Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1882-01-29
Deathday: 1949-10-14 (67 years old)

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

all 55

Movies 55

Leopold Kroner
The Web

The Web (1947)

Movie
Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Movie
Evangelist (uncredited)
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street (1945)

Movie
6
Judge (uncredited)
Youth Runs Wild

Youth Runs Wild (1944)

Movie
Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)
Cry of the Werewolf

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Movie
Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
Crossroads

Crossroads (1942)

Movie
Dr. Weilander
Gateway

Gateway (1938)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1882-01-29

Deathday
1949-10-14 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States

Children
Fritz Leiber

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Fritz Lieber, Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr.

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