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Name
Fritz Leiber

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1882-01-29

Deathday
1949-10-14 (67 years old)

Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was also an actor for a time. Leiber and his wife spent much of their time touring in a Shakespearean acting company, known by the 1930s as Fritz Leiber & Co. Leiber made his film bow in 1916, playing Mercutio in the Francis X. Bushman version of “Romeo and Juliet.” With his piercing eyes and shock of white hair, Leiber seemed every inch the priests, professors, musical professors, and religious fanatics that he was frequently called upon to play in films. His many silent-era portrayals included Caesar in Theda Bara's 1917 “Cleopatra” and Solomon in the mammoth 1921 Betty Blythe vehicle “The Queen of Sheba.” He thrived as a character actor in sound films, usually in historical roles. In the film “Champagne Waltz” he portrayed an orchestra maestro; the role required him to play classical music on a violin and jazz on a clarinet. One of Leiber's larger assignments of the 1940s, and his most notable musical role, was as Franz Liszt in the Claude Rains' remake of “Phantom of the Opera” (1943). Leiber appears together with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in the wedding-feast scene of Greta Garbo's film “Camille” (1936) and in Warner Bros.' “The Great Garrick” (1937). Leiber also appeared with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939), but Fritz Leiber Jr. was not credited for his small speaking part. Late in his career, Leiber performed briefly opposite Charles Chaplin as the priest who visits Monsieur Verdoux in his prison cell.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Old Nobleman
1950 Devil's Doorway as Mr. Poole
1916 Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio
1947 The Web as Leopold Kroner
1937 The Prince and the Pauper as Father Andrew
1943 Phantom of the Opera as Franz Liszt
1935 A Tale of Two Cities as Gaspard
1948 Inner Sanctum as Dr. Valonius
1948 To the Ends of the Earth as Binda Sha
1917 Cleopatra as Caesar
1947 Bells of San Angelo as Padre
1947 Dangerous Venture as Chief Xeoli
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Charbonnet
1945 The Spanish Main as Bishop
1943 First Comes Courage as Dr. Aanrud
1940 Lady with Red Hair as Mr. Foster
1936 Hearts in Bondage as Capt. John Ericsson
1939 They Made Her a Spy as Dr. Krull
1937 Under Southern Stars as Stonewall Jackson
1937 The Great Garrick as Horatio in 'Hamlet'
1946 A Scandal in Paris as Painter
1941 Aloma of the South Seas as High Priest
1949 Bagdad as Emir
1936 Down to the Sea as Gregory Pappas
1945 This Love of Ours as Dr. Bailey
1939 Pack Up Your Troubles as Pierre Ferrand
1948 Adventures of Casanova as D'Anneci
1921 The Queen of Sheba as King Solomon
1938 Gateway as Dr. Weilander
1949 Song of India as Nanaram
1939 Nurse Edith Cavell as Sadi Kirschen
1949 Bride of Vengeance as Filippo
1945 Scarlet Street as Evangelist (uncredited)
1936 Sins of Man as Father Prior
1940 All This, and Heaven Too as Abbe Gallard
1947 Monsieur Verdoux as Father Fareaux
1945 The Cisco Kid Returns as The Padre
1937 Champagne Waltz as Franz Strauss
1938 Flight Into Nowhere as Ti-Ana
1940 The Sea Hawk as Inquisitor
1940 The Way of All Flesh as Max
1942 Crossroads as Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
1947 Humoresque as Hagerstrom
1946 Strange Journey as Prof. Jenner
1936 Anthony Adverse as Ouvrard
1944 Cry of the Werewolf as Dr. Charles Morris
1949 Samson and Delilah as Lord Sharif
1938 The Jury's Secret as John Morrow
1946 Angel on My Shoulder as Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
1947 High Conquest as Priest
1920 The Song of the Soul as Jerry Wendover
1948 Another Part of the Forest as Col. Isham
1920 If I Were King as Louis XI
1944 Cobra Woman
1944 Youth Runs Wild as Judge (uncredited)

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