Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Known for
Acting
Born
June 20, 1928
Died
July 15, 2017 (aged 89)
Birthplace
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 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

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Filmography

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Monty and the Movies poster

Monty and the Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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All About Alfred

All About Alfred

Movie · as Self

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

2026
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph poster

Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph

Movie · as Commander John Koenig

2025
Prisoners in Space poster

Prisoners in Space

Movie · as Commander Koenig

2025
Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit poster

Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Movie · as Self

2022
Without Ward poster

Without Ward

Movie

2020
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood poster

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2019
Love, Antosha poster

Love, Antosha

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game poster

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

Movie · as Abe

2017
The Red Maple Leaf poster

The Red Maple Leaf

Movie · as Bernard Florence

2016
A Fighting Chance

A Fighting Chance

Movie · as Martin Kramer

2015
Entourage poster

Entourage

Movie · as Bob Ryan

2015
Remember poster

Remember

Movie · as Max Rosenbaum

2014
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs poster

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

Movie · as Rulon Jeffs

2013
Meir's Festival

Meir's Festival

Movie · as Self

2013
Anna Nicole poster

Anna Nicole

Movie · as J. Howard Marshall

2012
Frankenweenie poster

Frankenweenie

Movie · as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Movie · as Self

2011
Mysteria poster

Mysteria

Movie · as Hotel Manager

2011
Have a Little Faith poster

Have a Little Faith

Movie · as Rabbi Albert Lewis

2010
Teenage Paparazzo poster

Teenage Paparazzo

Movie · as Self

2010
Ivory poster

Ivory

Movie · as Leon Spencer

2010
The Return of Victor Bergman poster

The Return of Victor Bergman

Movie · as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

2009
9 poster

9

Movie · as #2 (voice)

2009
Lovely, Still poster

Lovely, Still

Movie · as Robert

2009
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers poster

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Movie · as Self

2009
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics poster

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

Movie · as Self

2008
City of Ember poster

City of Ember

Movie · as Sul

2008
Billy: The Early Years poster

Billy: The Early Years

Movie · as Old Charles Templeton

2008
David & Fatima poster

David & Fatima

Movie · as Rabbi Schmulic

2008
Harrison Montgomery poster

Harrison Montgomery

Movie · as Harrison Montgomery

2008
In Plain Sight poster

In Plain Sight

TV · as Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi · 1 ep

2007
Brando poster

Brando

Movie · as Self

2006
An Existential Affair poster

An Existential Affair

Movie · as The Wedding Doctor

2006
The Evidence poster

The Evidence

TV · as Dr. Sol Goldman · 8 eps

2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool poster

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Movie · as Self

2005
James Dean: Sense Memories poster

James Dean: Sense Memories

Movie · as Self

2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains poster

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Movie · as Self

2004
The Aryan Couple poster

The Aryan Couple

Movie · as Joseph Krauzenberg

2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart poster

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Movie · as Self

2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood poster

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% poster

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Movie · as Self

2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela poster

Ed Wood: Making Bela

Movie · as Self / Bela Lugosi

2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Movie · as Self

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Bob Ryan · 4 eps

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2003
Wake poster

Wake

Movie · as Older Sebastian Riven

2003
Hollywood Homicide poster

Hollywood Homicide

Movie · as Jerry Duran

2003
The Commission poster

The Commission

Movie · as Sen. Richard Russell

2002
Shanghai Ghetto poster

Shanghai Ghetto

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Frank Malone · 5 eps

2001
The Majestic poster

The Majestic

Movie · as Harry Trimble

2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2001
Haven poster

Haven

Movie · as Papa Gruber

2001
Contender: Mastering the Method poster

Contender: Mastering the Method

Movie · as Self

2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Movie · as Self

2001
Haven poster

Haven

TV · as Papa Gruber · 2 eps

2000
Ready to Rumble poster

Ready to Rumble

Movie · as Sal Bandini

2000
Shiner poster

Shiner

Movie · as Frank Spedding

2000
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' poster

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Movie · as Self

2000
Very Mean Men poster

Very Mean Men

Movie · as Mr. White

2000
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

TV · as Abraham · 2 eps

1999
EDtv poster

EDtv

Movie · as Al

1999
Carlo's Wake poster

Carlo's Wake

Movie · as Carlo Torello

1999
The Joyriders poster

The Joyriders

Movie · as Gordon Trout

1999
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio poster

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Movie · as Geppetto

1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story poster

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Movie · as Joseph Bonanno Sr.

