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Fritz Leiber
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Fritz Leiber
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1882-01-29,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-12-29

Devil's Doorway

7

Devil's Doorway
1950-09-15

Romeo and Juliet

0

Romeo and Juliet
1916-10-19

7

The Web
1947-06-04

The Prince and the Pauper

6.743

The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30

Phantom of the Opera

6.2

Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12

A Tale of Two Cities

6.8

A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25

5

Inner Sanctum
1948-10-15

To the Ends of the Earth

5.7

To the Ends of the Earth
1948-02-07

4.2

Cleopatra
1917-10-14

Bells of San Angelo

4.5

Bells of San Angelo
1947-04-15

Dangerous Venture

0

Dangerous Venture
1947-05-23

The Story of Louis Pasteur

6.844

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22

The Spanish Main

6.3

The Spanish Main
1945-10-01

First Comes Courage

6.6

First Comes Courage
1943-07-29

Lady with Red Hair

6.5

Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30

Hearts in Bondage

4.9

Hearts in Bondage
1936-05-26

They Made Her a Spy

6

They Made Her a Spy
1939-04-14

Under Southern Stars

0

Under Southern Stars
1937-02-20

The Great Garrick

5.9

The Great Garrick
1937-10-30

A Scandal in Paris

6.3

A Scandal in Paris
1946-07-19

Aloma of the South Seas

5.7

Aloma of the South Seas
1941-08-27

5.6

Bagdad
1949-11-23

Down to the Sea

4.5

Down to the Sea
1936-05-30

This Love of Ours

5.7

This Love of Ours
1945-11-02

Pack Up Your Troubles

6.2

Pack Up Your Troubles
1939-10-24

Adventures of Casanova

5

Adventures of Casanova
1948-02-07

The Queen of Sheba

0

The Queen of Sheba
1921-04-10

6.5

Gateway
1938-08-05

4.7

Song of India
1949-02-28

Nurse Edith Cavell

6.4

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31

Bride of Vengeance

4.5

Bride of Vengeance
1949-04-07

7.6

Scarlet Street
1945-12-25

0

Sins of Man
1936-06-19

All This, and Heaven Too

7.2

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

Monsieur Verdoux

7.7

Monsieur Verdoux
1947-09-26

The Cisco Kid Returns

7

The Cisco Kid Returns
1945-02-16

Champagne Waltz

0

Champagne Waltz
1937-02-05

Flight Into Nowhere

4

Flight Into Nowhere
1938-04-19

7.2

The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10

The Way of All Flesh

4

The Way of All Flesh
1940-07-05

5.9

Crossroads
1942-07-23

7.1

Humoresque
1947-01-25

Strange Journey

6

Strange Journey
1946-10-03

Anthony Adverse

5.7

Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26

Cry of the Werewolf

4.3

Cry of the Werewolf
1944-08-17

Samson and Delilah

6.5

Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21

The Jury's Secret

3

The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16

Angel on My Shoulder

6.4

Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20

0

High Conquest
1947-06-21

The Song of the Soul

0

The Song of the Soul
1920-10-05

Another Part of the Forest

7.6

Another Part of the Forest
1948-05-18

0

If I Were King
1920-08-09

5.2

Cobra Woman
1944-05-12

Youth Runs Wild

4.2

Youth Runs Wild
1944-09-01