Martin Landau

ActorProducer Jun 20 (died age 89) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 – Motio…

Known For

Film

North by Northwest

Leonard

Film

Sleepy Hollow

Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

Film

Ed Wood

Bela Lugosi

Film

Frankenweenie

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Film

9

#2 (voice)

Film

Rounders

Abe Petrovsky

Film

The X-Files

Kurtzweil

Film

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Judah Rosenthal

Filmography

Acting (199)

Movies (141)

Prisoners in Space

2025

as Commander Koenig

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

2025

as Self

Without Ward

2022

2.5

TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood

2020

as Self

8.5

Love, Antosha

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

as Abe

The Red Maple Leaf

as Bernard Florence

A Fighting Chance

as Martin Kramer

Entourage

as Bob Ryan

Remember

as Max Rosenbaum

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

2014

as Rulon Jeffs

6.0

Meir's Festival

2013

as Self

Anna Nicole

2013

as J. Howard Marshall

5.1

Frankenweenie

2012

as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

7.0

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

as Self

6.9

Have a Little Faith

2011

as Rabbi Albert Lewis

Mysteria

as Hotel Manager

Ivory

as Leon Spencer

Teenage Paparazzo

as Self

The Return of Victor Bergman

2010

as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

as #2 (voice)

Lovely, Still

as Robert

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

2009

as Self

6.7

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

as Self

City of Ember

as Sul

Harrison Montgomery

as Harrison Montgomery

4.0

Billy: The Early Years

2008

as Old Charles Templeton

David & Fatima

as Rabbi Schmulic

Brando

as Self

An Existential Affair

2006

as The Wedding Doctor

2.0

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005

as Self

5.5

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

2005

as Self

10.0

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005

as Self

Ed Wood: Making Bela

2004

as Self / Bela Lugosi

7.3

The Aryan Couple

2004

as Joseph Krauzenberg

6.1

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004

as Self

7.0

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self

2.0

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

2004

as Self

Hollywood Homicide

2003

as Jerry Duran

5.2

Wake

2003

as Older Sebastian Riven

3.8

The Commission

2003

as Sen. Richard Russell

1.0

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

as Self

Shanghai Ghetto

as Narrator

The Majestic

as Harry Trimble

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

as Self

Haven

as Papa Gruber

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

as Self

7.2

Contender: Mastering the Method

as Self

Shiner

as Frank Spedding

Ready to Rumble

as Sal Bandini

Very Mean Men

as Mr. White

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

2000

as Self

6.6

Sleepy Hollow

1999

as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

7.2

EDtv

1999

as Al

6.0

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

1999

as Joseph Bonanno, age 94

4.3

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

as Geppetto

The Joyriders

as Gordon Trout

Carlo's Wake

as Carlo Torello

Rounders

as Abe Petrovsky

The X-Files

as Kurtzweil

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

1998

as Self

7.3

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

as Self

The Elevator

as Roy Tilden

B.A.P.S

as Mr. Donald Blakemore

5.2

The Long Way Home

1997

as (voice)

7.1

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

1997

as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

5.0

Legend of the Spirit Dog

1997

as Storyteller

4.5

City Hall

1996

as Judge Walter Stern

5.9

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as Geppetto

Joseph

as Jacob

Ed Wood

as Bela Lugosi

Intersection

as Neal

Time is Money

as Mac

Sliver

as Alex Parsons

12:01

as Dr. Thadius Moxley

6.2

Eye of the Stranger

1993

as Mayor Howard Bains

No Place to Hide

as Frank McCoy

Mistress

as Jack Roth

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

as Jerry Gertz

Legacy of Lies

Echoes That Remain

as Narrator (voice)

