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person_profile-Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber Died at age: 67

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Fritz Leiber

Date of Birth:

Jan 29, 1882

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 14, 1949

Biography of

Fritz Leiber

    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.

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Fritz Leiber

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Filmography of

Fritz Leiber

Found 53 Movies in total

Devil's Doorway

Mr. Poole ( Actor )

... 1950

Samson and Delilah

Lord Sharif ( Actor )

... 1949

Bagdad

Emir ( Actor )

... 1949

Bride of Vengeance

Filippo ( Actor )

... 1949

Song of India

Nanaram ( Actor )

... 1949

Inner Sanctum

Dr. Valonius ( Actor )

... 1948

Another Part of the Forest

Col. Isham ( Actor )

... 1948

To the Ends of the Earth

Binda Sha ( Actor )

... 1948

Adventures of Casanova

D'Anneci ( Actor )

... 1948

Monsieur Verdoux

Father Fareaux ( Actor )

... 1947

High Conquest

Priest ( Actor )

... 1947

The Web

Leopold Kroner ( Actor )

... 1947

Dangerous Venture

Chief Xeoli ( Actor )

... 1947

Bells of San Angelo

Padre ( Actor )

... 1947

Humoresque

Hagerstrom ( Actor )

... 1947

Strange Journey

Prof. Jenner ( Actor )

... 1946

Angel on My Shoulder

Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

A Scandal in Paris

Painter ( Actor )

... 1946

Scarlet Street

Evangelist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

This Love of Ours

Dr. Bailey ( Actor )

... 1945

The Spanish Main

Bishop ( Actor )

... 1945

The Cisco Kid Returns

The Padre ( Actor )

... 1945

Youth Runs Wild

Judge (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Cry of the Werewolf

Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

Phantom of the Opera

Franz Liszt ( Actor )

... 1943

First Comes Courage

Dr. Aanrud ( Actor )

... 1943

Crossroads

Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Aloma of the South Seas

High Priest ( Actor )

... 1941

Lady with Red Hair

Mr. Foster ( Actor )

... 1940

The Sea Hawk

Inquisitor ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

All This, and Heaven Too

Abbe Gallard ( Actor )

... 1940

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Old Nobleman ( Actor )

... 1939

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pierre Ferrand ( Actor )

... 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Sadi Kirschen ( Actor )

... 1939

They Made Her a Spy

Dr. Krull ( Actor )

... 1939

Gateway

Dr. Weilander ( Actor )

... 1938

Flight Into Nowhere

Ti-Ana ( Actor )

... 1938

The Jury's Secret

John Morrow ( Actor )

... 1938

The Great Garrick

Horatio in 'Hamlet' ( Actor )

... 1937

The Prince and the Pauper

Father Andrew ( Actor )

... 1937

Champagne Waltz

Franz Strauss ( Actor )

... 1937

Anthony Adverse

Ouvrard ( Actor )

... 1936

Sins of Man

Father Prior ( Actor )

... 1936

Hearts in Bondage

Capt. John Ericsson ( Actor )

... 1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Charbonnet ( Actor )

... 1936

A Tale of Two Cities

Gaspard ( Actor )

... 1935

The Queen of Sheba

King Solomon ( Actor )

... 1921

The Song of the Soul

Jerry Wendover ( Actor )

... 1920

If I Were King

Louis XI ( Actor )

... 1920

Cleopatra

Caesar ( Actor )

... 1917

Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio ( Actor )

... 1916