Fritz Leiber
1882-01-29 ( 143 years old ) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies

Devil's Doorway 1950-09-15
Samson and Delilah 1949-12-21
Bagdad 1949-11-23
Bride of Vengeance 1949-04-07
Song of India 1949-02-28
Inner Sanctum 1948-10-15
Another Part of the Forest 1948-05-18
To the Ends of the Earth 1948-02-07
Adventures of Casanova 1948-02-07
Monsieur Verdoux 1947-09-26
High Conquest 1947-06-21
The Web 1947-06-04
Dangerous Venture 1947-05-23
Bells of San Angelo 1947-04-15
Humoresque 1947-01-25
Strange Journey 1946-10-03
Angel on My Shoulder 1946-09-20
A Scandal in Paris 1946-07-19
Scarlet Street 1945-12-25
This Love of Ours 1945-11-02
The Spanish Main 1945-10-01
The Cisco Kid Returns 1945-02-16
Youth Runs Wild 1944-09-01
Cry of the Werewolf 1944-08-17
Cobra Woman 1944-05-12
Phantom of the Opera 1943-08-12
First Comes Courage 1943-07-29
Crossroads 1942-07-23
Aloma of the South Seas 1941-08-27
Lady with Red Hair 1940-11-30
The Sea Hawk 1940-08-10
All This, and Heaven Too 1940-07-05
The Way of All Flesh 1940-07-05
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939-12-29
Pack Up Your Troubles 1939-10-24
Nurse Edith Cavell 1939-08-31
They Made Her a Spy 1939-04-14
Gateway 1938-08-05
Flight Into Nowhere 1938-04-19
The Jury's Secret 1938-01-16
The Great Garrick 1937-10-30
The Prince and the Pauper 1937-04-30
Under Southern Stars 1937-02-20
Champagne Waltz 1937-02-05
Anthony Adverse 1936-08-26
Sins of Man 1936-06-19
Down to the Sea 1936-05-30
Hearts in Bondage 1936-05-26
The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936-02-22
A Tale of Two Cities 1935-12-25
The Queen of Sheba 1921-04-10
The Song of the Soul 1920-10-05
If I Were King 1920-08-09
Cleopatra 1917-10-14
Romeo and Juliet 1916-10-19

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