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Fritz Weaver is a Actor American born on 19 january 1926 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is an American stage and screen actor. Weaver has a long and wide variety of performances in television, stage, and motion picture acting and is well known for his roles in two seminal television films, the mini-series Holocaust and the made-for-television movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden. He is also known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, especially in television series and movies like The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The Martian Chronicles and Demon Seed. Weaver continues to work as a narrator for educational TV programs.
En 2010, il a été intronisé au American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Birth name Fritz William Weaver
Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1926 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 26 november 2016 (at 90 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1926 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 26 november 2016 (at 90 years)
Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is an American stage and screen actor. Weaver has a long and wide variety of performances in television, stage, and motion picture acting and is well known for his roles in two seminal television films, the mini-series Holocaust and the made-for-television movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden. He is also known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, especially in television series and movies like The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The Martian Chronicles and Demon Seed. Weaver continues to work as a narrator for educational TV programs.
Biography
Weaver est le frère de la scénariste Mary Dodson. Sa mère était d'origine italienne. Il se marie en 1953 puis divorce en 1979 avant de se remarier en 1997. Il a deux enfants issus de son premier mariage, ainsi qu'un petit-fils.En 2010, il a été intronisé au American Theater Hall of Fame.
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The Cobbler (2014)
, 1h38Directed by Tom McCarthy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz
Roles Mr. Solomon
Rating58%
In the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903, a group of Jewish men are gathered in the shop of a cobbler to discuss a problem that has been plaguing them. A crook named Gergerman has been running their businesses out and harassing the men and their families. The men hand over a pair of Gergerman's shoes to the cobbler, Pinchas Simkin. Pinchas takes the shoes to the basement of his shop and uses a special stitching machine to work on the shoes. His young son Herschel enters, and Pinchas explains to him the importance of the machine.
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)
, 1h29Directed by Simon Helberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Melanie Lynskey, Maggie Grace, Zachary Quinto, Simon Helberg, Jason Ritter, Alfred Molina
Roles Phillipe
Rating46%
Quinn (Simon Helberg) and Devon (Melanie Lynskey) are a couple since highschool. Quinn works in a flower shop with Kelsey (Maggie Grace) and Devon teaches in local university. Kelsey tells Quinn she is in love with him and starts flirting with him. Quinn tells Devon he wants to take a step back in the relationship, she understands it's about Kelsey, storms out and stays at her parents. Quinn goes to Kelsey's, they kiss and she gives him a handjob which ends too soon and they go to sleep. In the morning Quinn feels guilty and decides to visit Devon at her parents and propose to her. He ends up confessing what happened with Kelsey and though it's over he still works with her. Devon gets angry, says they need time separately to figure things out and maybe he should be with other girls, so it won't plague him that he only slept with her. He finds on facebook a single schoolmate, they have a date and sleep together. He understands he wants to be with Devon and quits his job. He goes to Devon's parents just to find out she left to Paris, where they have relatives. He asks for her address to send her flowers, and shows up at her door. She tells Quinn she started dating Guillaume (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and she doesn't want to be back with him. Quinn surprises her at her grandparents, but to his surprise Guillaume is also there. After eating, both Guillaume and Quinn play short recitals. As Quinn finishes, his left eye is very red due to a medical problem he has (Pingueculitis). Ignoring the situation he take out the ring and gets ready to propose. Devon enters the room, but surprisingly she is accompanied by Kelsey, coming to win Quinn back. Quinn accidentally steps on Guillaume's violin and crashes it, which causes a little fight. Ashamed, Quinn leaves and returns home alone. Devon surprises him at his new work and he proposes in his car. Right after she says yes he tells her about the one-night stand he had. After some tense talk Devon takes off the ring and asks Quinn to propose again.
, 1h37Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Politique, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr., Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber
Roles Hugo Black
Rating66%
Le procès pour objection de conscience du boxeur Mohamed Ali jusqu'à la Cour suprême.
This Must Be the Place (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Kerry Condon, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Rating67%
Cheyenne is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his 20-year retirement in Dublin. He retired after two of his teenaged fans committed suicide. He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hours, only to arrive too late. The reason he gives for not communicating with his father for 30 years was that his father rejected him when he put on glam rock make-up at the age of 15. He reads his father's diary and learns about his father's persecution in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS officer Alois Lange. He visits a professional Nazi hunter named Mordecai Midler who tells him that Lange is small fry.
