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Martin Landau

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 20, 1928 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

Acting
2025Prisoners in SpaceCommander Koenig
2025Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of OrbitSelf
2022Without Ward
2020Tinsel - The Lost Movie About HollywoodSelf
2019Love, AntoshaSelf (archive footage)
2018Abe & Phil's Last Poker GameAbe
2017The Red Maple LeafBernard Florence
2016A Fighting ChanceMartin Kramer
2015EntourageBob Ryan
2015RememberMax Rosenbaum
2014Outlaw Prophet: Warren JeffsRulon Jeffs
2013Meir's FestivalSelf
2013Anna NicoleJ. Howard Marshall
2012FrankenweenieMr. Rzykruski (voice)
2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
2011MysteriaHotel Manager
2011Have a Little FaithRabbi Albert Lewis
2010Teenage PaparazzoSelf
2010IvoryLeon Spencer
2010The Return of Victor BergmanCommander John Koenig (archive footage)
20099#2 (voice)
2009Lovely, StillRobert
2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of ThrillersSelf
2009A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of EpicsSelf
2008City of EmberSul
2008Billy: The Early YearsOld Charles Templeton
2008David & FatimaRabbi Schmulic
2008Harrison MontgomeryHarrison Montgomery
2008In Plain SightJoseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi
2007BrandoSelf
2006An Existential AffairThe Wedding Doctor
2006The EvidenceDr. Sol Goldman
2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf
2005James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf
2005Hollywood's Greatest VillainsSelf
2004The Aryan CoupleJoseph Krauzenberg
2004Cary Grant: A Class ApartSelf
2004Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%Self
2004Ed Wood: Making BelaSelf / Bela Lugosi
2004Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildSelf
2004EntourageBob Ryan
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
2003WakeOlder Sebastian Riven
2003Hollywood HomicideJerry Duran
2003The CommissionSen. Richard Russell
2002Shanghai GhettoNarrator
2002Without a TraceFrank Malone
2001The MajesticHarry Trimble
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf
2001HavenPapa Gruber
2001Contender: Mastering the MethodSelf
2001Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf
2000Ready to RumbleSal Bandini
2000ShinerFrank Spedding
2000Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'Self
2000Very Mean MenMr. White
2000In the BeginningAbraham
1999EDtvAl
1999Carlo's WakeCarlo Torello
1999The JoyridersGordon Trout
1999Sleepy HollowPeter Van Garrett (uncredited)
1999The New Adventures of PinocchioGeppetto
1999Bonanno: A Godfather's StoryJoseph Bonanno, age 94
1998RoundersAbe Petrovsky
1998The X-FilesKurtzweil
1998The ElevatorRoy Tilden
1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sSelf
1998Steve McQueen: The King of CoolSelf
1997B.A.P.SMr. Donald Blakemore
1997The Long Way Home(voice)
1997Merry Christmas, George BaileyPa Bailey / Mr. Potter
1997Legend of the Spirit DogStoryteller
1996The Adventures of PinocchioGeppetto
1996City HallJudge Walter Stern
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995JosephJacob
1995JosephJacob
1994Ed WoodBela Lugosi
1994IntersectionNeal
1994Time is MoneyMac
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994Spider-ManMac Gargan / Scorpion (voice)
1994Spider-ManScorpion (voice)
1993SliverAlex Parsons
199312:01Dr. Thadius Moxley
1993Eye of the StrangerMayor Howard Bains
1992MistressJack Roth
1992No Place to HideFrank McCoy
1992Legacy of Lies
1992Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz StoryJerry Gertz
1991FireheadAdm. Pendleton
1991Secrets of the UnknownNarrator
1991Echoes That RemainNarrator (voice)
1990By Dawn's Early LightPresident
1990Paint It BlackDaniel Lambert
1990The Color of EveningMax Loeb
1990Max and HelenSimon Wiesenthal
1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsJudah Rosenthal
