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American actor (1926–2016)
Fritz Weaver
Born
Fritz William Weaver
(1926-01-19 ) January 19, 1926Died November 26, 2016(2016-11-26) (aged 90 ) Alma mater Peabody High School Occupation(s ) Actor, voice artist Years active 1956–2016 Spouses
(m. 1953; div. 1979)
(m. 1997–2016) Relatives
Jack Dodson (brother-in-law)
Awards See below
Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years.[1] [2] [3]
Weaver won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for his performance as Jerome Malley in the original Broadway production of Child's Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Chalk Garden Shakespearean , and for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the musical Baker Street [3]
On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet 's Fail Safe Marathon Man Black Sunday Demon Seed Creepshow The Thomas Crown Affair
Weaver portrayed Dr. Josef Weiss in the 1978 television miniseries Holocaust Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie .[4] The Twilight Zone 'Way Out Night Gallery The Martian Chronicles ,The X-Files
Early life [ edit ]
Weaver was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, on January 19, 1926,[5] [4] [6]
Weaver attended the Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School [7] University of Pittsburgh as a child, followed by Peabody High School . He served in the Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II .
Following the war, Weaver worked at various jobs before turning to acting in the early 1950s. His first acting role for television came in 1956 for an episode of The United States Steel Hour television during the next four decades. In 1969, he appeared as Hebron Grant, a Mormon married to two women, on The Big Valley
Weaver also appeared in the made-for-TV movies Holocaust The Legend of Lizzie Borden Emmy nomination for the former; the award went to his co-star Michael Moriarty .
Weaver won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for the Broadway play Child's Play The Chalk Garden Theatre World Award win), All American Baker Street Absurd Person Singular Love Letters The Crucible Burnt Piano for the HB Playwrights Theatre, and with Uta Hagen in a television adaptation of Norman Corwin 's play The World of Carl Sandburg .
Weaver also acted in motion pictures, generally as a supporting player. He appeared in such movies as Fail-Safe Marathon Man Black Sunday Creepshow John McTiernan 's remake of The Thomas Crown Affair The Day of the Dolphin Demon Seed The Big Fix Sidney Lumet 's Power voice actor , providing narration for programs on the History Channel . After making his third guest appearance on Law & Order [8] [9]
In 2010, Weaver was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame .[10] This Must Be the Place Sean Penn 's protagonist. He went on to give prominent supporting performances in the Emmy -nominated television film Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight We'll Never Have Paris The Cobbler The Congressman
Personal life [ edit ]
His brother was the illustrator Robert Weaver, and his younger sister was art director Mary Dodson .[11] Jack Dodson .
Weaver was married twice. His first marriage, to actress Sylvia Short, lasted from 1953 to 1979, and ended in divorce. His second marriage, to actress Rochelle Oliver , lasted from 1997 until his death in 2016. He had two children from his first marriage, Lydia and Anthony.
Fritz Weaver died at his home in New York City on November 26, 2016, at the age of 90.[5]
Select filmography [ edit ]
Fail Safe
The Borgia Stick
The Maltese Bippy
A Walk in the Spring Rain
The Day of the Dolphin
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Marathon Man
Black Sunday
Demon Seed
Captains Courageous (1977) – Harvey Cheyne Sr.
The Big Fix
Martian Chronicles
Nightkill
Jaws of Satan
Creepshow
Power
The Thomas Crown Affair
This Must Be the Place
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
We'll Never Have Paris
The Cobbler
The Congressman
Television [ edit ]
Way Out
The Twilight Zone Third from the Sun " / "The Obsolete Man ") – William Sturka / Chancellor
The Asphalt Jungle
The Defenders - Series 2 Episode 22 "The Traitor" (1963) - Vincent Kayle
Dr. Kildare
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Twelve O'Clock High
Rawhide
The Fugitive
Combat!
Gunsmoke
The Invaders
The Big Valley
Cannon
Night Gallery
Mission: Impossible
Mannix
Kung Fu
Movin' On
Great Performances
The New Land
The Streets Of San Francisco
The New Adventures of Wonder Woman
Holocaust
Hawaii Five-O
The Martian Chronicles
Magnum, P.I.
Don't Eat the Pictures Osiris
Tales from the Darkside Edmund Halley / Dr. Fenner
Murder, She Wrote
The Twilight Zone (1985, Episode 13; segment "The Star ") – Father Matthew Karsighan
Dream West
I'll Take Manhattan
Friday the 13th: The Series
Matlock
All My Children
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tribunal ") – Kovat
The X-Files
Frasier
Law & Order
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Fritz Weaver" . The Official Masterworks Broadway Site . Retrieved 2023-08-07 .
^ "Fritz Weaver" . www.iobdb.com . Retrieved 2023-08-07 .
^ a b "Fritz Weaver (Performer)" . Playbill
^ a b "Fritz Weaver Biography" . Film Reference Library . Retrieved April 10, 2008 .
^ a b "Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 28, 2016 .
^ Jones, Chris (April 22, 2004). "Fritz Weaver tackles a 'Trying' role in Chicago" . Chicago Tribune
^ Vitone, Elaine. "Well Schooled" . Pitt Magazine . University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016 .
^ "Law & Order-Season 15-Episode 20-Tombstone" . Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29 .
^ Lipton, Brian Scott (November 29, 2006). "On the Fritz" . TheaterMania . Retrieved 2021-09-28 .
^ Gans, Andrew; Peter, Thomas. "Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, Honoring Linda Lavin, Brian Dennehy, Michael Blakemore, Presented Jan. 24" . Playbill the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014 .
^ Barnes, Mike (February 21, 2016). "Mary Weaver Dodson, Art Director on 'Murder, She Wrote,' Dies at 83" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 13, 2016 .
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