The comic actor played Kennedy in a mini series, The Kennedy’s of Massachusetts (1990), based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga. It earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Entertainment Weekly gave the series an A- and had high praise for the actors who played the main characters in the series, Joe and Rose Kennedy, but did not give a mention to Weber.