Martin Landau

Acting · Born 1928-06-20 in 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…

Filmography

• North by Northwest as Leonard
• Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi
• Rounders as Abe Petrovsky
• Joseph as Jakob
• Crimes and Misdemeanors as Judah Rosenthal
• Cleopatra as Rufio
• 9 as #2 (voice)
• Frankenweenie as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
• Sleepy Hollow as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
• Remember as Max Rosenbaum

TV

• Columbo as Dexter Paris / Norman Paris
• Spider-Man as Mac Gargan / Scorpion (voice)
• The Simpsons as The Great Raymondo (voice)
• The Twilight Zone as William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon")
• The Twilight Zone as Dan Hotaling
• The Twilight Zone as Major Ivan Kuchenko
• The Outer Limits as Andro
• The Untouchables as Jerry Fanning
• The Untouchables as Larry Coombs
• The Outer Limits as Richard Bellero