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Fritz Leiber is a Actor American born on 29 january 1882 at Chicago (USA)

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber
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Birth name Fritz Reuter Leiber (Sr.)
Nationality USA
Birth 29 january 1882 at Chicago (USA)
Death 14 october 1949 (at 67 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

This article refers to the actor. For his son, the science fiction writer, see Fritz Leiber.


Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. (January 31, 1882 – October 14, 1949), 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.

Biography

En 1902, Fritz Leiber débute comme acteur au théâtre, s'illustrant plus particulièrement, au long de sa carrière, dans le répertoire de William Shakespeare. Entre 1909 et 1933, il joue à Broadway, où il est également metteur en scène et producteur.

Au cinéma, il apparaît d'abord dans six films muets, de 1916 à 1921 (son premier film est une adaptation du Roméo et Juliette de Shakespeare, où il joue Mercutio). En raison de ses activités au théâtre, il délaisse ensuite le cinéma, auquel il ne revient qu'après l'avènement du parlant. Il participe alors à cinquante-six films, entre 1935 et 1949, année de sa mort (son dernier film, La Porte du diable, sort en 1950).

Il se marie avec l'actrice de théâtre Virginia Bronson (1885-1970) (anglaise d'origine), aux côtés de laquelle il joue Shakespeare à plusieurs reprises, tant à Broadway qu'en tournée aux États-Unis, au sein de la compagnie théâtrale de Robert B. Mantell. De leur union nait Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (portant le même nom que son père), connu comme Fritz Leiber, acteur et écrivain de science-fiction. Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr., lui-même fondateur en 1929 de sa propre compagnie théâtrale (« Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society »), joue plusieurs fois au théâtre aux côtés de son fils, ainsi que dans deux films, Le Grand Garrick (1937) et Le Traquenard (1947).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fritz Leiber (53 films)

