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      Martin Landau

      Martin Landau

      Highest Rated: 97% North by Northwest (1959)

      Lowest Rated: 5% Meteor (1979)

      Birthday: Jun 20, 1928

      Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

      Though he got his start as an actor during the golden age of television in the 1950s, Martin Landau had to wait until the late 1980s until he became a widely recognized commodity. After five years as a cartoonist, Landau switched gears to become an actor, performing in live television productions before graduating to Hollywood features in the 1960s. Toward the latter half of that precarious decade, he landed his first truly memorable role, playing master of disguise Rollin Hand on the hit spy series "Mission: Impossible" (CBS, 1966-1973). Though the show lasted for seven seasons, Landau left after the third because of a contractual dispute, a move that left the actor struggling to find quality roles for almost two decades. Landau had a particularly rough time during the 1980s despite steady work, mainly as a one-dimensional villain in projects more concerned with car chases and explosions than character or story. He finally re-emerged with Oscar-nominated roles in "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" (1988) and "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), eventually winning his first Academy Award for his spot-on portrayal of aging silent film star Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" (1994), all of which paved the way for higher profile projects for an actor always capable of quality performances. Martin Landau continued to work steadily in character roles in film and on television for the rest of his life. His death at the age of 89 on July 15, 2017 was greeted with mourning and fond remembrances from fans and peers around the globe.

      Highest rated movies

      North by Northwest poster North by Northwest Ed Wood poster
      Ed Wood
      Crimes and Misdemeanors poster
      Crimes and Misdemeanors
      Tucker: The Man and His Dream poster Tucker: The Man and His Dream Pork Chop Hill poster
      Pork Chop Hill
      Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game poster Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game Lovely, Still poster
      Lovely, Still
      Mistress poster
      Mistress