1998
Rounders poster

Rounders

Movie · as Abe Petrovsky

1998
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

Movie · as Kurtzweil

1998
The Elevator poster

The Elevator

Movie · as Roy Tilden

1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's poster

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Movie · as Self

1998
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Movie · as Self

1997
B.A.P.S poster

B.A.P.S

Movie · as Mr. Donald Blakemore

1997
The Long Way Home poster

The Long Way Home

Movie · as (voice)

1997
Merry Christmas, George Bailey poster

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Movie · as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog poster

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Movie · as Storyteller

1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio poster

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Movie · as Geppetto

1996
City Hall poster

City Hall

Movie · as Judge Walter Stern

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Joseph poster

Joseph

Movie · as Jacob

1995
Joseph poster

Joseph

TV · as Jacob · 2 eps

1994
Ed Wood poster

Ed Wood

Movie · as Bela Lugosi

1994
Intersection poster

Intersection

Movie · as Neal

1994
Time is Money poster

Time is Money

Movie · as Mac

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Mac Gargan / Scorpion (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Sliver poster

Sliver

Movie · as Alex Parsons

1993
12:01 poster

12:01

Movie · as Dr. Thadius Moxley

1993
Eye of the Stranger poster

Eye of the Stranger

Movie · as Mayor Howard Bains

1992
Mistress poster

Mistress

Movie · as Jack Roth

1992
No Place to Hide poster

No Place to Hide

Movie · as Frank McCoy

1992
Legacy of Lies poster

Legacy of Lies

Movie

1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story poster

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Movie · as Jerry Gertz

1991
Firehead poster

Firehead

Movie · as Adm. Pendleton

1991
Secrets of the Unknown poster

Secrets of the Unknown

Movie · as Narrator

1991
Echoes That Remain poster

Echoes That Remain

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1990
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as President

1990
Paint It Black poster

Paint It Black

Movie · as Daniel Lambert

1990
The Color of Evening poster

The Color of Evening

Movie · as Max Loeb

1990
Max and Helen poster

Max and Helen

Movie · as Simon Wiesenthal

1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors poster

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Movie · as Judah Rosenthal

1989
The Neon Empire poster

The Neon Empire

Movie · as Max

1989
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief poster

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as The Great Raymondo (voice) · 1 ep

1989
The Neon Empire poster

The Neon Empire

TV · as Max · 2 eps

1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream poster

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Movie · as Abe

1988
Run If You Can poster

Run If You Can

Movie · as Malvani

1988
Real Bullets poster

Real Bullets

Movie · as Sallini

1987
Empire State poster

Empire State

Movie · as Chuck

1987
Cyclone poster

Cyclone

Movie · as Bosarian

1987
Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge

Movie · as Cicero

1987
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape poster

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

Movie · as Judge Shaw

1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman poster

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Movie · as Lyle Stenning

1987
Delta Fever poster

Delta Fever

Movie · as Bud

1987
Lethal Victims

Lethal Victims

Movie · as Judge Shaw

1986
Kung Fu: The Movie poster

Kung Fu: The Movie

Movie · as John Martin Perkins III

1986
Treasure Island poster

Treasure Island

Movie · as The Captain

1986
Blacke's Magic poster

Blacke's Magic

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon") · 1 ep

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Wallace Garrison · 1 ep

1984
Access Code poster

Access Code

Movie · as Agency Head

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Al Drake · 1 ep

1983
The Being poster

The Being

Movie · as Garson Jones

1983
Trial by Terror poster

Trial by Terror

Movie

1983
Buffalo Bill poster

Buffalo Bill

TV · as Hayden Stone · 1 ep

1982
Journey Through the Black Sun poster

Journey Through the Black Sun

Movie · as Commander John Koenig

1982
Cosmic Princess poster

Cosmic Princess

Movie · as Commander John Koenig

1982
Alone in the Dark poster

Alone in the Dark

Movie · as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Russell Slocum · 1 ep

