Martin Landau biography
Martin Landau was an American actor, born on 20 June 1928 in Brooklyn, who died on 15 July 2017.
Martin Landau's screen career began in 1957 with Harbourmaster, playing First Mate.
Martin Landau appeared in 90 films and 76 television or streaming titles between 1957 and 2022.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and Mary Pickford Award.
- Also known as
- Martin James Landau
- Born
- 20 June 1928
- Died
- 15 July 2017 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn
- Work
- Film actor, Television actor, Stage actor, Voice actor, Film producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1957 to 2017
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Mary Pickford Award
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Martin Landau filmography
90 films and 76 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Without Ward | Ward | Shot in 2012, posthumous release | |
| 2017 | Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game | Dr. Abe Mandelbaum | ||
| 2016 | The Red Maple Leaf | Bernard Florence | ||
| 2015 | Remember | Max Rosenbaum | ||
| 2015 | Entourage | Bob Ryan | ||
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Mr. Rzykruski | Voice | |
| 2011 | Mysteria | Hotel Manager | ||
| 2011 | Dad Made Dirty Movies | English | ||
| 2010 | Teenage Paparazzo | English | ||
| 2010 | Ivory | Leon Spencer | ||
| 2010 | Finding Grandma | Doc Fine | Short | |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | Voice | |
| 2008 | Lovely, Still | Robert Malone | ||
| 2008 | City of Ember | Sul | ||
| 2008 | Harrison Montgomery | Harrison Montgomery | ||
| 2008 | David & Fatima | Rabbi Schmulic | ||
| 2008 | Billy: The Early Years | Older Charles Templeton | ||
| 2006 | Love Made Easy | Don Farinelli Sr. | ||
| 2006 | An Existential Affair | The Wedding Doctor | ||
| 2004 | The Aryan Couple | English | ||
| 2003 | Wake | Older Sebastian Riven | ||
| 2003 | Hollywood Homicide | Jerry Duran | ||
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | English | ||
| 2003 | The Commission | Senator Richard Russell | ||
| 2003 | 2004 | The Aryan Couple | Joseph Krauzenberg |
Show all 90 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Majestic | Harry Trimble | ||
| 2000 | Shiner | Frank Spedding | ||
| 2000 | Ready to Rumble | Sal Bandini | ||
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Mr. White | ||
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Peter Van Garrett | Uncredited | |
| 1999 | The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Geppetto | ||
| 1999 | EDtv | Al | ||
| 1999 | Carlo's Wake | Carlo Torello | ||
| 1999 | The Joyriders | Gordon Trout | ||
| 1998 | Rounders | Abe Petrovsky | ||
| 1998 | The X-Files | Alvin Kurtzweil, M.D. | ||
| 1997 | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Storyteller | Voice | |
| 1997 | BAPS | Mr. Donald Blakemore | ||
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Geppetto | ||
| 1996 | Seasick | English | ||
| 1996 | City Hall | Judge Walter Stern | ||
| 1996 | The Elevator | Roy Tilden | ||
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi | ||
| 1994 | Intersection | Neal | ||
| 1994 | Time Is Money | Mac | ||
| 1993 | Sliver | Alex Parsons | ||
| 1993 | No Place to Hide | Frank McCoy | ||
| 1993 | 12:01 | Dr. Thadius Moxley | ||
| 1993 | Eye of the Stranger | Mayor Howard Bains | ||
| 1992 | Mistress | Jack Roth | ||
| 1991 | Firehead | Admiral Pendleton | ||
| 1990 | By Dawn’s Early Light | The US President | ||
| 1990 | The Color of Evening | Max Loeb | ||
| 1989 | Paint It Black | Daniel Lambert | ||
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Judah Rosenthal | ||
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Abe Karatz | ||
| 1988 | Run If You Can | Curt Malvani | ||
| 1988 | Real Bullets | Sallini | ||
| 1987 | Sweet Revenge | Cicero | ||
| 1987 | Empire State | Chuck | ||
| 1987 | Cyclone | Bosarian | ||
| 1987 | W.A.R.: Women Against Rape | Judge Shaw | ||
| 1987 | Delta Fever | Bud | ||
| 1985 | Treasure Island | Old Captain | ||
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff | Archive footage | |
| 1984 | Access Code | Agency Head | ||
| 1983 | The Being | Garson Jones | ||
| 1983 | Trial by Terror | |||
| 1982 | Alone in the Dark | Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff | ||
| 1982 | Cosmic Princess | English | ||
| 1980 | Without Warning | Fred "Sarge" Dobbs | ||
| 1980 | The Return | Niles Buchanan | ||
| 1979 | The Last Word | Captain Garrity | ||
| 1979 | Meteor | Major General Adlon | ||
| 1976 | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Dr. George Tracer | ||
| 1973 | Watch Dog | English | ||
| 1972 | Black Gunn | Capelli | ||
| 1971 | A Town Called Bastard | The Colonel | ||
| 1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Logan Sharpe | ||
| 1970 | Rosolino Paternò, soldato... | English | ||
| 1970 | Operation Snafu | Joe Mellone | ||
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Jesse Coe | ||
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Caiaphas | ||
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Chief Walks-Stooped-Over | ||
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Rufio | ||
| 1963 | Decision at Midnight | Nils | ||
| 1962 | Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock | Dade Coleman | ||
| 1959 | The Gazebo | The Duke | ||
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Russell | ||
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Leonard |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs | Rulon Jeffs | Television film | |
| 2013 | The Anna Nicole Story | J. Howard Marshall II | Television film | |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | English | ||
