Fritz Weaver, the courtly veteran of Broadway and the big screen who won a Tony Award and stood out in such films as Fail-Safe and The Day of the Dolphin, has died. He was 90.
Weaver died Saturday at home in Manhattan, The New York Times reported.
His sister was Mary Weaver Dodson, a four-time Emmy-nominated art director known for her work on Murder, She Wrote. She died in February.
Weaver received his Tony in 1970 for his performance as strict Catholic boarding school teacher Jerome Malley in Robert Marasco's long-running thriller Child's Play.
The 6-foot-3 Pittsburgh native made his Broadway debut in 1955's The Chalk Garden, for which he...
Weaver died Saturday at home in Manhattan, The New York Times reported.
His sister was Mary Weaver Dodson, a four-time Emmy-nominated art director known for her work on Murder, She Wrote. She died in February.
Weaver received his Tony in 1970 for his performance as strict Catholic boarding school teacher Jerome Malley in Robert Marasco's long-running thriller Child's Play.
The 6-foot-3 Pittsburgh native made his Broadway debut in 1955's The Chalk Garden, for which he...
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