1989The Neon EmpireMax
1989The SimpsonsThe Great Raymondo (voice)
1989The Neon EmpireMax
1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamAbe
1988Run If You CanMalvani
1988Real BulletsSallini
1987Empire StateChuck
1987CycloneBosarian
1987Sweet RevengeCicero
1987W.A.R.: Women Against RapeJudge Shaw
1987The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanLyle Stenning
1987Delta FeverBud
1987Lethal VictimsJudge Shaw
1986Kung Fu: The MovieJohn Martin Perkins III
1986Treasure IslandThe Captain
1986Blacke's Magic
1985The Twilight ZoneWilliam Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon")
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWallace Garrison
1984Access CodeAgency Head
1984Murder, She WroteAl Drake
1983The BeingGarson Jones
1983Trial by Terror
1983Buffalo BillHayden Stone
1982Journey Through the Black SunCommander John Koenig
1982Cosmic PrincessCommander John Koenig
1982Alone in the DarkByron "Preacher" Sutcliff
1982Hotel
1982Matt Houston
1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's IslandJ.J. Pierson
1980Without WarningFred 'Sarge' Dobbs
1980Alien AttackCommander John Koenig
1980The ReturnNiles Buchanan
1979MeteorGeneral Adlon
1979The Death of Ocean View ParkTom Flood
1979The Fall of the House of UsherRoderick Usher
1979The Last WordCaptain Garrity
1978Destination Moonbase-AlphaCommander John Koenig
1977Aliens from Spaceship EarthSelf
1976Shadows in an Empty RoomDr. George Tracer
1975Space: 1999John Koenig
1975Space: 1999John Koenig
1973SavagePaul Savage
1972Black GunnCapelli
1972Welcome Home, Johnny BristolJohnny Bristol
1971A Town Called BastardThe Colonel
1971ColumboDexter Paris / Norman Paris
1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Logan Sharpe
1970Operation SnafuJoe Mellone
1969The Mama Cass Television ProgramSelf
1969Mission: Impossible vs. the MobRollin Hard
1969Mission: Impossible - The BunkerRollin Hand
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
1967Mission: Impossible - The SlaveRollin Hand
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest / Various Characters
1966Nevada SmithJesse Coe
1966Mission: Impossible - Old Man OutRollin Hand
1966Mission: ImpossibleRollin Hand
1966Mission: ImpossibleRollin Hand / General Rio Dominguez
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldCaiaphas
1965The Hallelujah TrailChief Walks-Stooped-Over
1965I SpyDanny Preston
1965The Wild Wild West
1965The Big ValleyMariano Montoya
1965BrandedEdwin Booth
1965Get SmartMaxwell Smart (uncredited)
1964The Ghost of Sierra de CobreNelson Orion
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Count Ladislaus Zark
1963CleopatraRufio
1963Decision at Midnight
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
1963Mr. NovakVictor Rand
1963The Outer LimitsAndro
1963The Outer LimitsRichard Bellero
1963Mr. NovakRobert Coolidge
1962Stagecoach to Dancers' RockDade Coleman
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourNed Murray
1961The DefendersDr. Daniel Orren
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1960The GazeboThe Duke
1960The IslandersArnie
1960The Tall Man
1960Outlaws
1960Tate
1959North by NorthwestLeonard
1959Pork Chop HillLt. Marshall
1959Johnny Staccato
1959The Twilight ZoneDan Hotaling
1959The Twilight ZoneMajor Ivan Kuchenko
1959The Lawless Years
1959Adventures in ParadiseSacheveral Sackett
1959The Detectives
1959Johnny RingoWes Tymon
1959The UntouchablesJerry Fanning
1959The UntouchablesLarry Coombs
1959Adventures in ParadiseMiller
1959BonanzaEmeliano
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveKhorba
1958The Rifleman
1958Lawman
1957MaverickMike Manning
1955GunsmokeThorp
1955GunsmokeBritton
1953General Electric TheaterApache Indian
1953The OscarsSelf
1952OmnibusJokanaan / John the Baptist
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
Production
2009Lovely, StillExecutive Producer