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Actor

Devil's Doorway, 1h24
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson, James Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Mr. Poole
Rating71% 3.593073.593073.593073.593073.59307
The Civil War may be over back East, but prejudice still rules the West. A full-blooded Shoshone Indian named Lance Poole distinguished himself in the war, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor, only to return home to Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to something a far cry from a hero's welcome.
Samson and Delilah, 2h11
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Roles Lord Sharif
Rating67% 3.396123.396123.396123.396123.39612
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
Bagdad
Bagdad (1949)
, 1h22
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hubschmid, Maureen O'Hara, Vincent Price, Frank Puglia, John Sutton, Fritz Leiber
Roles Emir
Rating53% 2.6660252.6660252.6660252.6660252.666025
À la fin de ses études en Angleterre, la princesse Marjane revient dans son pays où elle découvre son père assassiné par l'organisation des « Burnous noirs ». Elle porte ses soupçons sur le prince Ahmed Kabar mais en tombe amoureuse...
Inner Sanctum, 1h2
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Actors Mary Beth Hughes, Charles Russell, Billy House, Fritz Leiber, Nana Bryant, Lee Patrick
Roles Dr. Valonius
Rating59% 2.9923452.9923452.9923452.9923452.992345
Inner Sanctum is a movie about a murderer who is on the run and hiding out in a small town. Unbeknownst to him, he is not only hiding in the same boarding house as the only witness to his crime, he is sharing the same room.
To the Ends of the Earth, 1h49
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films
Actors Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Ludwig Donath, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, Edgar Barrier, John Hoyt
Roles Binda Sha
Rating68% 3.435563.435563.435563.435563.43556
In 1935, United States Narcotics Agent Michael Barrows (Powell) is assigned to find an unidentified freighter suspected of smuggling drugs. When he and the Coast Guard spot it along the California coast, they give chase. Barrows watches helplessly through binoculars as the freighter captain has about a hundred chained slave laborers thrown overboard to drown. The ship escapes by passing beyond the 12 mile limit and entering international waters. Horrified by what he has seen, Barrows determines to smash the narcotics ring - traveling "to the ends of the Earth" if need be - without first clearing it with his boss, Commissioner H. J. Anslinger (played by the real Harry J. Anslinger).
Another Part of the Forest, 1h47
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Dan Duryea, Edmond O'Brien, Ann Blyth, John Dall
Roles Col. Isham
Rating72% 3.635233.635233.635233.635233.63523
Set in the fictional town of Bowden, Alabama in June 1880, the plot focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to prominence. Patriarch Marcus Hubbard was born into poverty and toiled at menial labor while teaching himself Greek philosophy and the basics of business acumen. He ultimately made his fortune by exploiting his fellow Southerners during the American Civil War. Shrewd, amoral elder son Benjamin is plotting to usurp his father's power and steal his money by revealing a dark secret from his days as a war profiteer. Younger son Oscar, a Ku Klux Klan supporter, lusts for whore Laurette Sincee rather than penniless neighbor Birdie Bagtry, who desperately is looking for a loan on her family's valuable land, a situation Benjamin hopes to exploit. Regina is the sexually active daughter who wants to live in Chicago with Birdie's brother, former Confederate officer John Bagtry, a move discouraged by her father, who has a disturbingly unnatural closeness to the girl. When all his offspring turn on Marcus in one way or another, their mother Lavinia - the only one in the household with any sense of morality - tells her vicious children she hopes never to see them again.
Humoresque
Humoresque (1947)
, 2h5
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Chandler, Peggy Knudsen
Roles Hagerstrom
Rating72% 3.646753.646753.646753.646753.64675
In New York City, a performance by noted violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield) is cancelled. At his apartment, Boray is at rock bottom emotionally. His manager Frederic Bauer (Richard Gaines) is angry with him for misunderstanding what a performing career would be like, and for thinking that music is no longer part of his life. To the more sympathetic Sid Jeffers (Oscar Levant), Boray says he has always wanted to do the right thing, but has always been "on the outside, looking in," and cannot "get back to that happy kid" he once was.
Monsieur Verdoux, 2h4
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martha Raye, William Frawley, Charlie Chaplin, Isobel Elsom, Edna Purviance, Fritz Leiber
Roles Father Fareaux
Rating77% 3.898673.898673.898673.898673.89867
Henri Verdoux had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off. To support his wife and child, he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows. The Couvais family becomes suspicious when Thelma Couvais draws all her money and disappears, only two weeks after marrying a man named "Varnay", whom they only know through a photograph. As Verdoux (Chaplin) prepares to sell the residence of the murdered Thelma, widowed Marie Grosnay visits the residence. Verdoux sees her as another "business" opportunity and attempts to charm her, but she refuses. In the following weeks, Verdoux has a flower girl repeatedly send Grosnay flowers. In need of money to invest, Verdoux, as M. Floray, visits widow Lydia Floray (Hoffman), who complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long. That night, Verdoux murders her for her money.
Bells of San Angelo, 1h18
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Dale Evans, John McGuire, Fritz Leiber, Olaf Hytten
Roles Padre
Rating56% 2.8033952.8033952.8033952.8033952.803395
Roy is a "Border Inspector" ever on the alert for smuggling silver between Mexico and the United States. Roy's Mexican friends have told him that one of their own has important information about a silver mine on the American side of the border, but their contact is shot and killed by the mine guards. Before shooting him they plant a piece of ore containing a high level of silver on his body.
The Web
The Web (1947)
, 1h27
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber
Roles Leopold Kroner
Rating70% 3.542773.542773.542773.542773.54277
Leopold Kroner (Fritz Leiber, Sr.), formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby (Price), claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby's study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around, pointing the gun at him.
Dangerous Venture, 59minutes
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Fritz Leiber, Harry Cording, Francis McDonald
Roles Chief Xeoli
Rating61% 3.0963253.0963253.0963253.0963253.096325
This script must be run from the command line
Angel on My Shoulder, 1h40
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Erskine Sanford, Onslow Stevens, James Flavin
Roles Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3960153.3960153.3960153.3960153.396015
After his release from prison, gangster Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni) is killed by his partner in crime, Smiley Williams (Hardie Albright). Kagle ends up in Hell, where "Nick" (Claude Rains) offers him a chance to escape hell and avenge his own death in exchange for help with a problem. Kagle looks exactly like Judge Frederick Parker, an upright man who is causing Nick distress because he is entirely too honest. Nick fears that Parker may cause him more anxiety in future, as he is running for governor of his state. Nick wants to destroy Parker's reputation and Kagle readily agrees to have his soul transferred into Parker's body.
A Scandal in Paris, 1h40
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis, Akim Tamiroff, Gene Lockhart, Alma Kruger
Roles Painter
Rating65% 3.2930853.2930853.2930853.2930853.293085
The rogue (George Sanders) who would later call himself Eugène François Vidocq is born in a prison cell, the twelfth child of a woman who steals a loaf of bread each time she needs shelter to give birth. As the boy grows into a man, he is constantly in and out of jail. As the story begins, he and his cutpurse cellmate and associate, Emile Vernet (Akim Tamiroff), escape using a file hidden in a birthday cake provided by Vernet's aunt Ernestine.