Date of Birth : Jan 19th 1926
eaver won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for Child’s Play (1970). Additional Broadway theatre credits include The Chalk Garden (Tony nomination and Theatre World Award win), All American, Baker Street, Absurd Person Singular, Love Letters, and The Crucible. He appeared Off-Broadway in Burnt Piano for HB Playwrights Theatre.
He has appeared in many films, generally as a supporting actor. Of these, the most well-known are probably Marathon Man, Black Sunday and Creepshow, and the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. Other notable movies include Power (1986), Demon Seed (1977), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), and Fail-Safe (1964).
Since 1995, Weaver has worked primarily as a voice actor, providing narration for programs on the History Channel. Weaver is twice married. He was married to Sylvia Short from 1953-1979. He is currently married to Rochelle Oliver. He has two children from his first marriage named Lydia and Anthony. Emmy-nominated art director Mary Weaver Dodson is his sister. His son is the science-fiction and horror novelist Fritz Weaver.
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Creepshow ( 1982 )
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight ( 1970 )