
Martin Landau
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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
Credits

Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

9 (2009)
as #2 (voice)

North by Northwest (1959)
as Leonard

The X-Files (1998)
as Kurtzweil

Sliver (1993)
as Alex Parsons

Frankenweenie (2012)
as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

City of Ember (2008)
as Sul

Rounders (1998)
as Abe Petrovsky

Cleopatra (1963)
as Rufio

Entourage (2015)
as Bob Ryan

Ed Wood (1994)
as Bela Lugosi

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Judah Rosenthal

The Majestic (2001)
as Harry Trimble

Joseph (1995)
as Jacob

Hollywood Homicide (2003)
as Jerry Duran

EDtv (1999)
as Al

City Hall (1996)
as Judge Walter Stern

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Caiaphas

Remember (2015)
as Max Rosenbaum

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
as Abe

Teenage Paparazzo (2010)
as Self

Without Warning (1980)
as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
as Geppetto

Love, Antosha (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self

Nevada Smith (1966)
as Jesse Coe

An Existential Affair (2006)
as The Wedding Doctor

Intersection (1994)
as Neal

Ready to Rumble (2000)
as Sal Bandini

Meteor (1979)
as General Adlon

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
as Logan Sharpe

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as President

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

Pork Chop Hill (1959)
as Lt. Marshall

The Gazebo (1959)
as The Duke

Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Mistress (1992)
as Jack Roth

Lovely, Still (2009)
as Robert

B.A.P.S (1997)
as Mr. Donald Blakemore

12:01 (1993)
as Dr. Thadius Moxley

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987)
as Lyle Stenning

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self

Delta Fever (1987)
as Bud
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
as Self

The Return (1980)
as Niles Buchanan

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)
as Rulon Jeffs

Harrison Montgomery (2008)
as Harrison Montgomery

A Town Called Bastard (1971)
as The Colonel

David & Fatima (2008)
as Rabbi Schmulic

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
as Jerry Gertz

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989)
as Self

The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999)
as Geppetto

The Long Way Home (1997)
as (voice)

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
as Joseph Bonanno, age 94

Billy: The Early Years (2008)
as Old Charles Templeton

Brando (2007)
as Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self

The Being (1983)
as Garson Jones

Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)
as John Martin Perkins III

Very Mean Men (2000)
as Mr. White

Have a Little Faith (2011)
as Rabbi Albert Lewis

Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997)
as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

No Place to Hide (1992)
as Frank McCoy

Without Ward (2022)
Actor

The Joyriders (1999)
as Gordon Trout

Real Bullets (1988)
as Sallini

The Last Word (1979)
as Captain Garrity

Cyclone (1987)
as Bosarian

Black Gunn (1972)
as Capelli

Sweet Revenge (1987)
as Cicero

Alien Attack (1980)
as Commander John Koenig

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
as Self

Aliens from Spaceship Earth (1977)
as Self

The Red Maple Leaf (2017)
as Bernard Florence

Space: 1999 (1975)
as John Koenig

Empire State (1987)
as Chuck

Carlo's Wake (1999)
as Carlo Torello

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969)
as Rollin Hard

Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)
as Self

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
as J.J. Pierson

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self

Mysteria (2011)
as Hotel Manager

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
as Self
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998)
as Self

The Commission (2003)
as Sen. Richard Russell

Max and Helen (1990)
as Simon Wiesenthal

The Neon Empire (1989)
as Max

Savage! (1973)
as Paul Savage

Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
as Self

Operation Snafu (1970)
as Joe Mellone

James Dean: Sense Memories (2005)
as Self

Shiner (2000)
as Frank Spedding

The Aryan Couple (2004)
as Joseph Krauzenberg

The Elevator (1998)
as Roy Tilden

The Color of Evening (1990)
as Max Loeb

Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
as Dr. George Tracer

Cosmic Princess (1982)
as Commander John Koenig

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
as Commander John Koenig

Time is Money (1994)
as Mac

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
as Judge Shaw

Haven (2001)
as Papa Gruber

Journey Through the Black Sun (1982)
as Commander John Koenig

Wake (2003)
as Older Sebastian Riven

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)
as Self

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood (2020)
as Self

Treasure Island (1986)
as The Captain

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
as Nelson Orion

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
as Johnny Bristol

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

The Death of Ocean View Park (1979)
as Tom Flood

Paint It Black (1990)
as Daniel Lambert

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker (1969)
as Rollin Hand

Eye of the Stranger (1993)
as Mayor Howard Bains

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2018)
as Abe

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit (2025)
as Self

Firehead (1991)
as Adm. Pendleton

Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out (1966)
as Rollin Hand

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962)
as Dade Coleman

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% (2004)
as Self

The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
as Roderick Usher

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005)
as Self
A Fighting Chance (2016)
as Martin Kramer

Mission: Impossible - The Slave (1967)
as Rollin Hand

Ed Wood: Making Bela (2004)
as Self / Bela Lugosi

Access Code (1984)
as Agency Head

Echoes That Remain (1991)
as Narrator (voice)

Ivory (2010)
as Leon Spencer

Contender: Mastering the Method (2001)
as Self

Decision at Midnight (1963)
as Nils

Secrets of the Unknown (1991)
as Narrator
Meir's Festival (2013)
as Self

The Return of Victor Bergman (2010)
as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

Prisoners in Space (2025)
as Commander Koenig

Run If You Can (1988)
as Malvani

Legacy of Lies (1992)
Actor

Shanghai Ghetto (2002)
as Narrator

Trial by Terror (1983)
Actor

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self

Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)
as Storyteller

The Mama Cass Television Program (1969)
as Self
Lethal Victims (1987)
as Judge Shaw

Monty and the Movies (—)
as Self (archive footage)

Anna Nicole (2013)
as J. Howard Marshall
All About Alfred (—)
as Self





