Martin Landau

Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977).

Martin Landau with Barbara Bain (left) and Catherine Schell from Space: 1999 in 1976.

Biography

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. 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. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston.

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. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors.

He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993.

Selected filmography

  • Hollywood Homicide (2003)
  • The Majestic (2001)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
  • The Joyriders (1999)
  • The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
  • Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor)
  • Intersection (1994)
  • Eye of the Stranger (1993)
  • Sliver (1993)
  • By Dawn's Early Light
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)
  • The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
  • Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series
  • They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
  • Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
  • Cleopatra (1963)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Pork Chop Hill (1959)

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Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993. He died of Hodgkin's disease. He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Massey was married four times, twice to well-known actresses: Adrienne Corri and Penelope Wilton. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors. He also made many stage appearances, notably in musicals such as Gigi and Stephen Sondheim's Follies. 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. Massey appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, without ever becoming a major star, and the 1968 award would be the high point of his career.

Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. He would later play Noel Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star!, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe award. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. He made his film debut as a child in Noel Coward's flag-waver, In Which We Serve (1942) -- Coward being his godfather. 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. Daniel Massey was born and died in London, England. 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. Although successful on stage and screen, his career was eclipsed by other members of Canada's noted Massey family: his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada.

He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor. Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. Pork Chop Hill (1959). North by Northwest (1959).

Cleopatra (1963). The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series. They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970).

Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). The Fall of the House of Usher (1982). Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). By Dawn's Early Light. Sliver (1993). Eye of the Stranger (1993).

Intersection (1994). Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor). The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998). The Joyriders (1999).

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999). Sleepy Hollow (1999). The Majestic (2001). Hollywood Homicide (2003).