Fritz Weaver
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2353 |
| Birthday | 1926-01-19 |
| Place of Birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Fritz William Weaver, |
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.749/1345
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Bann...
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The Thomas Crown Affair
1964
Fail Safe
7.819/465
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little t...
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Fail Safe
1981
See China and Die
8/2
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from...
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See China and Die
1976
Marathon Man
7.183/1206
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Marathon Man
1967
The Borgia Stick
8.5/3
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the synd...
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The Borgia Stick
1963
The Power and the Glory
9/1
Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant...
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The Power and the Glory
1991
The Three Little Pigs
0/0
Three pig brothers set out on their own, but only one manages to survive his encounters with a hungry wolf. Based on the children's book by James Mars...
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The Three Little Pigs
1965
To Trap a Spy
5.875/16
The men from U.N.C.L.E. must stop the assassination of an African head of state with the help of a simple housewife.
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To Trap a Spy
1972
The Female Instinct
7/1
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. Pilot to TV series The...
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The Female Instinct
1989
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
0/0
THE SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH celebrates the human achievement of a city's continuing Renaissance. It is the heroic story of how Pittsburgh, once plagued b...
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The Spirit of Pittsburgh
2014
We'll Never Have Paris
4.8/104
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propo...
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We'll Never Have Paris
1977
Demon Seed
5.893/262
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the cre...
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Demon Seed
1977
Black Sunday
6.685/163
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Supe...
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Black Sunday
2011
This Must Be the Place
6.982/1303
A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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This Must Be the Place
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
6.643/14
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with...
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
6.882/34
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1991
Ironclads
7.4/5
Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS Virginia from the r...
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Ironclads
Battles That Doomed Hitler
0/0
From the Nazi Blitzkrieg in 1939 to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the Axis tide rolled unchecked. But Axis luck was about to turn in a series of bl...
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Battles That Doomed Hitler
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
8/1
Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Be...
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Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
0/0
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the perva...
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain
5.667/15
A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.
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A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
Company of Killers
6.5/2
A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.
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Company of Killers
1961
Man from a Missing Land
6/1
A documentary set in Tibet around the time of the Chinese annexation.
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Man from a Missing Land
1980
Nightkill
4.8/16
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to e...
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Nightkill
1974
Antigone
0/0
A 1974 PBS production of Jean Anouilh's 1944 play "Antigone" adapted from the original Sophocles.
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Antigone
1994
Pointman
6.333/6
Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial. Upon his release, one of...
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Pointman
1961
Jane Eyre
7/2
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
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Jane Eyre
1993
Blind Spot
6.25/4
Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, i...
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Blind Spot
1982
Jaws of Satan
5.105/43
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
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Jaws of Satan
1983
Alice in Wonderland
6.8/6
From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.
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Alice in Wonderland
1974
The Book of Murder
0/0
Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a siza...
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The Book of Murder
1973
The Day of the Dolphin
5.887/62
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
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The Day of the Dolphin
1982
Maid in America
10/1
An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into...
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Maid in America
1978
The Big Fix
5.769/39
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is re...
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The Big Fix
1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
6.6/6
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the n...
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1972
Heat of Anger
10/1
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's...
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Heat of Anger
1969
The Maltese Bippy
6.167/6
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
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The Maltese Bippy
1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair
4.167/6
Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld s...
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The Hearst and Davies Affair
1995
Broken Trust
6.333/6
A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members of the bench, many of whom are his friends.
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Broken Trust
1982
Creepshow
6.904/1140
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's...
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Creepshow
1986
Under Siege
7.5/2
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash...
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Under Siege
1973
Shock-A-Bye Baby
0/0
A mystery writer's son is being held for $1 million ransom.
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Shock-A-Bye Baby
2014
The Cobbler
5.867/1794
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumble...
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The Cobbler
1970
Berlin Affair
10/1
Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
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Berlin Affair
1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
3/1
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George Romero's Golden Tales 3
1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
6/2
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
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Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1980
Children of Divorce
7.5/2
The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.
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Children of Divorce
1994
Spring Awakening
6.5/2
The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming romance between a pair of star-crossed lovers.
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Spring Awakening
1967
The Crucible
4.5/4
Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
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The Crucible
2016
The Congressman
6.227/11
Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out a...
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The Congressman
1990
Tales from the Darkside
6.4/8
A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.
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Tales from the Darkside
1986
Power
5.899/72
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio sen...
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Power
1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
8.5/2
First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of...
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1964
The Guns of August
8/1
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
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The Guns of August
1977
Captains Courageous
7/5
A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea cap...
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Captains Courageous
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
5.667/3
Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV...
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Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
2001
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
7/1
Documentary of the little-known Americans who defended Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
1992
Citizen Cohn
6.25/26
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves...
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Citizen Cohn
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
6.43/43
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, h...
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
1989
My Name Is Bill W.
6.455/22
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes...
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My Name Is Bill W.
1974
A Touch of the Poet
10/1
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the B...
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A Touch of the Poet
1973
Hunter
10/1
A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.
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Hunter
1975
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
6.5/2
Expatriate Spencer Brydon returns to his now-empty childhood home, and finds himself obsessed with what his life would have been, had he not left Amer...
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Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1977
The Return of Wonder Woman
8.5/2
Diana returned to Paradise Island after a 35 year absence and, slowly aging due to her Amazon nature. Once again, she returns to America as Diana Prin...
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The Return of Wonder Woman
1973
Rx for the Defense
9/1
The story of Zach Clinton, a doctor turned attorney who works for a law firm that specializes in cases involving the medical profession. Clinton attem...
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Rx for the Defense
1974
Give Me Liberty
0/0
A man's adventures in colonial America take him from the edge of the wilderness to meetings with the Founding Fathers.
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