--- name: "Fritz Leiber" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fritz-leiber" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 January 1882" died: "14 October 1949" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 66 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T00:05:08.133229+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Fritz Leiber Actor. Born 29 January 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 14 October 1949. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 January 1882, Chicago, Illinois, USA - **Died:** 14 October 1949 - **Active:** 1935–1940 - **Also known as:** Fritz Lieber, Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. - **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 66 (2), 1940s 64 (1) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, History 2, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103176 ## Biography Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. (also credited as Fritz Lieber) was an American actor. A Shakespearean performer on stage, he toured extensively with his wife Virginia Bronson in a company later known as Fritz Leiber & Co. He made his film debut in 1916 as Mercutio in a silent *Romeo and Juliet* and appeared in numerous silent films, including *Cleopatra* (1917) and *The Queen of Sheba* (1921). He was the father of science fiction writer Fritz Leiber Jr. Leiber worked as a character actor in sound films, often in historical roles. His credits include Gaspard in *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935) and Dr. Charbonnet in *The Story of Louis Pasteur* (1936). Other films include *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), *The Sea Hawk* (1940), *Phantom of the Opera* (1943), *Scarlet Street* (1945) and *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947). He died in 1949. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, as Abbe Gallard — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md) - *Anthony Adverse* (1936), Fi1m 57, as Ouvrard — [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md) - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Fi1m 76, as Gaspard — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Devil's Doorway* (1950), as Mr. Poole - *Samson and Delilah* (1949), as Lord Sharif - *Bagdad* (1949), as Emir - *Bride of Vengeance* (1949), as Filippo - *Song of India* (1949), as Nanaram - *Inner Sanctum* (1948), as Dr. Valonius - *Another Part of the Forest* (1948), as Col. Isham - *To the Ends of the Earth* (1948), as Binda Sha - *Adventures of Casanova* (1948), as D'Anneci - *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Father Fareaux - *High Conquest* (1947), as Priest - *The Web* (1947), as Leopold Kroner - *Dangerous Venture* (1947), as Chief Xeoli - *Bells of San Angelo* (1947), as Padre - *Humoresque* (1947), as Hagerstrom - *Strange Journey* (1946), as Prof. Jenner - *Angel on My Shoulder* (1946), as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited) - *A Scandal in Paris* (1946), as Painter - *Scarlet Street* (1945), as Evangelist (uncredited) - *This Love of Ours* (1945), as Dr. Bailey - *The Spanish Main* (1945), as Bishop - *The Cisco Kid Returns* (1945), as The Padre - *Youth Runs Wild* (1944), as Judge (uncredited) - *Cry of the Werewolf* (1944), as Dr. Charles Morris - *Cobra Woman* (1944), Actor - *Phantom of the Opera* (1943), as Franz Liszt - *First Comes Courage* (1943), as Dr. Aanrud - *Crossroads* (1942), as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited) - *Aloma of the South Seas* (1941), as High Priest - *Lady with Red Hair* (1940), as Mr. Foster - *The Sea Hawk* (1940), as Inquisitor - *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), as Abbe Gallard — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md) - *The Way of All Flesh* (1940), as Max - *Pack Up Your Troubles* (1939), as Pierre Ferrand - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), as Old Nobleman - *Nurse Edith Cavell* (1939), as Sadi Kirschen - *They Made Her a Spy* (1939), as Dr. Krull - *Gateway* (1938), as Dr. Weilander - *Flight Into Nowhere* (1938), as Ti-Ana - *The Jury's Secret* (1938), as John Morrow - *The Great Garrick* (1937), as Horatio in 'Hamlet' - *The Prince and the Pauper* (1937), as Father Andrew - *Under Southern Stars* (1937), as Stonewall Jackson - *Champagne Waltz* (1937), as Franz Strauss - *Anthony Adverse* (1936), as Ouvrard — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md) - *Sins of Man* (1936), as Father Prior - *Down to the Sea* (1936), as Gregory Pappas - *Hearts in Bondage* (1936), as Capt. John Ericsson - *The Story of Louis Pasteur* (1936), as Dr. Charbonnet - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), as Gaspard — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) - *The Queen of Sheba* (1921), as King Solomon - *The Song of the Soul* (1920), as Jerry Wendover - *If I Were King* (1920), as Louis XI - *Cleopatra* (1917), as Caesar - *Romeo and Juliet* (1916), as Mercutio ## Gallery - ![Fritz Leiber](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-a9de74176c02.jpg) Fritz Leiber — Ethel Standiford, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Fritz-Leiber-1930.jpg/1280px-Fritz-Leiber-1930.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![This is Fritz Leiber at A Change of Hobbit on 26 February 1977.](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-a3db632ec1f8.jpg) This is Fritz Leiber at A Change of Hobbit on 26 February 1977. — Will Hart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Fritz_Leiber_at_A_Change_of_Hobbit%2C_26_February_1977_Detail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![This is Fritz Leiber at Fantasy Faire 14 on 27 October 1984.](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-b09d06d42c33.jpg) This is Fritz Leiber at Fantasy Faire 14 on 27 October 1984. — Will Hart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Fritz_Leiber_at_Fantasy_Faire_14%2C_27_October_1984.jpg/1280px-Fritz_Leiber_at_Fantasy_Faire_14%2C_27_October_1984.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![This is Fritz Leiber signing a book at A Change of Hobbit on 26 February 1977.](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-e3187cc42c39.jpg) This is Fritz Leiber signing a book at A Change of Hobbit on 26 February 1977. — Will Hart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Fritz_Leiber_Signing_a_Book_at_A_Change_of_Hobbit%2C_26_February_1977.jpg/1280px-Fritz_Leiber_Signing_a_Book_at_A_Change_of_Hobbit%2C_26_February_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Fritz Leiber](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-c6b4ca80b700.jpg) Fritz Leiber — Image via TMDB - ![IguanaCon (aka IguanaCon II), the 36th. World Science Fiction Convention (Wednesday, 30-August-1978 to Monday, 04-September-1978), Phoenix, Arizona. Lovecraft A](https://film.one/media/person/1228998/gallery-dc41b8e14cef.jpg) IguanaCon (aka IguanaCon II), the 36th. World Science Fiction Convention (Wednesday, 30-August-1978 to Monday, 04-September-1978), Phoenix, Arizona. Lovecraft A — Will Hart from Fullerton, U.S.A. - flickr.com/photos/cthulhuwho1 - cthulhuwho1.com - youtube.com/user/CthulhuWho1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Fritz_Leiber.jpg/1280px-Fritz_Leiber.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/fritz-leiber