Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor.
His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a 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. Landau was nominated for an Academy Award twice before winning it for his supporting role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994).
He was the father of Juliet Landau.
Films with pages on TV Tropes:
- 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 with pages on TV Tropes:
- The Twilight Zone (1959) (1959, 1964; episodes "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" and "The Jeopardy Room")
- The Twilight Zone (1985) (1985, episode "The Beacon")
- 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)
- 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)
