Martin Landau

Born: 1928-06-20 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2017-07-15

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2019

Love, Antosha as Self (archive footage)

2018

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game as Abe

2017

The Red Maple Leaf as Bernard Florence

2016

A Fighting Chance as Martin Kramer

2015

Entourage as Bob Ryan
Remember as Max Rosenbaum

2014

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs as Rulon Jeffs

2013

Meir's Festival as Self
Anna Nicole as J. Howard Marshall

2012

Frankenweenie as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
Have a Little Faith as Rabbi Albert Lewis
Mysteria as Hotel Manager

2010

Teenage Paparazzo as Self
The Return of Victor Bergman as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
Ivory as Leon Spencer

2009

9 as #2 (voice)
Lovely, Still as Robert
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers as Self

2008

In Plain Sight as Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi
City of Ember as Sul
Billy: The Early Years as Old Charles Templeton
Harrison Montgomery as Harrison Montgomery
David & Fatima as Rabbi Schmulic

2007

Brando as Self

2006

The Evidence as Dr. Sol Goldman
An Existential Affair as The Wedding Doctor

2005

Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
James Dean: Sense Memories as Self

2004

Entourage as Bob Ryan
Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% as Self
The Aryan Couple as Joseph Krauzenberg
Ed Wood: Making Bela as Self / Bela Lugosi

2003

Hollywood Homicide as Jerry Duran
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
Wake as Older Sebastian Riven
The Commission as Sen. Richard Russell

2002

Without a Trace as Frank Malone
Shanghai Ghetto as Narrator

2001

The Majestic as Harry Trimble
Haven as Papa Gruber
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Self
Contender: Mastering the Method as Self
Haven as Papa Gruber

2000

Ready to Rumble as Sal Bandini
In the Beginning as Abraham
Shiner as Frank Spedding
Very Mean Men as Mr. White
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' as Self

1999

Sleepy Hollow as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
EDtv as Al
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story as Joseph Bonanno, age 94
The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Geppetto
The Joyriders as Gordon Trout
Carlo's Wake as Carlo Torello

1998

The X-Files as Kurtzweil
Rounders as Abe Petrovsky
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
The Elevator as Roy Tilden

1997

B.A.P.S as Mr. Donald Blakemore
The Long Way Home as (voice)
Merry Christmas, George Bailey as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
Legend of the Spirit Dog as Storyteller

1996

E! True Hollywood Story
City Hall as Judge Walter Stern
The Adventures of Pinocchio as Geppetto

1995

Joseph as Jacob
Joseph as Jacob

1994

Spider-Man as Mac Gargan / Scorpion (voice)
Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi
Intersection as Neal
Inside the Actors Studio as Self
Time is Money as Mac

1993

Sliver as Alex Parsons
12:01 as Dr. Thadius Moxley
Eye of the Stranger as Mayor Howard Bains

1992

No Place to Hide as Frank McCoy
Mistress as Jack Roth
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Jerry Gertz
Legacy of Lies

1991

Secrets of the Unknown as Narrator
Firehead as Adm. Pendleton
Echoes That Remain as Narrator (voice)

1990

By Dawn's Early Light as President
The Color of Evening as Max Loeb
Max and Helen as Simon Wiesenthal
Paint It Black as Daniel Lambert

1989

The Simpsons as The Great Raymondo (voice)
Crimes and Misdemeanors as Judah Rosenthal
The Neon Empire as Max
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief as Self
The Neon Empire as Max

1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Abe
Real Bullets as Sallini
Run If You Can as Malvani

1987

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Lyle Stenning
Delta Fever as Bud
Sweet Revenge as Cicero
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape as Judge Shaw
Cyclone as Bosarian
Empire State as Chuck
Lethal Victims as Judge Shaw

1986

Blacke's Magic
Kung Fu: The Movie as John Martin Perkins III
Treasure Island as The Captain

1985

The Twilight Zone as William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon")
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Wallace Garrison

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Al Drake
Access Code as Agency Head

1983

Buffalo Bill as Hayden Stone
The Being as Garson Jones
Trial by Terror

1982

Hotel as Russell Slocum
Matt Houston
Alone in the Dark as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff
Journey Through the Black Sun as Commander John Koenig
Cosmic Princess as Commander John Koenig

1981

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as J.J. Pierson

1980

Without Warning as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs
The Return as Niles Buchanan
Alien Attack as Commander John Koenig

1979

Meteor as General Adlon
The Death of Ocean View Park as Tom Flood
The Fall of the House of Usher as Roderick Usher
The Last Word as Captain Garrity

1978

Destination Moonbase-Alpha as Commander John Koenig

1977

Aliens from Spaceship Earth as Self

1976

Shadows in an Empty Room as Dr. George Tracer

1975

Space: 1999 as John Koenig
Space: 1999 as John Koenig

1973

Savage as Paul Savage

1972

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Johnny Bristol
Black Gunn as Capelli

1971

Columbo as Dexter Paris / Norman Paris
A Town Called Bastard as The Colonel

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Logan Sharpe
Operation Snafu as Joe Mellone

1969

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob as Rollin Hard
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker as Rollin Hand
The Mama Cass Television Program as Self

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
Mission: Impossible - The Slave as Rollin Hand

1966

Mission: Impossible as Rollin Hand
Nevada Smith as Jesse Coe
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out as Rollin Hand

1965

Get Smart as Maxwell Smart (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West as General Grimm
The Big Valley as Mariano Montoya
I Spy as Danny Preston
Branded as Edwin Booth
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Caiaphas
The Hallelujah Trail as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Count Ladislaus Zark
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre as Nelson Orion

1963

The Outer Limits as Andro
Mr. Novak as Victor Rand
The Greatest Show on Earth
Cleopatra as Rufio
Decision at Midnight as Nils

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Ned Murray
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock as Dade Coleman

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
The Defenders as Dr. Daniel Orren

1960

Outlaws
The Tall Man
The Islanders as Arnie
Tate
Special for Women as The Accused

1959

Bonanza as Emeliano
The Twilight Zone as Dan Hotaling
The Untouchables as Jerry Fanning
Adventures in Paradise as Sacheveral Sackett
The Detectives
Johnny Ringo as Wes Tymon
North by Northwest as Leonard
The Lawless Years
Johnny Staccato
Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Marshall
The Gazebo as The Duke

1958

The Rifleman
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Khorba
Lawman as Bob Ford

1957

Maverick as Mike Manning

1955

Gunsmoke as Thorp

1953

The Oscars as Self
General Electric Theater as Apache Indian

1952

Omnibus as Jokanaan / John the Baptist

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee