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name: "Fritz Weaver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fritz-weaver"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 January 1926"
died: "26 November 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:08:57.713489+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."
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# Fritz Weaver

Actor. Born 19 January 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 26 November 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 January 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 26 November 2016
- **Also known as:** Fritz William Weaver

## Biography

Fritz William Weaver was an American stage, film and television actor. He was born on 19 January 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died on 26 November 2016 in New York City.

Weaver made his Broadway debut in *The Chalk Garden* (1955) and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for *Child's Play* (1970). His film debut came in *Fail Safe* (1964); he later appeared in *Marathon Man* (1976) as Professor Biesenthal, *Creepshow* (1982) and *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999). On television he portrayed Dr Josef Weiss in the miniseries *Holocaust* (1978), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and appeared in episodes of *The Twilight Zone*, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* and *The X-Files*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Marathon Man* (1976), Fi1m 74, as Professor Biesenthal — [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)

## Also known for

- *The X-Files* (1993), Senator Albert Sorenson — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Cobbler* (2014), Mr. Solomon
- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999), John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
- *This Must Be the Place* (2011), Cheyenne's Father (voice)
- *Creepshow* (1982), Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), William Sturka, Chancellor
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Kovat
- *Frasier* (1993), Trevor Ainsley — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

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