      Photos

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Without Ward Ward (Character) - 2022
      73% 91% Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game Abe (Character) - 2017
      No Score Yet 33% The Red Maple Leaf Bernard Florence (Character) - 2016
      69% 79% Remember Max Rosenbaum (Character) $1.2M 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs Rulon Jeffs (Character) - 2014
      No Score Yet 21% Anna Nicole J. Howard Marshall (Character) - 2013
      88% 70% Frankenweenie Mr. Rzykruski (Voice) - 2012
      No Score Yet 65% Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith Rabbi Albert Lewis (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet 22% Mysteria Hotel Manager (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ivory Leon Spencer (Character) - 2010
      58% 56% 9 2 (Voice) $31.7M 2009
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Harrison Montgomery Harrison Montgomery (Character) - 2008
      73% 75% Lovely, Still Robert Malone (Character) $124.7K 2008
      No Score Yet 59% Billy: The Early Years Charles Templeton - older (Character) $320.9K 2008
      54% 46% City of Ember Sul (Character) $7.9M 2008
      No Score Yet 100% David & Fatima Rabbi Schmulic (Character) - 2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet An Existential Affair Doctor (Character) - 2006
      12% 57% The Aryan Couple Joseph Krauzenberg (Character) - 2004
      27% 61% Wake Older Sebastian Riven (Character) - 2004
      30% 27% Hollywood Homicide Wasley (Character) $30.0M 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commission Sen. Richard Russell (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet 60% Haven Papa Gruber (Character) - 2001
      42% 60% The Majestic Harry Trimble (Character) $27.8M 2001
      No Score Yet 31% The New Adventures of Pinocchio Geppetto (Character) - 2001
      46% 29% Shiner Frank Spedding (Character) - 2000
      22% 52% Ready to Rumble Sal Bandini (Character) $12.4M 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Very Mean Men Mr. White (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet 67% The Joyriders Gordon Trout (Character) $64.6K 1999
      64% 30% EDtv Al (Character) $22.4M 1999
      64% 87% Rounders Abe Petrovsky (Character) $22.9M 1998
      66% 72% The X-Files Dr. Alvin Kurtzweil (Character) $83.9M 1998
      15% 67% B.A.P.S Mr. Donald Blakemore (Character) $7.2M 1997
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Legend of the Spirit Dog Storyteller (Voice) - 1997
      56% 37% City Hall Walter Stern (Character) $20.0M 1996
      35% 27% The Adventures of Pinocchio Geppetto (Character) $15.1M 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Elevator Roy Tilden (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 85% Joseph Jacob (Character) - 1995
      9% 39% Intersection Neal (Character) $20.7M 1994
      93% 88% Ed Wood Bela Lugosi (Character) $5.9M 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Color of Evening Max Loeb (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Time Is Money Mac (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet 32% No Place to Hide Frank McCoy (Character) $92.5K 1993
      40% 64% 12:01 Dr. Thadius Moxley (Character) - 1993
      15% 28% Sliver Alex Parsons (Character) $35.5M 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Eye of the Stranger Mayor Howard Bains (Character) - 1993
      72% 39% Mistress Jack Roth (Character) $53.6K 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Legacy of Lies Abraham Resnick (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet 91% Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story Jerry Gertz (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Echoes That Remain Narrator - 1991
      No Score Yet 73% By Dawn's Early Light President (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 7% Firehead Adm. Pendleton (Character) $71.1K 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Max and Helen Simon Wiesenthal (Character) - 1990
      92% 91% Crimes and Misdemeanors Judah Rosenthal (Character) $17.6M 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Neon Empire Max (Character) - 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Paint It Black Daniel Lambert (Character) - 1989
      83% 68% Tucker: The Man and His Dream Abe Karatz/Voice of Walter Winchell on radio (Character) $19.2M 1988
      No Score Yet 11% Empire State Chuck (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet 16% Cyclone Bosarian (Character) $41.2K 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Delta Fever Bud (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Blow Judge Shaw (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Run If You Can Malvani (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet 33% Sweet Revenge Cicero (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet 50% Kung Fu: The Movie John Martin Perkins III (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 67% Treasure Island Old Captain (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Trial by Terror Unknown (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Access Code Agency Head (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet 17% The Pottsville Horror Garson Jones (Character) - 1983
      69% 40% Alone in the Dark Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 62% The Fall of the House of Usher Roderick Usher (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 43% The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island J.J. Pierson (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return Niles Buchanan (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Without Warning Fred "Sarge" Dobbs (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alien Warning Fred "Sarge" Dobbs (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Word Captain Garrity (Character) - 1979
      5% 13% Meteor General Adlon (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Death of Ocean View Park Tom Flood (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond Reason Unknown (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 57% Shadows in an Empty Room Dr. George Tracer (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alien Attack Commander John Koenig (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination Moonbase Alpha Commander John Koenig (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet 0% The Cosmic Princess Commander John Koenig (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey Through the Black Sun Commander John Koenig (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet 32% Black Gunn Capelli (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Situation: Normal A.F.U. Joe Mellone (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol Johnny Bristol (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Savage Paul Savage (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 15% A Town Called Hell The Colonel (Character) - 1971
      50% 37% They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Logan Sharpe (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Snafu Joe Mellone (Character) - 1970
      50% 65% Nevada Smith Jesse Coe (Character) - 1966
      42% 64% The Greatest Story Ever Told Caiaphas (Character) - 1965
      33% 65% The Hallelujah Trail Chief Walks-Stooped-Over (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre Nelson Orion (Character) - 1964
      56% 69% Cleopatra Rufio (Character) - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock Dade Coleman (Character) - 1962
      No Score Yet 73% The Gazebo The Duke/A. Wellington Broos (Character) - 1959
      97% 94% North by Northwest Leonard (Character) - 1959
      83% 71% Pork Chop Hill Lt. Marshall (Character) - 1959

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 0% The Talk Guest 2013
      85% 76% The Simpsons The Great Raymondo (Guest Voice) 2011
      No Score Yet 50% In Plain Sight Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi (Guest Star) 2009
      No Score Yet 66% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2004-2005 2009
      65% 83% Entourage Bob Ryan (Guest Star) 2006 2008
      45% No Score Yet The Evidence Dr. Sol Goldman (Character) 2006
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1987
      No Score Yet 66% Murder, She Wrote Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
      66% 86% Space: 1999 Commander John Koenig (Character) 1975-1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission: Impossible Rollin Hand (Character) 1966-1973
      No Score Yet 75% Columbo Dexter Paris, Norman Paris (Guest Star) 1973
      No Score Yet 100% The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1968
      No Score Yet 100% Gunsmoke Britton (Guest Star) 1958 1966
      100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Shenandoah Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
      84% 95% The Twilight Zone Dan Hotaling (Character) 1959 1964
      92% 100% The Outer Limits Unknown (Character) 1963-1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tall Man Father Guesclin (Guest Star) 1961-1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet 100% Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Ringo Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Staccato Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet 100% Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Doc Holliday (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lawman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1958