# 2016 claims Fritz Weaver, too. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310 "2016-11-28T19:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/1 "2016-11-28T19:32:27Z")
Fritz Weaver, dead at 90. He was great in _Fail Safe._ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/2 "2016-11-28T20:13:13Z")
I’m really beginning to hate this year. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/3 "2016-11-28T20:21:24Z")
Twilight Zone-“The Obsolete Man” STDS9: “Tribunal” An actor’s actor. Never destined for stardom, but good enough to work regular for a long time. RIP, sir and thanks for the memories. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/4 "2016-11-28T20:25:31Z")
Always good wherever he appeared. He had a very small role in “Marathon Man,” and it was enough to make you think he was a real history professor. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/5 "2016-11-28T20:42:56Z")
No doubt he’s dancing now with Mona Bern in that big EEPR in the sky. :o RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/6 "2016-11-28T20:44:15Z")
His role in _Holocaust_ made quite an impression on me. I never forgot his performance even when the roles of much more famous actors slipped my mind. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/7 "2016-11-28T20:45:48Z")
First thing I saw him in, he was the go-to guy to out-pretentious Frasier Crane. Because of course he was. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/8 "2016-11-28T20:50:16Z")
A tremendous character actor. He always turned in a good performance in whatever role he played. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/9 "2016-11-28T20:51:04Z")
He’s one of those “Oh-- _that_ guy” character actors. RIP, guy. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/10 "2016-11-28T20:52:36Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > An actor’s actor. Never destined for stardom, but good enough to work regular for a long time. Apparently he [won a Tony.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/movies/fritz-weaver-tony-winning-character-actor-dies-at-90.html) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/11 "2016-11-28T21:42:43Z")
He narrated quite a few documentaries also. I think I’ve heard him as much as I’ve seen him. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/12 "2016-11-28T23:01:25Z")
I just saw him in [The Martian Chronicles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080242/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). He had one of the few roles that wasn’t over-the-top. RIP, Fritz. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/13 "2016-11-29T02:53:11Z")
In “The Crate” episode of George Romero’s/Stephen King’s **Creepshow** , he gave Hal Holbrook the idea of feeding his harridan wife (Adrienne Barbeau) to the Tasmanian Devil. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/14 "2016-11-29T03:39:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > In “The Crate” episode of George Romero’s/Stephen King’s **Creepshow** , he gave Hal Holbrook the idea of feeding his harridan wife (Adrienne Barbeau) to the Tasmanian Devil. Some of that was filmed at CMU, and I got to photograph Adrienne Barbeau and Hal Holbrook for the CMU newspaper, the Tartan. Didn’t get to meet Fritz, though - none of his scenes were filmed on campus. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/15 "2016-11-29T03:44:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > His role in _Holocaust_ made quite an impression on me. I never forgot his performance even when the roles of much more famous actors slipped my mind. That’s the first role I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/16 "2016-11-29T04:45:36Z")
He did a turn in one of the creepier Night Galleries. Can’t remember what it was called, but it also had a pre-comedic Leslie Nielsen and revolved around Nielsen’s character spending a night in a haunted house. And this: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUl3A_0H7Y) In the spirit of the season. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/17 "2016-11-29T04:47:23Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Some of that was filmed at CMU, and I got to photograph Adrienne Barbeau and Hal Holbrook for the CMU newspaper, the Tartan. Didn’t get to meet Fritz, though - none of his scenes were filmed on campus. Are you sure that wasn’t Horlicks University? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/18 "2016-11-29T05:03:24Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > He did a turn in one of the creepier Night Galleries. Can’t remember what it was called, but it also had a pre-comedic Leslie Nielsen and revolved around Nielsen’s character spending a night in a haunted house. > > And this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUl3A\_0H7Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUl3A_0H7Y) > > In the spirit of the season. That epi was called, “A Question of Fear,” and it scared the ever-lovin’ Bejesus out of me. During one of NG’s syndication runs, that epi had 15 minutes shaved off it and it didn’t make a lick of sense. Netflix or Hulu has NG as we speak. It’s still fun. And remember: There aren’t any more McBanes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/19 "2016-11-29T23:30:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > In “The Crate” episode of George Romero’s/Stephen King’s **Creepshow** , he gave Hal Holbrook the idea of feeding his harridan wife (Adrienne Barbeau) to the Tasmanian Devil. Is _ **THAT** _ what was supposed to be in the crate?:eek: I just thought it was a generic monster. I remember Siskel and Ebert reviewing _Creepshow_, and they said, “If something’s been locked in a box for a hundred years, _ **don’t open the box** _!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310/20 "2016-12-01T00:25:25Z")
I had no idea he was that old. I have some audiobooks read by him – his voice is perfect for reading books. He does a great job on Macchiavelli’s _The Prince_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-claims-fritz-weaver-too/773310.md?page=2)