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II, Documentary films about films
Actors Gene Hackman, Robert Clary, Dan Curtis, Ralph Edwards, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Roles Self
Rating74%
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
, 1h53Directed by John McTiernan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Peinture, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara, Fritz Weaver, Frankie Faison
Roles John Reynolds (Golf Buddy)
Rating68%
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an attempted robbery of precious paintings fails when museum employees discover imposters posing as staff. In all the confusion of locking down the museum and capturing the robbers, Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) slips into an adjacent room and steals the painting of San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk by Monet. The insurers of the $100 million artwork send investigator Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) to assist NYPD Detective Michael McCann (Denis Leary) in solving the crime.
Blind Spot (1993)
, 2hDirected by Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joanne Woodward, Laura Linney, Reed Diamond, Fritz Weaver, Karina Arroyave, Allison Janney
Roles Simon
Rating59%
Nell Harrington, une ambitieuse sénatrice voit sa vie professionnelle et personnelle affectée par l'addiction à la cocaïne de sa fille Phoebe, maman d'un bébé.
Citizen Cohn (1992)
, 1h51Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Lee Grant, Ed Flanders, Jeffrey Nordling
Roles Sen. Everett Dirksen
Rating70%
The film spans Cohn's life from childhood through his initial rise to power as McCarthy's right-hand man in the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearings and his eventual public discrediting a month before his death in 1986 from AIDS. It is told mostly in flashback as Cohn lies dying in a Virginia hospital, hallucinating that his many enemies (from Robert Kennedy to Ethel Rosenberg, a convicted Communist spy he sent to the electric chair) are haunting him. It concerns aspects of Cohn's life such as his closeted homosexuality and the measure of his culpability in the "Red Scare" of the 1950s. While the movie portrays Cohn in a decidedly unsympathetic light, it also depicts episodes in his life, such as the death of his beloved mother, in which he showed a more tender, compassionate side.
Ironclads (1991)
, 1h34Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Virginia Madsen, Alex Hyde-White, E. G. Marshall, Fritz Weaver, Philip Casnoff, Reed Diamond
Roles John Ericsson
Rating61%
As the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Gosport Shipyard) fell to Confederate forces, and the Union forces withdrew, Leslie Harmon (Reed Diamond) extinguished a powder trail to destroy a dry dock. Although of military necessity, the act would have caused significant collateral damage to neighboring civilians.
My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
, 1h40Directed by Daniel Petrie
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors James Woods, James Garner, JoBeth Williams, Gary Sinise, George Coe, Robert Harper
Rating71%
Bill Wilson avait tout, lorsque survint la dépression et qu'il se mit à boire dangereusement. Mais il eut la chance de rencontrer Lois Wilon et Bob Smith qui cherchaient à résoudre leur problème d'alcool. Ensemble, ils vont partager leurs expériences et leurs témoignages, et fonder le mouvement des Alcooliques Anonymes.
Power (1986)
, 1h51Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E. G. Marshall
Roles Wallace Furman
Rating57%
Pete St. John (Richard Gere), a ruthless and highly successful media consultant, is juggling a couple of other political candidates when asked to join the campaign of wealthy but little-known Ohio businessman Jerome Cade (J. T. Walsh), who hopes to win the Senate seat being vacated by St. John's friend Sam Hastings (E. G. Marshall).
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Directed by Kirk Browning
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Geoffrey Holder, Eve Arden, Colleen Dewhurst, Nathan Lane
Roles Caterpillar
Rating64%
Creepshow (1982)
, 2hDirected by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Natural horror films, Ghost films, Zombie films
Actors Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Tom Savini
Roles Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Rating68%
A young boy named Billy gets yelled at and slapped by his father, Stan, for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow. Stan reminds his wife that he had to be hard on Billy because he does not want their son to be reading such "crap". As Billy sits upstairs cursing his father with hopes of him rotting in Hell, he hears a sound at the window, which turns out to be a ghostly apparition in the form of The Creep from the comic book, beckoning him to come closer.
See China and Die (1981)
, 1h40Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Kene Holliday, Frank Converse, Paul Dooley, Andrew Duggan, Laurence Luckinbill
Roles Poston
Rating65%
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
Nightkill (1980)
, 1h44Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jaclyn Smith, Mike Connors, Fritz Weaver, Sybil Danning, James Franciscus
Roles Herbert Childs
Rating55%
Unhappily married to unscrupulous Arizona businessman Wendell Atwell, the beautiful Katherine has been carrying on behind his back with Steve Fulton, his assistant. Knowing that a million dollars in cash has been stashed by Wendell in an airport locker, Steve plots behind his lover's back to poison her husband, then impersonate Wendell on a flight to Washington D.C. to make it appear he is still alive.