Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Person • Jan 19, 1926–Nov 26, 2016

Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original Broadway production of Child's Play (1970), and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Chalk Garden (1958). On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe (1964), and appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Black Sunday (1977), Demon Seed (also 1977), Creepshow (1982), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in the television miniseries Holocaust (1978). Weaver was a fixture as a featured and guest actor on science fiction and fantasy shows, including The Twilight Zone, 'Way Out, Night Gallery, The Martian Chronicles, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and The X-Files. He was also well known as a Shakespearean, and for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the stage musical Baker Street. (Via Wikipedia)