Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is an American stage and screen actor. Weaver has a long and wide variety of performances in television, stage, and motion picture acting and is well known for his roles in two seminal television films, the mini-series
Holocaust and the made-for-television movie
The Legend of Lizzie Borden. He is also known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, especially in television series and movies like
The Twilight Zone,
Night Gallery,
The X-Files,
The Martian Chronicles and
Demon Seed. Weaver continues to work as a narrator for educational TV programs.