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.
Movies
The Thomas Crown Affair John Reynolds
Fail Safe Col. Cascio
See China and Die Poston
Marathon Man Professor Biesenthal
The Borgia Stick Anderson
The Power and the Glory
The Three Little Pigs
To Trap a Spy Andrew Vulcan
The Snoop Sisters Anton de Tourolet
The Spirit of Pittsburgh Narrator
We'll Never Have Paris Phillipe
Demon Seed Alex Harris
Black Sunday FBI Agent Sam Corley
This Must Be the Place Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Self
The Legend of Lizzie Borden Mr. Andrew Borden
Ironclads John Ericsson
Battles That Doomed Hitler Narrator
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War Self (archive footage)
A Walk in the Spring Rain Roger Meredith
Company of Killers John Shankalien
Man From a Missing Land Narrator
Nightkill Herbert Childs
Antigone Creon
Pointman Jason
Jane Eyre
Blind Spot Simon
Jaws of Satan Pater Tom Farrow
Alice in Wonderland Caterpillar
The Book of Murder Henry
The Day of the Dolphin Harold DeMilo
Maid in America Jonas
The Big Fix Oscar Procari Sr.
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Osiris
Heat of Anger Vincent Kagel
The Maltese Bippy Mischa Ravenswood
The Hearst and Davies Affair Arthur Beal
Broken Trust Lionel Nash
Creepshow Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Under Siege Bernard Hughes
Shock-A-Bye Baby
The Cobbler Mr. Solomon
Berlin Affair Joe Mallicent
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer Narrator
Children of Divorce Eli Sorenson
Spring Awakening Captain Von Koster
The Crucible Reverend Hale
The Congressman Harlan Lantier
Tales from the Darkside Dr. Fenner
Power Wallace Furman
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
The Guns of August Narrator (voice)
Captains Courageous Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough Dr. Michael Serling
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
Citizen Cohn Sen. Everett Dirksen
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Hugo Black
My Name Is Bill W.
A Touch of the Poet Cornelius Melody
Hunter Cirrak
Shows
Falcon Crest Arthur Masefield
L.A. Law Dr. Aaron Pierce
Murder, She Wrote Edwin Dupont
Magnum, P.I. Captain J. Cooly, USN
The Great Adventure Colonel Thomas Rose
Tales from the Darkside Dr. Fenner
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Andrew Vulcan
Law & Order Nathan Fogg
Cain's Hundred Martin Weir
Kung Fu Hillquist
The F.B.I. Steven Colton
Friday the 13th: The Series Asteroth
Matlock Pastor James Hubert
The Twilight Zone
Hawaii Five-O Dr. Harvey Danworth
Quincy, M.E. Sen. William Pike
The Streets of San Francisco Ted Whitlock
The Martian Chronicles Father Peregrine
Omnibus
Room 222
Frasier Trevor Ainsley
The Mod Squad John Palmer
Gunsmoke Marshal Burl Masters
The X-Files Senator Albert Sorenson
Studio One George Hanley
Combat! Major Chaplain Ernest Miller
Night Gallery Dr. Mazi
Wonder Woman Dr. Solano
Cannon
Monsters
The Twilight Zone William Sturka
Hallmark Hall of Fame Dr. Burnham
Ironside Paul Friedland
Felony Squad
Rawhide Jonathan Damon
The Outcasts
The Fugitive Joe Tucker
Banyon Whitney Pemberton
The Big Valley Burke Jordan
Petrocelli Colonel William Fletcher
Against the Law
Hot Pursuit
The New Breed Arthur Grissom
CBS Playhouse
Holocaust Dr. Josef Weiss
Dr. Kildare Arthur Hobler
The Defenders Leo Graves
The Defenders Vincent Kayle
The Asphalt Jungle
DuPont Show of the Month Charlie Castle
The Twilight Zone Chancellor
Tales from the Darkside Sir Edmund Halley
Murder, She Wrote Paris Inspector Hugues Panassié
The F.B.I. John Thomas Whiting
The F.B.I. Paul Winters
The F.B.I. Charles Ridgeway
The Big Valley Hebron Grant
Great Performances Caterpillar
A Death in California Van Niven
Law & Order Philip Woodleigh
The Name of the Game Walter Scharz
Law & Order Larry Weber
I'll Take Manhattan Mr. Amberville
Studio One George
Dan August Dr. Michael Serling
The Love Boat Mr. Weatherby
Barnaby Jones Laurence Sheffield
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Dr. Martin Cohen
Mannix William Avery
Mannix Dr. Cameron McKenzie
Mission: Impossible Erik Hagar
Mission: Impossible Imre Rogosh
Mission: Impossible Emil Skarbeck
Mission: Impossible George Berlinger
The Bell Telephone Hour Self - Narrator
12 O'Clock High Col. Peter Raff
Armstrong Circle Theatre Milovan Djilas
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Kovat
Floating Palaces Self - Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards Self - Nominee
The Invaders Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke
DuPont Show of the Month Barsad
Barnaby Jones Jason Matthews
The Snoop Sisters Anton de Tourolet
Great Performances Creon
Tales of the Unexpected Princey
Murder, She Wrote Judge Lambert
Tony Awards Self - Memoriam (archive footage)
