Fritz Weaver, the veteran of Broadway and the big screen who won a Tony Award and stood out in such films as Fail-Safe and The Day of the Dolphin, has passed away. He was 90.
Weaver died November 26 at home in Manhattan, The New York Times reported.
Weaver received his Tony in 1970 for his performance as strict Catholic boarding school teacher Jerome Malley in Robert Marasco's long-running thriller Child's Play.
The 6-foot-3 Pittsburgh native made his Broadway debut in 1955's "The Chalk Garden," for which he landed his first Tony nomination. He also played Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 musical "Baker Street" and appeared in such productions as the 1962 musical "All-American," Alan Ayckbourn’s 1974 comedy "Absurd Person Singular" and Lanford Wilson's "Angels Fall" in 1982.