| 2011 | The Simpsons | The Great Raymondo | Voice, Episode: "The Great Simpsina" | |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith | Rabbi Albert Lewis | Television film | |
| 2009 | In Plain Sight | Joseph Thomas/Joseph Tancredi | Episode: "Training Video" | |
| 2006 | Entourage | Bob Ryan | ||
| 2006 | The Evidence | Dr. Sol Gold | 8 episodes | |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Frank Malone | ||
| 2002 | Corsairs | Television film | ||
| 2001 | Haven | Papa Gruber | Television film | |
| 2000 | In the Beginning | Abraham | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Joseph Bonanno (age 94) | Television film | |
| 1995 | Joseph | Jacob | Television film | |
| 1995 | Spider-Man: The Animated Series | The Scorpion / Mac Gargan | Voice, 4 episodes | |
| 1992 | Legacy of Lies | Abraham Resnick | ||
| 1990 | Max and Helen | Simon Wiesenthal | ||
| 1989 | The Neon Empire | Max Loeb | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Lyle Stenning | Television film | |
| 1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Wallace Garrison | Episode: "The Final Twist" | |
| 1986 | Kung Fu: The Movie | John Martin Perkins III | Television film | |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Broderick | Episode: "Last Flight from Moscow" | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | William Cooper-Janes | Episode: "The Beacon" | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Al Drake | Episode: "Birds of a Feather" | |
| 1984 | Buffalo Bill | Hayden Stone | Episode: "Company Ink" |
Show all 76 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Matt Houston | Marquis Duval Sr. | Episode: "The Hunted" | |
| 1983 | Hotel | Russell Slocum | Episode: "Confrontations" | |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | J.J. Pierson | Television film | |
| 1979 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Roderick Usher | Television film | |
| 1979 | The Death of Ocean View Park | Tom Flood | Television film | |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Commander John Koenig | 47 episodes | |
| 1973 | Savage | Paul Savage | Television film | |
| 1973 | Columbo | Dexter Paris / Norman Paris | Episode: "Double Shock" | |
| 1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Johnny Bristol | Television film | |
| 1969 | Get Smart | Max's new face | Episode: "Pheasant Under Glass" | |
| 1966 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Count Zark | Episode: "The Bat Cave Affair" | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Rollin Hand | ||
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Britton | Episode: "The Goldtakers" | |
| 1966 | Branded | Edwin Booth | Episode: "This Stage of Fools" | |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | George Grimm | Episone: "The Night of the Red Eyed Madman" | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Mariano Montoya | Episode: "The Way to Kill a Killer" | |
| 1965 | Mr. Novak | Robert Coolidge | Episode: "Enter a Strange Animal" | |
| 1965 | I Spy | Danny Preston | Episode: "Danny Was a Million Laughs" | |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Jace Miller | Episode: "The Locket" | |
| 1964 | The Bellero Shield | English | ||
| 1964 | The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre | Nelson Orion | Television film | |
| 1964 | The Twilight Zone | Major Ivan Kuchenko | Episode: "The Jeopardy Room" | |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Richard Bellero | Episode: "The Bellero Shield" | |
| 1964 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Mario de Mona | Episode: "The Night the Monkey Died" | |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Dr. Daniel Orren | Episode: "The Secret" | |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Edward 'Ned' Murray | Season 2 Episode 30: "Second Verdict" | |
| 1964 | Special for Women: A Child in Danger | William Olsen | Television film | |
| 1963 | The Man Who Was Never Born | English | ||
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Cochio | Episode: "The Day of the Killer" | |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Andro | Episode: "The Man Who Was Never Born" | |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Victor Rand | Episode: "Pay the Two Dollars" | |
| 1962 | The Tall Man | Father Gueschim | Episode: "The Black Robe" | |
| 1961 | The Tall Man | Francisco | Episode: "Dark Moment" | |
| 1961 | The Rifleman | Miguel | Episode: "The Vaqueros" | |
| 1961 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Episode: "Lincoln" | ||
| 1961 | The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | Vince Treynor | Episode: "Shadow of His Brother" | |
| 1961 | Bonanza | Emeliano | Episode: "The Gift" | |
| 1961 | Adventures in Paradise | Miller | Episode: "Mr. Flotsam" | |
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Preacher | Episode: "The Cathy Eckhart Story" | |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Arnie | Episode: "Duel of Strangers" | |
| 1960 | Tate | John Chess | Episode: "Tigrero" | |
| 1960 | Johnny Ringo | Wes Tymon | Episode: "The Derelict" | |
| 1960 | Adventures in Paradise | Sackett | Episode: "Nightmare on Nakupa" | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Dan Hotaling | Episode: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" | |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years | Silva | Episode: "Lucky Silva" | |
| 1959 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Doc Holliday | Episode: "Doc Holliday" | |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | Jerry Lindstrom | Episode: "Murder for Credit" | |
| 1958 | Sugarfoot | Jim Kelly | Episode: "The Ghost" | |
| 1958 | Lawman | Bob Ford | Episode: "The Outcast" | |
| 1958 | Gunsmoke | Thorp | Episode: "The Patsy" | |
| 1957 | Harbourmaster | First Mate | Episode: "Sanctuary" |