Martin Landau (1928–2017) was an American film and television actor. On television, Landau's most notable roles were that of Rollin Hand in Mission: Impossible (1966–1969) and as Commander John Koenig in the science fiction series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). On film, Landau appeared in notable films such as North by Northwest (1959), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).

Landau won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1959 Pork Chop Hill Lt. Russell North by Northwest Leonard The Gazebo The Duke 1962 Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock Dade Coleman 1963 Cleopatra Rufio Decision at Midnight Nils 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Caiaphas The Hallelujah Trail Chief Walks-Stooped-Over 1966 Nevada Smith Jesse Coe 1970 Operation Snafu Joe Mellone They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Logan Sharpe 1971 A Town Called Bastard The Colonel 1972 Black Gunn Capelli 1976 Strange Shadows in an Empty Room Dr. George Tracer 1979 The Last Word Captain Garrity Meteor Major General Adlon 1980 Without Warning Fred "Sarge" Dobbs The Return Niles Buchanan 1982 Alone in the Dark Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff 1983 The Being Garson Jones Trial by Terror 1984 Access Code Agency Head Terror in the Aisles Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff Archive footage 1985 Treasure Island Old Captain 1987 Sweet Revenge Cicero Empire State Chuck Cyclone Bosarian Delta Fever Bud W.A.R.: Women Against Rape Judge Shaw 1988 Real Bullets Sallini Run If You Can Curt Malvani Tucker: The Man and His Dream Abe Karatz Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (shared with Tom Cruise and Dean Stockwell)Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor 1989 Paint It Black Daniel Lambert Crimes and Misdemeanors Judah Rosenthal Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 1990 By Dawn’s Early Light The US President 1990 The Color of Evening Max Loeb 1991 Firehead Admiral Pendleton 1992 Mistress Jack Roth 1993 No Place to Hide Frank McCoy Eye of the Stranger Mayor Howard Bains Sliver Alex Parsons 12:01 Dr. Thadius Moxley 1994 Time Is Money Mac Intersection Neal Ed Wood Bela Lugosi Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAmerican Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorSaturn Award for Best ActorScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleSociety of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1996 City Hall Judge Walter Stern The Adventures of Pinocchio Geppetto The Elevator Roy Tilden 1997 B*A*P*S Mr. Donald Blakemore Legend of the Spirit Dog Storyteller Voice 1998 The X-Files Alvin Kurtzweil, M.D. Rounders Abe Petrovsky 1999 EDtv Al The Joyriders Gordon Trout The New Adventures of Pinocchio Geppetto Sleepy Hollow Peter Van Garrett UncreditedCarlo's Wake Carlo Torello 2000 Ready to Rumble Sal Bandini Very Mean Men Mr. White Shiner Frank Spedding 2001 The Majestic Harry Trimble 2003 Hollywood Homicide Jerry Duran The Commission Senator Richard Russell Wake Older Sebastian Riven 2004 The Aryan Couple Joseph Krauzenberg 2005 Film Trix Himself 2006 Love Made Easy Don Farinelli Sr. An Existential Affair The Wedding Doctor 2008 David & Fatima Rabbi Schmulic Lovely, Still Robert Malone Harrison Montgomery Harrison Montgomery City of Ember Sul Billy: The Early Years Older Charles Templeton 2009 9 2 VoiceRemembering Nigel Himself 2010 Ivory Leon Spencer Finding Grandma Doc Fine Short 2011 Mysteria Hotel Manager 2012 Frankenweenie Mr. Rzykruski Voice 2015 Entourage Bob Ryan Remember Max Rosenbaum 2016 The Red Maple Leaf Bernard Florence 2017 Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game Dr. Abe Mandelbaum 2019 Love, Antosha Himself Documentary, posthumous release 2022 Without Ward Ward Shot in 2012, posthumous release

