Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades.
Landau's career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a key supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He became known for his regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, both of which he starred in opposite his wife, Barbara Bain. Landau was nominated for an Academy Award twice before winning it for his supporting role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994). He also won three Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for six Primetime Emmys during his career.
He was the father, with Bain, of Juliet Landau.
TV Tropes filmography:
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Films
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- North By Northwest (1959)
- Cleopatra (1963)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- Meteor (1979)
- Without Warning (1980)
- The Return (1980)
- Alone in the Dark (1982)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Firehead (1991)
- Sliver (1993)
- 12:01 PM (1993)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- City Hall (1996)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999)
- The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
- Rounders (1998)
- EDtv (1999)
- Ready to Rumble (2000)
- The Majestic (2001)
- Hollywood Homicide (2003)
- City of Ember (2008)
- 9 (2009, voice)
- Frankenweenie (2012, voice)
- Entourage (2015)
TV series
- The Twilight Zone (1959, 1964; episodes "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" and "The Jeopardy Room")
- The Outer Limits (1963–1964, episodes "The Man Who Was Never Born" and "The Bellero Shield")
- Mission: Impossible (1966–1969)
- Columbo, episode "Double Shock" (1973)
- Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
- The Twilight Zone (1985) (1985, episode "The Beacon")
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1995-1996)
- Without a Trace (2004–2009, 5 episodes)
- Entourage (2006–2008, 4 episodes)
- The Simpsons (2011, episode "The Great Simpsina", voice)
