Fritz Leiber attore
- Totale film conosciuti 55
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 Baras 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 Leibers 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 Garbos 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.
Mr. Poole
Film 1950
Mercutio
Film 1916
Father Andrew
Film 1937
Chief Xeoli
Film 1947
Dr. Aanrud
Film 1943
Dr. Krull
Film 1939
Capt. John Ericsson
Film 1936
Stonewall Jackson
Film 1937
Emir
Film 1949
Gregory Pappas
Film 1936
D'Anneci
Film 1948
King Solomon
Film 1921
Nanaram
Film 1949
Sadi Kirschen
Film 1939
Evangelist (uncredited)
Film 1945
Father Prior
Film 1936
Father Fareaux
Film 1947
The Padre
Film 1945
Ti-Ana
Film 1938
Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
Film 1942
Prof. Jenner
Film 1946
Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)
Film 1944
John Morrow
Film 1938
Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
Film 1946
Priest
Film 1947
Jerry Wendover
Film 1920
Louis XI
Film 1920
Film 1944
Judge (uncredited)
Film 1944
