Martin Landau
- Acting
- June 20, 1928 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- July 15, 2017
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
Filmography
- Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph · Commander John Koenig
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line · Self
- Prisoners in Space · Commander Koenig
- Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit · Self
- Without Ward
- Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood · Self
- Love, Antosha · Self
- Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game · Abe
- The Red Maple Leaf · Bernard Florence
- A Fighting Chance · Martin Kramer
- Remember · Max Rosenbaum
- Entourage · Bob Ryan
- Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs · Rulon Jeffs
- Meir's Festival · Self
- Anna Nicole · J. Howard Marshall
- Frankenweenie · Mr. Rzykruski (Voice)
- Have a Little Faith · Rabbi Albert Lewis
- Woody Allen: A Documentary · Self
- Mysteria · Hotel Manager
- Teenage Paparazzo · Self
- The Return of Victor Bergman · Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
- Ivory · Leon Spencer
- A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics · Self
- Lovely, Still · Robert, Executive producer
- A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers · Self
- 9 · #2 (Voice)
- Billy: The Early Years · Old Charles Templeton
- City of Ember · Sul
- David & Fatima · Rabbi Schmulic
- In Plain Sight · Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi
- Harrison Montgomery · Harrison Montgomery
- Brando · Self
- An Existential Affair · The Wedding Doctor
- The Evidence · Dr. Sol Goldman
- Hollywood's Greatest Villains · Self
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool · Self
- James Dean: Sense Memories · Self
- The Aryan Couple · Joseph Krauzenberg
- Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% · Self
- Ed Wood: Making Bela · Self / Bela Lugosi
- Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood · Self
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild · Self
- Entourage · Bob Ryan
- Cary Grant: A Class Apart · Self
- Wake · Older Sebastian Riven
- The Commission · Sen. Richard Russell
- Hollywood Homicide · Jerry Duran
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- Without a Trace · Frank Malone
- Shanghai Ghetto · Narrator
- The Majestic · Harry Trimble
- Contender: Mastering the Method · Self
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored · Self
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood · Self
- Haven · Papa Gruber
- Haven · Papa Gruber
- In the Beginning · Abraham
- Shiner · Frank Spedding
- Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' · Self
- Very Mean Men · Mr. White
- Ready to Rumble · Sal Bandini
- Sleepy Hollow · Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio · Geppetto
- Bonanno: A Godfather's Story · Joseph Bonanno, age 94
- The Joyriders · Gordon Trout
- EDtv · Al
- Carlo's Wake · Carlo Torello
- Rounders · Abe Petrovsky
- The X-Files · Kurtzweil
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · Self
- The Elevator · Roy Tilden
- Steve McQueen: The King of Cool · Self
- Merry Christmas, George Bailey · Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
- The Long Way Home · Voice
- Legend of the Spirit Dog · Storyteller
- B.A.P.S · Mr. Donald Blakemore
- E! True Hollywood Story
- The Adventures of Pinocchio · Geppetto
- City Hall · Judge Walter Stern
- Joseph · Jacob