Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90

Dec 26, '16, 7:20 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 Quote: Fritz Weaver, a Tony Award-winning character actor who played a German Jewish doctor slain by the Nazis in the 1978 mini-series “Holocaust” and an Air Force colonel who becomes increasingly unstable as the nation faces a nuclear crisis in the 1964 movie “Fail Safe,” died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 90 . . . Mr. Weaver won a Tony in 1970 for his role in Robert Marasco’s drama “Child’s Play,” about the malevolent environment at an exclusive Roman Catholic school for boys . . . But he reveled in performing Shakespearean roles. “The old boy — he’s the one who makes the maximum challenge to the actor,’’ he said of Shakespeare. “That high charge on all the lines that he writes — you’ve got to measure up. You can’t just saunter into that stuff; you’ve got to bring your whole life into it.” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/mo...t-90.html?_r=0 Quote: JNS.org — A recently deceased actor who starred in a widely viewed 1970’s television drama about the Holocaust used to say that his role in the show deeply affected his worldview and, though raised Catholic, he felt that he “became a Jew” through the experience. Fritz Weaver, who died Nov. 26 in New York City at age 90, appeared in NBC‘s four-part miniseries “Holocaust,” which chronicled the fate of Europe’s Jews under Hitler through the fictional lives of a Nazi war criminal and a German Jewish family. Weaver played the family patriarch, Dr. Josef Weiss . . . He told the Tribune that the drama showed “what man does to his fellow man — that cannot be forgotten, ever,” but also gave a message of hope. “[A]t the end of this film, after the destruction and horror, and pain, the Jews survived. Man survives… and that must not ever be forgotten either.” https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/12/06/the-late-fritz-weaver-star-of-famed-holocaust-tv-miniseries-said-he-became-a-jew-from-the-experience/ Just found out that Mr. Weaver passed away. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#2   Dec 27, '16, 3:33 am

jaimeleglise Regular Member   Join Date: September 30, 2009 Posts: 2,370 Religion: Catholic

Re: Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 May he rest in peace.

#3   Dec 27, '16, 7:26 am

tawny Veteran Member Greeter Prayer Warrior Forum Supporter Book Club Member   Join Date: November 10, 2013 Posts: 29,907 Religion: Roman Catholic/OFS

Re: Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 Praying for the repose of his soul & for his family. __________________ May the Holy Spirit forever guide you throughout life's journey. Pax et Bonum

#4   Dec 27, '16, 8:13 am

meltzerboy Forum Elder   Join Date: January 24, 2011 Posts: 26,642 Religion: Jewish

Re: Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 He was a very fine actor. Viewers of The Twilight Zone will remember Fritz Weaver for two excellent performances, one of which was together with Burgess Meredith in The Obsolete Man, which I happened to see on MeTV just yesterday. Prayers for the repose of his soul and for his family.

#5   Dec 27, '16, 12:02 pm

tomarin Senior Member   Join Date: April 25, 2007 Posts: 7,539 Religion: Catholic

Re: Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 I always enjoyed his roles, whether they were large or small. __________________ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither, let my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember you -- Psalm 137

#6   Dec 29, '16, 6:47 pm

Arizona Mike Regular Member   Join Date: May 28, 2011 Posts: 2,921 Religion: Catholic

Re: Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 He had to be one of the hardest working actors in show business - he seemed to be in everything. God bless and keep him. __________________ "The path that leads us toward what is most consonant with us, pushes us into Mystery, makes us enter Mystery." - Pope Francis