Fritz Weaver
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| Born | January 19, 1926 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Spouse(s) | Rochelle Oliver (1997-present) Sylvia Short (1953-1979) |
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Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is a American Tony Award-winning actor and voice actor.
Weaver was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Elsa W. (née Stringaro) and John Carson Weaver.[1] His mother was of Italian descent. Weaver attended Peabody High School. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. His first television role came in 1956 on an episode of The United States Steel Hour. He would continue to appear on television during the next four decades, appearing on such shows as The Twilight Zone (in episodes "Third from the Sun" and "The Obsolete Man"), Dr. Kildare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rawhide, Mission: Impossible, Combat!, Gunsmoke, Mannix, Kung Fu, Hawaii Five-O, Magnum P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Law & Order, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Tribunal"), The X-Files, and Frasier.
Weaver won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for Child's Play (1970). Additional Broadway theatre credits include The Chalk Garden (Tony nomination and Theatre World Award win), All American, Baker Street, Absurd Person Singular, Love Letters, and The Crucible.
He has appeared in many films, generally as a supporting actor. Of these, the most well-known are probably Marathon Man, Black Sunday and Creepshow, and the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. Other notable movies include Power (1986), Demon Seed (1977), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), and Fail-Safe (1964).
Since 1995, Weaver has worked primarily as a voice actor, providing narration for programs on the History Channel.
[edit] References
- ^ Fritz Weaver Biography. filmreference (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
[edit] External links
- Fritz Weaver at the Internet Movie Database
- Fritz Weaver article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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