Firehead

as Adm. Pendleton

Secrets of the Unknown

1991

as Narrator

The Color of Evening

1990

as Max Loeb

2.0

By Dawn's Early Light

as President

Paint It Black

as Daniel Lambert

Max and Helen

as Simon Wiesenthal

The Neon Empire

as Max

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

as Judah Rosenthal

7.4

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

as Abe

Run If You Can

as Malvani

Real Bullets

as Sallini

Cyclone

as Bosarian

Sweet Revenge

as Cicero

Empire State

as Chuck

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

1987

as Lyle Stenning

7.3

Delta Fever

1987

as Bud

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

1987

as Judge Shaw

2.9

Lethal Victims

1987

as Judge Shaw

Kung Fu: The Movie

1986

as John Martin Perkins III

Treasure Island

as The Captain

Access Code

as Agency Head

Trial by Terror

The Being

as Garson Jones

Alone in the Dark

as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

5.8

Journey Through the Black Sun

1982

as Commander John Koenig

6.2

Cosmic Princess

1982

as Commander John Koenig

4.6

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

1981

as J.J. Pierson

4.6

Alien Attack

1980

as Commander John Koenig

6.1

Without Warning

1980

as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

The Return

as Niles Buchanan

Meteor

as General Adlon

The Last Word

as Captain Garrity

The Fall of the House of Usher

1979

as Roderick Usher

5.0

The Death of Ocean View Park

1979

as Tom Flood

6.0

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

1978

as Commander John Koenig

5.4

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

1977

as Self

3.0

Shadows in an Empty Room

as Dr. George Tracer

Space: 1999

as John Koenig

Savage

as Paul Savage

Black Gunn

as Capelli

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

1972

as Johnny Bristol

8.0

A Town Called Bastard

1971

as The Colonel

5.0

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Logan Sharpe

Operation Snafu

as Joe Mellone

The Mama Cass Television Program

1969

as Self

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

1969

as Rollin Hard

10.0

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

1969

as Rollin Hand

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

1967

as Rollin Hand

Nevada Smith

1966

as Jesse Coe

6.7

Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out

1966

as Rollin Hand

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

as Caiaphas

6.4

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

6.1

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

as Nelson Orion

Cleopatra

as Rufio

Decision at Midnight

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

as Dade Coleman

The Gazebo

as The Duke

North by Northwest

as Leonard

Pork Chop Hill

as Lt. Marshall

Television (58)

In Plain Sight

2008

as Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi

The Evidence

as Dr. Sol Goldman

Entourage

as Bob Ryan

Without a Trace

as Frank Malone

In the Beginning

as Abraham

E! True Hollywood Story

Joseph

as Jacob

Spider-Man

as Mac Gargan / Scorpion (voice)

8.3

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

The Simpsons

1989

as The Great Raymondo (voice)

8.0

The Neon Empire

1989

as Max

Blacke's Magic

1986

6.0

The Twilight Zone

1985

as William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon")

7.8

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Wallace Garrison

Murder, She Wrote

as Al Drake

Buffalo Bill

as Hayden Stone

Hotel

Matt Houston

Space: 1999

as John Koenig

Columbo

as Dexter Paris / Norman Paris

8.1

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Mission: Impossible

as Rollin Hand

Mission: Impossible

as Rollin Hand / General Rio Dominguez

7.6

Get Smart

1965

as Maxwell Smart (uncredited)

The Big Valley

as Mariano Montoya

The Wild Wild West

Branded

as Edwin Booth

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

1964

as Count Ladislaus Zark

7.1

The Outer Limits

1963

as Andro

7.8

The Greatest Show on Earth

Mr. Novak

as Victor Rand

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Ned Murray

7.9

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Dr. Daniel Orren

The Tall Man

Outlaws

The Islanders

as Arnie

Tate

Bonanza

as Emeliano

The Twilight Zone

as Dan Hotaling

The Untouchables

as Jerry Fanning

Adventures in Paradise

1959

as Sacheveral Sackett

The Detectives

Johnny Staccato

Johnny Ringo

as Wes Tymon

The Lawless Years

The Rifleman

Lawman

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Khorba

Maverick

as Mike Manning

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Self

Gunsmoke

as Thorp

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

1953

as Apache Indian

6.4

Omnibus

1952

as Jokanaan / John the Baptist

6.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Lovely, Still

2009

Executive Producer

6.6