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Fritz Weaver

1926 - 2016

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Weaver is the 4,894th most popular actor (up from 6,325th in 2024), the 7,689th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,281st in 2019) and the 2,235th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fritz Weaver ranks 4,894 out of 13,578. Before him are Celina Jaitly, Hülya Koçyiğit, Constance Bennett, Alvaro Vitali, Taylor Kinney, and Kerwin Mathews. After him are Renee O'Connor, Michael Lerner, Carol Channing, Sid Caesar, Eric Andre, and Masi Oka.

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Among people born in 1926, Fritz Weaver ranks 371. Before him are Uttam Kumar, Rosa Taikon, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, George Robledo, Joan Shawlee, and Kerwin Mathews. After him are Abel Goumba, Fred Ramdat Misier, Lily Carlstedt, Hermann Kant, Stig Sollander, and Efraín Sánchez. Among people deceased in 2016, Fritz Weaver ranks 371. Before him are Bobby Vee, Eddy Wally, Fritz Herkenrath, Gilbert Kaplan, Eva Šuranová, and Henning Enoksen. After him are Marisol Escobar, Hermann Kant, Alice Drummond, Anthony D. Smith, Mother Angelica, and Tina Anselmi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fritz Weaver ranks 7,691 out of 20,380. Before him are Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Peter Farrelly (1956), Constance Bennett (1904), Lisa Randall (1962), Taylor Kinney (1981), and Kerwin Mathews (1926). After him are Honus Wagner (1874), Gary Locke (1950), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), John J. Sullivan (1959), Dorothy Arzner (1897), and Renee O'Connor (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Fritz Weaver ranks 2,236. Before him are Matthew Labyorteaux (1966), Jean Stapleton (1923), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Constance Bennett (1904), Taylor Kinney (1981), and Kerwin Mathews (1926). After him are Renee O'Connor (1971), Michael Lerner (1941), Carol Channing (1921), Sid Caesar (1922), Eric Andre (1983), and Glynn Turman (1947).

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