Martin Landau
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 20, 1928 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | Jul 15, 2017 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 89 |
Martin Landau | |
| Job | Actor and acting coach |
| Years active | 1956-present |
| Known for | Gravelled voice |
| Top Roles | Leonard, The Duke / A. Wellington Broos, Chief Walks, Jesse Coe, Lt. Marshall |
| Top Genres | Drama, Biographical, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Western, Historical |
| Top Topics | Romance (Drama), Book-Based, Detectives |
| Top Collaborators | Stanley Adams, Brian Keith, Alfred Hitchcock (Director), Donald Pleasence |
| Shares birthday with | Errol Flynn, Gail Patrick, Audie Murphy see more.. |
Martin Landau Overview:
Character actor, Martin Landau, was born on Jun 20, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY. Landau died at the age of 89 on Jul 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA .
MINI BIO:
Martin Landau was an American actor reminiscent of Raymond Massey but with a more desperate look. He seemed set for a prolific film career after his second-lead villain in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest", but, in fact, made very few films, getting tied up in the television series "Mission Impossible" (as Rollin Hand) and "Space 1999" (as Commander John Koenig), in both of which he appeared with his wife Barbara Bain (1957-1993, divorced).
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Martin Landau was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Wood (as Bela Lugosi) in 1994.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1988 | Best Supporting Actor | Tucker The Man and His Dream | Abe | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Supporting Actor | Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) | Judah Rosenthal | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Ed Wood (1994) | Bela Lugosi | Won |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
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Martin Landau Quotes:
Phillip Vandamm: Rubbish.
Leonard: Why else would you have decided not to tell her that our little treasure here has a belly full of microfilm?
Phillip Vandamm: You seem to be trying to fill mine with rotten apples.
Leonard: Sometimes the truth does taste like a mouthful of worms.
Phillip Vandamm: The truth? I've heard nothing but innuendos.
Leonard: Call it my woman's intuition, if you will. But I've never trusted neatness. Neatness is always the result of deliberate planning.
Caiaphas: Jesus of Nazareth, your crimes are so many I scarcely know where to begin.
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