Martin Landau

Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993. About one year later, Lemmon, his old pal and frequent co-star, was also buried at the cemetery. He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Matthau died of a massive heart attack in Santa Monica, California at the age of 79, and is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors. Charles directed his father in the movie The Grass Harp (1995). After his successes in Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, Landau moved on to a fruitful film career which included an Academy Award winning role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. Matthau had two children, Jennifer and David, by his first wife, Grace Geraldine Johnson, and a son, Charles, by his second wife and widow, Carol Marcus.

Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. Matthau and Lemmon became lifelong friends afterwards and in an amazing act of teamwork made a total of ten films together, including the popular 1993 hit Grumpy Old Men. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He attended the Actor's Studio in the same class with Steve McQueen and in 1957, Landau made his Broadway debut in Middle of the Night. In 1966, he again achieved glory as a shady lawyer opposite Jack Lemmon in The Fortune Cookie. Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News, but influenced by Charlie Chaplin and the escapism of the cinema, he pursued becoming an actor. It was also during this time that Matthau nearly died of a heart attack.

He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). He was 45 when, in 1965, Neil Simon cast him in the hit play The Odd Couple. Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. The sweet smell of success came late for Matthau. Pork Chop Hill (1959). Although he was constantly working, it seemed that the fact that he was not handsome in the traditional sense would keep him from being a top star. North by Northwest (1959). In addition to his busy movie and stage schedule, Matthau made many television appearances in live TV plays.

Cleopatra (1963). In 1962, Matthau won acclaim as a sympathetic sheriff in Lonely Are the Brave. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Matthau also directed a low budget 1960 film called The Gangster Story. Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series. That same year he made a western called Ride A Crooked Trail with Audie Murphy. They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970). He appeared in many films after this as a villain such as the 1958 King Creole (where he is beaten up by Elvis Presley!).

Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series. In 1955, he made his film debut as a whip-wielding bad guy in The Kentuckian opposite Kirk Douglas. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). One reviewer said, "The others just looked like actors in make-up, Walter Matthau really looks like a skid row bum!" Matthau was a respected stage actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and A Shot In The Dark. The Fall of the House of Usher (1982). He often joked that his best early review came in a play he did where he posed as a derelict. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant and became interested in acting.

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Army Air Corps during World War II. By Dawn's Early Light. Matthau was born in New York City as Walter Matuschanskayasky and served with the U.S. Sliver (1993). Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000) was an American comedy actor possibly best known for his role as the gruff and less tidy member of The Odd Couple. Eye of the Stranger (1993). The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

Intersection (1994). Grumpier Old Men. Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor). Grumpy Old Men. The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998). Hopscotch. The Joyriders (1999). Bad News Bears.

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999). The Odd Couple. Sleepy Hollow (1999). The Fortune Cookie. The Majestic (2001). Charade. Hollywood Homicide (2003). King Creole.