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