Television Year Title Role Notes 1957 Harbourmaster First Mate Episode: "Sanctuary"1958 Lawman Bob Ford Episode: "The Outcast" Sugarfoot Jim Kelly Episode: "The Ghost" Gunsmoke Thorp Episode: "The Patsy"1959 The Lawless Years Silva Episode: "Lucky Silva" The Twilight Zone Dan Hotaling Episode: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" Johnny Staccato Jerry Lindstrom Episode: "Murder for Credit" Tales of Wells Fargo Doc Holliday Episode: "Doc Holliday"1960 Tate John Chess Episode: "Tigrero" Johnny Ringo Wes Tymon Episode: "The Derelict" The Islanders Arnie Episode: "Duel of Strangers" Adventures in Paradise Sackett Episode: "Nightmare on Nakupa" Wagon Train Preacher Episode: "The Cathy Eckhart Story"1961 Adventures in Paradise Miller Episode: "Mr. Flotsam" Bonanza Emeliano Episode: "The Gift" The Rifleman Miguel Episode: "The Vaqueros" The Tall Man Francisco Episode: "Dark Moment" The Law and Mr. Jones Episode: "Lincoln" The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor Vince Treynor Episode: "Shadow of His Brother" 1962 The Tall Man Father Gueschim Episode: "The Black Robe"1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Cochio Episode: "The Day of the Killer" Mr. Novak Victor Rand Episode: "Pay the Two Dollars" The Outer Limits Andro Episode: "The Man Who Was Never Born"1964 The Defenders Dr. Daniel Orren Episode: "The Secret" The Outer Limits Richard Bellero Episode: "The Bellero Shield" The Greatest Show on Earth Mario de Mona Episode: "The Night the Monkey Died" The Twilight Zone Major Ivan Kuchenko Episode: "The Jeopardy Room" The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Edward 'Ned' Murray Season 2 Episode 30: "Second Verdict" Special for Women: A Child in Danger William Olsen Television film The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre Nelson Orion Television film1965 Mr. Novak Robert Coolidge Episode: "Enter a Strange Animal" A Man Called Shenandoah Jace Miller Episode: "The Locket" I Spy Danny Preston Episode: "Danny Was a Million Laughs"The Wild Wild WestGeorge GrimmEpisone: "The Night of the Red Eyed Madman" The Big Valley Mariano Montoya Episode: "The Way to Kill a Killer"1966 Branded Edwin Booth Episode: "This Stage of Fools" The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Count Zark Episode: "The Bat Cave Affair" Gunsmoke Britton Episode: "The Goldtakers" 1966–1969 Mission: Impossible Rollin Hand 76 episodesGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series DramaNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1967–1969) 1969 Get Smart Max's new face Episode: "Pheasant Under Glass" 1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol Johnny BristolTelevision film1973 Savage Paul Savage Columbo Dexter Paris / Norman Paris Episode: "Double Shock" 1975–1977 Space: 1999 Commander John Koenig 47 episodes1979 The Fall of the House of Usher Roderick UsherTelevision film The Death of Ocean View Park Tom Flood 1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island J.J. Pierson1983 Matt Houston Marquis Duval Sr. Episode: "The Hunted" Hotel Russell Slocum Episode: "Confrontations"1984 Buffalo Bill Hayden Stone Episode: "Company Ink" Murder, She Wrote Al Drake Episode: "Birds of a Feather" 1985 The Twilight Zone William Cooper-Janes Episode: "The Beacon"1986 Kung Fu: The Movie John Martin Perkins III Television film Blacke's Magic Broderick Episode: "Last Flight from Moscow"1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Wallace Garrison Episode: "The Final Twist" The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Lyle StenningTelevision film 1989 The Neon Empire Max Loeb1990 Max and Helen Simon Wiesenthal Television filmNominated—CableACE Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries By Dawn's Early Light President of the United States Television filmNominated—CableACE Award for Actor in a Movie or Miniseries 1992 Legacy of Lies Abraham Resnick Television filmCableACE Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries 1993 12:01 Dr. Thadius Moxley Television film 1995–1996 Spider-Man: The Animated Series The Scorpion / Mac Gargan Voice, 4 episodes 1995 Joseph JacobTelevision film 1999 Bonanno: A Godfather's Story Joseph Bonanno (age 94) 2000 In the Beginning Abraham 2 episodes 2001 Haven Papa GruberTelevision film 2002 Corsairs 2004–2009 Without a Trace Frank Malone 5 episodesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2004–2005) 2006 The Evidence Dr. Sol Gold 8 episodes 2006–2008 Entourage Bob Ryan 4 episodesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2007) 2009 In Plain Sight Joseph Thomas/Joseph Tancredi Episode: "Training Video" 2011 The Simpsons The Great Raymondo Voice, Episode: "The Great Simpsina" 2011 Have a Little Faith Rabbi Albert LewisTelevision film 2013 The Anna Nicole Story J. Howard Marshall II 2014 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs Rulon Jeffs

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