Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/29/1882
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Fritz LieberFritz Reuter Leiber Sr.
Fritz Leiber
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 fan...
Known For
Cleopatra
as Caesar
Samson and Delilah
as Lord Sharif
Bagdad
as Emir
Scarlet Street
as Evangelist (uncredited)
Strange Journey
as Prof. Jenner
Cobra Woman
Unknown Role
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Charbonnet
Dangerous Venture
as Chief Xeoli
The Web
as Leopold Kroner
A Tale of Two Cities
as Gaspard
The Prince and the Pauper
as Father Andrew
Phantom of the Opera
as Franz Liszt
A Scandal in Paris
as Painter
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Old Nobleman
Monsieur Verdoux
as Father Fareaux
Aloma of the South Seas
as High Priest
The Song of the Soul
as Jerry Wendover
High Conquest
as Priest
To the Ends of the Earth
as Binda Sha
Anthony Adverse
as Ouvrard