Martin Landau

Biography

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999. Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his performance in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Leonard

North by Northwest

Alex Parsons

Sliver

Self

Teenage Paparazzo

Bela Lugosi

Ed Wood

Abe Petrovsky

Rounders

Kurtzweil

The X-Files

Jakob

Joseph

Caiaphas

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Joseph Krauzenberg

The Aryan Couple

President

By Dawn's Early Light

Harry Trimble

The Majestic

Sal Bandini

Ready to Rumble

Jesse Coe

Nevada Smith

Al

EDtv

Judah Rosenthal

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

The Hallelujah Trail

Rufio

Cleopatra

#2 (voice)

9

Decision at Midnight

Self

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Logan Sharpe

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Abe

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Sul

City of Ember

General Adlon

Meteor

Frank Spedding

Shiner

Adm. Pendleton

Firehead

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Frankenweenie

Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

Without Warning

Chuck

Empire State

Neal

Intersection

Mr. Donald Blakemore

B.A.P.S

The Colonel

A Town Called Bastard

John Martin Perkins III

Kung Fu: The Movie

Dr. Thadius Moxley

12:01

Geppetto

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Robert

Lovely, Still

Self

Meir's Festival

Jack Roth

Mistress

Bosarian

Cyclone

Narrator

Shanghai Ghetto

Garson Jones

The Being

Dr. George Tracer

Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta

Frank McCoy

No Place to Hide

Commander John Koenig

Alien Attack

Commander John Koenig

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

Hotel Manager

Mysteria

Commander John Koenig

Journey Through the Black Sun

Capelli

Black Gunn

Rabbi Albert Lewis

Have a Little Faith

Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Commander John Koenig

Cosmic Princess

Daniel Lambert

Paint It Black

Carlo Torello

Carlo's Wake

Cicero

Sweet Revenge

Niles Buchanan

The Return

Paul Savage

Savage

Self

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Gordon Trout

The Joyriders

(voice)

The Long Way Home

Without Ward

Papa Gruber

Haven

Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

Sleepy Hollow

Dade Coleman

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Malvani

Run If You Can

J. Howard Marshall

Anna Nicole

Sallini

Real Bullets

Max

The Neon Empire

Older Sebastian Riven

Wake

Geppetto

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Martin Kramer

A Fighting Chance

Tom Flood

The Death of Ocean View Park

Self

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Agency Head

Access Code

The Duke

The Gazebo

Mayor Howard Bains

Eye of the Stranger

Rulon Jeffs

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

Joe Mellone

Rosolino Paternò, soldato...

Joseph Bonanno, age 94

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Bob Ryan

Entourage

Legacy of Lies

Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Max Rosenbaum

Remember

Leon Spencer

Ivory

Johnny Bristol

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Judge Walter Stern

City Hall

The Captain

L'Île au trésor

Self

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Old Charles Templeton

Billy: The Early Years

Rabbi Schmulic

David & Fatima

Jerry Duran

Hollywood Homicide

Self

James Dean: Sense Memories

Judge Shaw

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

J.J. Pierson

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Roy Tilden

The Elevator

Narrator

Secrets of the Unknown

Roderick Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher

Self

Brando

Lt. Marshall

Pork Chop Hill

Captain Garrity

The Last Word

Self

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Narrator (voice)

Echoes That Remain

Mr. White

Very Mean Men

Storyteller

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Abe

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

Self

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

Harrison Montgomery

Harrison Montgomery

Bernard Florence

The Red Maple Leaf

Self

Contender: Mastering the Method

Jerry Gertz

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Trial by Terror

Self

The Mama Cass Television Program

Nelson Orion

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

John Koenig

Spazio: 1999

Self

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

Self

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Self (archive footage)

Love, Antosha

Self

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Max Loeb

The Color of Evening

Lyle Stenning

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Rollin Hard

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Self / Bela Lugosi

Ed Wood: Making Bela

Self

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Self (archive footage)

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Alone in the Dark

Simon Wiesenthal

Max and Helen

Self

TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Mac

Time is Money

Sen. Richard Russell

The Commission

Bud

Delta Fever

Self

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Rollin Hand

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

Rollin Hand

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

The Return of Victor Bergman

Commander Koenig

Prisoners in Space

The Wedding Doctor

An Existential Affair

Self

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Self

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

139

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-06-20

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Martin James Landau