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Martin Landau

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist.

Born June 20, 1928† July 15, 2017 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA1 movie on MoviHero

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North by Northwest

1959 · 2h 17m · Adventure · Thriller

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About Martin Landau

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.

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1959
North by Northwest2h 17m · Adventure · Thriller
Leonard

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2020
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
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2019
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2018
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
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2017
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2015
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2015
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Bob Ryan
2014
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2010
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2010
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Leon Spencer
2009
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
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2009
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2009
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Self
2009
9
#2 (voice)
2008
Billy: The Early Years
Old Charles Templeton
2008
City of Ember
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2008
David & Fatima
Rabbi Schmulic
2008
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Harrison Montgomery
2007
Brando
Self
2006
An Existential Affair
The Wedding Doctor
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2004
The Aryan Couple
Joseph Krauzenberg
2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Self
2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela
Self / Bela Lugosi
2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self
2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self
2003
Wake
Older Sebastian Riven
2003
The Commission
Sen. Richard Russell
2003
Hollywood Homicide
Jerry Duran
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2002
Shanghai Ghetto
Narrator
2001
The Majestic
Harry Trimble
2001
Contender: Mastering the Method
Self
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self
2001
Haven
Papa Gruber
2000
Shiner
Frank Spedding
2000
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Self
2000
Very Mean Men
Mr. White
2000
Ready to Rumble
Sal Bandini
1999
Sleepy Hollow
Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Geppetto
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Joseph Bonanno Sr.
1999
The Joyriders
Gordon Trout
1999
EDtv
Al
1999
Carlo's Wake
Carlo Torello
1998
Rounders
Abe Petrovsky
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
1998
The X-Files
Kurtzweil
1998
The Elevator
Roy Tilden
1998
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
Self
1997
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
1997
The Long Way Home
(voice)
1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Storyteller
1997
B.A.P.S
Mr. Donald Blakemore
1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Geppetto
1996
City Hall
Judge Walter Stern
1995
Joseph
Jacob
1994
Time is Money
Mac
1994
Ed Wood
Bela Lugosi
1994
Intersection
Neal
1993
12:01
Dr. Thadius Moxley
1993
Sliver
Alex Parsons
1993
Eye of the Stranger
Mayor Howard Bains
1992
No Place to Hide
Frank McCoy
1992
Mistress
Jack Roth
1992
Legacy of Lies
Actor
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Jerry Gertz
1991
Echoes That Remain
Narrator (voice)
1991
Firehead
Adm. Pendleton
1991
Secrets of the Unknown
Narrator
1990
The Color of Evening
Max Loeb
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
President
1990
Paint It Black
Daniel Lambert
1990
Max and Helen
Simon Wiesenthal
1989
The Neon Empire
Max
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Judah Rosenthal
1989
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
1988
Run If You Can
Malvani
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Abe
1988
Real Bullets
Sallini
1987
Delta Fever
Bud
1987
Cyclone
Bosarian
1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Lyle Stenning
1987
Empire State
Chuck
1987
Sweet Revenge
Cicero

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Martin Landau

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist.

Born June 20, 1928† July 15, 2017 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA1 movie on MoviHero

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WHERE TO START

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North by Northwest

1959 · 2h 17m · Adventure · Thriller

See the performance as Leonard.

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES

About Martin Landau

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Portraits of Martin Landau.

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1959
North by Northwest2h 17m · Adventure · Thriller
Leonard

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Showing 8 of 100 credits

2026
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Commander John Koenig
2025
Prisoners in Space
Commander Koenig
2025
Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
Self
2022
Without Ward
Actor
2020
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Self
2019
Love, Antosha
Self (archive footage)
2018
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
Abe
2017
The Red Maple Leaf
Bernard Florence
2016
A Fighting Chance
Martin Kramer
2015
Remember
Max Rosenbaum
2015
Entourage
Bob Ryan
2014
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Rulon Jeffs
2013
Meir's Festival
Self
2013
Anna Nicole
J. Howard Marshall
2012
Frankenweenie
Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
2011
Have a Little Faith
Rabbi Albert Lewis
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Mysteria
Hotel Manager
2010
Teenage Paparazzo
Self
2010
The Return of Victor Bergman
Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
2010
Ivory
Leon Spencer
2009
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Self
2009
Lovely, Still
Producer · Robert
2009
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Self
2009
9
#2 (voice)
2008
Billy: The Early Years
Old Charles Templeton
2008
City of Ember
Sul
2008
David & Fatima
Rabbi Schmulic
2008
Harrison Montgomery
Harrison Montgomery
2007
Brando
Self
2006
An Existential Affair
The Wedding Doctor
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2004
The Aryan Couple
Joseph Krauzenberg
2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Self
2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela
Self / Bela Lugosi
2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self
2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self
2003
Wake
Older Sebastian Riven
2003
The Commission
Sen. Richard Russell
2003
Hollywood Homicide
Jerry Duran
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2002
Shanghai Ghetto
Narrator
2001
The Majestic
Harry Trimble
2001
Contender: Mastering the Method
Self
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self
2001
Haven
Papa Gruber
2000
Shiner
Frank Spedding
2000
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Self
2000
Very Mean Men
Mr. White
2000
Ready to Rumble
Sal Bandini
1999
Sleepy Hollow
Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Geppetto
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Joseph Bonanno Sr.
1999
The Joyriders
Gordon Trout
1999
EDtv
Al
1999
Carlo's Wake
Carlo Torello
1998
Rounders
Abe Petrovsky
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
1998
The X-Files
Kurtzweil
1998
The Elevator
Roy Tilden
1998
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
Self
1997
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
1997
The Long Way Home
(voice)
1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog
Storyteller
1997
B.A.P.S
Mr. Donald Blakemore
1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Geppetto
1996
City Hall
Judge Walter Stern
1995
Joseph
Jacob
1994
Time is Money
Mac
1994
Ed Wood
Bela Lugosi
1994
Intersection
Neal
1993
12:01
Dr. Thadius Moxley
1993
Sliver
Alex Parsons
1993
Eye of the Stranger
Mayor Howard Bains
1992
No Place to Hide
Frank McCoy
1992
Mistress
Jack Roth
1992
Legacy of Lies
Actor
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Jerry Gertz
1991
Echoes That Remain
Narrator (voice)
1991
Firehead
Adm. Pendleton
1991
Secrets of the Unknown
Narrator
1990
The Color of Evening
Max Loeb
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
President
1990
Paint It Black
Daniel Lambert
1990
Max and Helen
Simon Wiesenthal
1989
The Neon Empire
Max
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Judah Rosenthal
1989
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
1988
Run If You Can
Malvani
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Abe
1988
Real Bullets
Sallini
1987
Delta Fever
Bud
1987
Cyclone
Bosarian
1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Lyle Stenning
1987
Empire State
Chuck
1987
Sweet Revenge
Cicero

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North by Northwest

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Alfred Hitchcock

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North by Northwest

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Cary Grant

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North by Northwest

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Edward Platt

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