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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.
As actor
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
The Congressman
We'll Never Have Paris
The Cobbler
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
This Must Be the Place
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Broken Trust
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Pointman
Spring Awakening
Blind Spot
Citizen Cohn
The Three Little Pigs
Ironclads
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Tales from the Darkside
The Spirit of Pittsburgh
My Name Is Bill W.
Under Siege
Power
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Alice in Wonderland
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jaws of Satan
Maid in America
Creepshow