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Bagdad

as Emir

1949
To the Ends of the Earth

as Binda Sha

1948
Inner Sanctum

as Dr. Valonius

1948
Another Part of the Forest

as Col. Isham

1948
Adventures of Casanova

as D'Anneci

1948
Bells of San Angelo

as Padre

1947
The Web

as Leopold Kroner

1947
Dangerous Venture

as Chief Xeoli

1947
The Spanish Main

as Bishop

1945
The Cisco Kid Returns

as The Padre

1945
Cry of the Werewolf

as Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited)

1944
First Comes Courage

as Dr. Aanrud

1943
Aloma of the South Seas

as High Priest

1941
They Made Her a Spy

as Dr. Krull

1939
Pack Up Your Troubles

as Pierre Ferrand

1939
The Great Garrick

as Horatio in 'Hamlet'

1937
Under Southern Stars

as Stonewall Jackson

1937
The Story of Louis Pasteur

as Dr. Charbonnet

1936
Hearts in Bondage

as Capt. John Ericsson

1936
A Tale of Two Cities

as Gaspard

1935
Cleopatra

as Caesar

1917
Fritz Leiber Fritz Leiber

Birthday

1882-01-29

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.
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