Martin Landau American Actor (1928–2017)

American actor Martin Landau was born on 20 June 1928 in Brooklyn. He passed away on 15 July 2017 at the age of 89. The recorded cause of death is heart failure. His best-known titles on this site are Ed Wood (1994) and Cleopatra (1963).

Early life

He studied at James Madison High School and Pratt Institute.

Career

Records list North by Northwest (1959) as his earliest screen credit. In the 1960s, he appeared in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966). The 1980s brought Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His 1990s credits include Rounders (1998) and Sleepy Hollow (1999, as Peter Van Garrett). During the 2000s, he worked on The Majestic (2001) and City of Ember (2008).

In all, 67 films and 7 TV series appear in his credits from 1959 to 2015. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (10), followed by comedy (5) and crime (4). His screen work on record ends with Remember in 2015. North by Northwest (1959) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $9.8 million.

Johnny Depp appears in two of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Bill Murray (two titles) and Christopher Lee (two titles). Tim Burton directed two of his titles on record.

Recognition

Martin Landau received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1995 for Ed Wood. Further recognition came with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1989 for Tucker: The Man and His Dream. His awards record shows 4 wins and 3 nominations.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Barbara Bain (1957 to 1993, divorced). He was the father of Juliet Landau and Susan Landau Finch.