenthal
Demon Seed
(1977)
Alex Harris
Black Sunday
(1977)
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Captains Courageous
(1977)
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
The Big Fix
(1978)
Oscar Procari Sr.
Nightkill
(1980)
Herbert Childs
Children of Divorce
(1980)
Eli Sorenson
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
(1980)
Dr. Michael Serling
Jaws of Satan
(1981)
Pater Tom Farrow
See China and Die
(1981)
Poston
Creepshow
(1982)
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Maid in America
(1982)
Jonas
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(1983)
Osiris
Alice in Wonderland
(1983)
Caterpillar
The Hearst and Davies Affair
(1985)
Arthur Beal
Under Siege
(1986)
Bernard Hughes
Power
(1986)
Wallace Furman
My Name Is Bill W.
(1989)
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
(1989)
Narrator
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
(1990)
Narrator
Tales from the Darkside
(1990)
Dr. Fenner
Ironclads
(1991)
John Ericsson
The Three Little Pigs
(1991)
Citizen Cohn
(1992)
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Blind Spot
(1993)
Simon
Spring Awakening
(1994)
Captain Von Koster
Pointman
(1994)
Jason
Broken Trust
(1995)
Lionel Nash
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
(1997)
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
The Thomas Crown Affair
(1999)
John Reynolds
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
(2001)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
(2004)
Self
This Must Be the Place
(2011)
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
(2013)
Hugo Black
We'll Never Have Paris
(2014)
Phillipe
The Cobbler
(2014)
Mr. Solomon
The Congressman
(2016)
Harlan Lantier
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
(2020)
Self (archive footage)