Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

actor

Fritz Weaver was born on Jan 19, 1926 in USA. Fritz Weaver's big-screen debut came with 'Way Out - Season 1 directed by Paul Bogart in 1961, strarring Dr. Landy. Fritz Weaver is known for Citizen Cohn directed by Frank Pierson, James Woods stars as Roy Marcus Cohn and Joe Don Baker as Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Fritz Weaver has got 1 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Fritz Weaver achieved is Clarence Derwent Awards. The upcoming new movie Fritz Weaver plays is The Cobbler which will be released on Mar 13, 2015.

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 (Les yeux de Satan (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 Holocauste (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.

  • Birthday

    Jan 19, 1926
  • Place of Birth

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 2 nominations

Clarence Derwent Awards
1955
Best supporting Male (USA)
Winner - Clarence Derwent Award

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