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Fritz Leiber
Data de nascimento:
29/01/1882
Local de nascimento:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Data de falecimento:
14/10/1949
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.
Filmes em que atuou
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Devil's Doorway (1950)- 7.00 ★Mr. Poole
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Bagdad (1949)- 5.90 ★Emir
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Song of India (1949)- 4.70 ★Nanaram
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Sansão e Dalila (1949)- 6.50 ★Lord Sharif
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O Veneno dos Bórgias (1949)- 4.50 ★Filippo
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To the Ends of the Earth (1948)- 5.60 ★Binda Sha
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Inner Sanctum (1948)- 5.00 ★Dr. Valonius
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Adventures of Casanova (1948)- 5.00 ★D'Anneci
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Another Part of the Forest (1948)- 7.60 ★Col. Isham
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Uma Aventura Arriscada (1947)- 7.00 ★Leopold Kroner
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Os Sinos de Santo Angelo (1947)- 4.50 ★Padre
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Justiça do Gatilho (1947)- 0.00 ★Chief Xeoli
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)- 7.80 ★Father Fareaux
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Acordes do Coração (1947)- 7.10 ★Hagerstrom
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High Conquest (1947)- 0.00 ★Priest
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A Scandal in Paris (1946)- 6.20 ★Painter
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Strange Journey (1946)- 6.00 ★Prof. Jenner
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Eu e o Sr. Satã (1946)- 6.35 ★Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
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The Spanish Main (1945)- 6.25 ★Bishop
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This Love of Ours (1945)- 5.70 ★Dr. Bailey
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Almas Perversas (1945)- 7.60 ★Evangelist (uncredited)
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The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)- 8.00 ★The Padre
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Cry of the Werewolf (1944)- 4.30 ★Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)
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Mulher Cobra (1944)- 5.10 ★
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Youth Runs Wild (1944)- 4.20 ★Judge (uncredited)
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O Fantasma da Ópera (1943)- 6.20 ★Franz Liszt
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First Comes Courage (1943)- 6.60 ★Dr. Aanrud
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Sua Excia. O Réu (1942)- 5.94 ★Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
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Aloma, A Virgem Prometida (1941)- 5.70 ★High Priest
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Lady with Red Hair (1940)- 6.50 ★Mr. Foster
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Tudo Isto, e o Céu Também (1940)- 7.30 ★Abbe Gallard
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O Gavião do Mar (1940)- 7.14 ★Inquisitor
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The Way of All Flesh (1940)- 4.00 ★Max
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O Corcunda de Notre Dame (1939)- 7.20 ★Old Nobleman
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They Made Her a Spy (1939)- 6.00 ★Dr. Krull
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Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)- 6.40 ★Sadi Kirschen
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Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)- 6.20 ★Pierre Ferrand
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Gateway (1938)- 6.50 ★Dr. Weilander
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Flight Into Nowhere (1938)- 4.00 ★Ti-Ana
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The Jury's Secret (1938)- 3.00 ★John Morrow
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O Príncipe e o Mendigo (1937)- 6.76 ★Father Andrew
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O Grande Garrick (1937)- 5.90 ★Horatio in 'Hamlet'
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Champagne Waltz (1937)- 0.00 ★Franz Strauss
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The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)- 6.80 ★Dr. Charbonnet
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Hearts in Bondage (1936)- 4.50 ★Capt. John Ericsson
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Sins of Man (1936)- 0.00 ★Father Prior
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Adversidade (1936)- 5.70 ★Ouvrard
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)- 6.80 ★Gaspard
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The Queen of Sheba (1921)- 0.00 ★King Solomon
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If I Were King (1920)- 0.00 ★Louis XI
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The Song of the Soul (1920)- 0.00 ★Jerry Wendover
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Cleópatra (1917)- 3.80 ★Caesar
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Romeo and Juliet (1916)- 0.00 ★Mercutio