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Fritz Weaver
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- #001
Fritz Weaver provided the voice for History Channel special programs.
- #002
In 1964, he played the first THRUSH villain in The Man from U. N. C. L. E.
- #003
He appeared as a guest actor in both the 1959 and 1985 versions of Twilight Zone.
- #004
He appeared as a guest actor in two of the longest-running prime-time series in American television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
- #005
He voiced President Woodrow Wilson in the World War I miniseries Robert Ryan's World War I (1964).
- #006
His wife, daughter Lydia Weaver, son Anthony, and one grandchild survived him.
- #007
During World War II, he was a conscientious objector.
- #008
He played defense attorneys in two different productions: Law & Order (1990) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- #009
He was the son of Elsa (Stringaro) and John Carson Weaver. His father had English and German ancestry, while his mother was an Italian immigrant born in Trieste, Provincia di Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
- #010
He received the 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Play for his leading role in the play Trying at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- #011
He received the 1981 Drama-Logue Outstanding Performance Award for the play A Tale Told at the Mark Taper Forum Theater in Los Angeles, California.
- #012
He was the brother-in-law of Jack Dodson.
- #013
He received drama training at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
- #014
He starred alongside James Woods in Holocaust (1978), My Name Is Bill W. (1989), and Citizen Cohn (1992). All three projects were based on true events.
- #015
He was the brother of Mary Dodson.
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