Fritz Leiber

Also known as Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr.

American actor (1882–1949)

Person · Open Library

Born: 24 Dec 1910
Died: 5 Sep 1992
Works: 347

Top works

Histoires de Robots
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957; Featuring *Visit to a Small Planet*
Horror Gems, Volume Fourteen, Manly Banister and Others (Volume 14)
Time untamed
Feast of Fear

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Film & TV

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Known for

Devil's Doorway — Mr. Poole1950
Bagdad — Emir1949
Song of India — Nanaram1949
Bride of Vengeance — Filippo1949
Samson and Delilah — Lord Sharif1949
Inner Sanctum — Dr. Valonius1948
To the Ends of the Earth — Binda Sha1948
Adventures of Casanova — D'Anneci1948
Another Part of the Forest — Col. Isham1948
The Web — Leopold Kroner1947

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Listeners: 249
Total plays: 1,546

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also an expert chess player and a champion fencer. Possibly his greatest chess accomplishment was winning clear first in the 1958 Santa Monica Open. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fritz+Leiber">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Fritz
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chicago
Place of death: Los Angeles
Child: Fritz Leiber
Occupation: theatrical director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Notable work: Phantom of the Opera
Image: Fritz-Leiber-1930.jpg

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place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category: Fritz Leiber
date of birth: 1882-01-31
date of death: 1949-10-14
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
writing language: English language
name in native language: Fritz Leiber Sr.
start of work period: 1916-00-00
end of work period: 1950-00-00

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