1959
North by Northwest
He played Leonard.
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From stage performances to an Oscar-winning role
From North by Northwest to Ed Wood.
Brooklyn, New York, USA
A career across film and television
Martin Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1928. He trained at the Actors Studio and worked in New York theatre before establishing a screen career.
One of his early film roles was Leonard in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, in which he appears alongside Cary Grant and James Mason. The film is listed among his credits on FLM.RED.
Television audiences knew Landau as Rollin Hand in the original Mission: Impossible series. His later film work included Tucker: The Man and His Dream and Crimes and Misdemeanors.
In Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, Landau played actor Bela Lugosi and won the Academy Award for supporting actor. He died in 2017.
Selected roles
1966
Mission: Impossible
He played Rollin Hand in the television series.
1994
Ed Wood
His portrayal of Bela Lugosi won an Academy Award.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.