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His career breakthrough came with leading roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969) and Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Landau earned Academy Award nominations for his performances in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) and Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).
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).
YearTitleRole2022Without WardWard2019Himself2017Dr. Abe Mandelbaum2016Bernard FlorenceHe was Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Mr. Spock on Star Trek (1966), but the role went to Leonard Nimoy, who later replaced Landau on Mission: Impossible (1966), the show that really made Landau famous. Landau originally was not meant to be a regular on the series, which co-starred his wife Barbara Bain, whom he
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Jul 16, 2017 · Martin Landau, 89, a character actor who starred in the 1960s television show “Mission: Impossible” and won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in the movie “Ed Wood,” died Saturday, his...
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Jul 17, 2017 · The actor Martin Landau, best known for roles in the TV series Mission: Impossible and 1960s blockbusters like Cleopatra, has died, aged 89. His publicist Dick Guttman confirmed the death,...
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Jul 17, 2017 · The actor Martin Landau, best known for roles in the TV series Mission: Impossible and 1960s blockbusters like Cleopatra, has died, aged 89. His publicist Dick Guttman confirmed the death,...
Jul 17, 2017 · Download. Embed. Transcript. Martin Landau has died at 89. He was a character actor best known for roles in Crimes and Misdemeanors, North by Northwest and Ed Wood. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And now...