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · 1 ep

1981
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island poster

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Movie · as J.J. Pierson

1980
Without Warning poster

Without Warning

Movie · as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

1980
Alien Attack poster

Alien Attack

Movie · as Commander John Koenig

1980
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · as Niles Buchanan

1979
Meteor poster

Meteor

Movie · as General Adlon

1979
The Death of Ocean View Park poster

The Death of Ocean View Park

Movie · as Tom Flood

1979
The Fall of the House of Usher poster

The Fall of the House of Usher

Movie · as Roderick Usher

1979
The Last Word poster

The Last Word

Movie · as Captain Garrity

1978
Destination Moonbase-Alpha poster

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

Movie · as Commander John Koenig

1977
Aliens from Spaceship Earth poster

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

Movie · as Self

1976
Shadows in an Empty Room poster

Shadows in an Empty Room

Movie · as Dr. George Tracer

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

Movie · as John Koenig

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

TV · as John Koenig · 48 eps

1973
Savage! poster

Savage!

Movie · as Paul Savage

1972
Black Gunn poster

Black Gunn

Movie · as Capelli

1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol poster

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Movie · as Johnny Bristol

1971
A Town Called Bastard poster

A Town Called Bastard

Movie · as The Colonel

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Dexter Paris / Norman Paris · 1 ep

1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! poster

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Movie · as Logan Sharpe

1970
Operation Snafu poster

Operation Snafu

Movie · as Joe Mellone

1969
The Mama Cass Television Program poster

The Mama Cass Television Program

Movie · as Self

1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob poster

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Movie · as Rollin Hard

1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker poster

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Movie · as Rollin Hand

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1967
Mission: Impossible - The Slave poster

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

Movie · as Rollin Hand

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep

1966
Nevada Smith poster

Nevada Smith

Movie · as Jesse Coe

1966
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out poster

Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out

Movie · as Rollin Hand

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Rollin Hand · 76 eps

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie · as Caiaphas

1965
The Hallelujah Trail poster

The Hallelujah Trail

Movie · as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

1965
I Spy poster

I Spy

TV · as Danny Preston

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as General Grimm · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Mariano Montoya · 1 ep

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · as Edwin Booth · 1 ep

1965
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

TV · as Maxwell Smart (uncredited) · 1 ep

1964
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre poster

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

Movie · as Nelson Orion

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Count Ladislaus Zark · 1 ep

1963
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

Movie · as Rufio

1963
Decision at Midnight poster

Decision at Midnight

Movie · as Nils

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · 1 ep

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Victor Rand, Robert Coolidge · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Andro, Richard Bellero · 1 ep

1962
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock poster

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Movie · as Dade Coleman

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Ned Murray · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Dr. Daniel Orren · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
The Islanders poster

The Islanders

TV · as Arnie · 1 ep

1960
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

TV · 2 eps

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1960
Tate poster

Tate

TV · 1 ep

1960
Special for Women poster

Special for Women

TV · as The Accused · 1 ep

1959
North by Northwest poster

North by Northwest

Movie · as Leonard

1959
The Gazebo poster

The Gazebo

Movie · as The Duke

1959
Pork Chop Hill poster

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · as Lt. Marshall

1959
Johnny Staccato poster

Johnny Staccato

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Dan Hotaling, Major Ivan Kuchenko · 1 ep

1959
The Lawless Years poster

The Lawless Years

TV · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Sacheveral Sackett, Miller · 1 ep

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · 1 ep

1959
Johnny Ringo poster

Johnny Ringo

TV · as Wes Tymon · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Jerry Fanning, Larry Coombs · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Emeliano · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Khorba · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Bob Ford · 1 ep

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as Mike Manning · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Thorp, Britton · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Apache Indian · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Jokanaan / John the Baptist · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep