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Fritz Weaver Dies; Patrician Star Of Stage And Screen Was 90 by Jeremy Gerard

Fritz Weaver, an actor who transmitted an air of patrician assurance in roles that took him from a regular presence in Golden Age television dramas to Broadway stardom, prominent characters in films including Fail-Safe in 1964, and an Emmy nomination for NBC’s acclaimed 1978 drama series Holocaust, died Saturday at home in Manhattan. He was 90. In that mini-series, Weaver played Dr. Josef Weiss, a Jewish doctor…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:31AM on November 28, 2016

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