Fritz Weaver, the American actor, was born on January 19, 1926, in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in Civilian Public Service as a
conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the
early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk
Garden," which garnered five Tony Award nominations, including one for
Weaver as Best Featured Actor in a Play. He also won a 1956 Theatre
World Award for his performance.
The first of literally scores of television appearances came in 1957,
in "The Playwright and the Stars" broadcast as part of the drama
omnibus
Studio One (1948). He
continued to appear on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in
Play his performance as Jermome Malley in
Robert Marasco's "Child's Play." Though
Weaver has appeared in many movies, it generally was as a supporting
actor or in small parts, and the role of Malley was given to
James Mason in the 1972 film version
(
Child's Play (1972)) of the play.
His most memorable role, arguably, was that of the doomed German Jewish
patriarch Dr. Josef Weiss in the watershed TV mini-series
Holocaust (1978), for
which he was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Limited Series. Since 1995, Weaver is known as the narrator of programs
on the History Channel.
The Congressman(2016)as Harlan Lantier
The Cobbler(2014)as Mr. Solomon
We'll Never Have Paris(2014)as Phillipe
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight(2013)as Hugo Black
This Must Be the Place(2011)as Cheyenne's Father
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere(2007)as Self - Guest
Biography(1987)as Self - Narrator
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust(2004)as Self
Time Machine: Little Big Horn - The Untold Story(2001)as Narrator, Self
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor(2001)as Narrator
Eli Roth's History of Horror(2018)as Dexter Stanley
Fail Safe and the Cold War(2020)as Col. Cascio
The 71st Annual Tony Awards(2017)as Self - Memoriam
Fan des annƩes 80(2009)as Captain Cooly
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Dexter Stanley
