Martin Landau Dies at 89

[pagan]

Martin Landau whose role as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton’s 1994 film Ed Wood earned the popular player an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, died Saturday at 89 following “unexpected complications” after a brief stay at the UCLA Medical Center, his publicist Dick Guttman confirmed Sunday.

 

[philobeddoe]

I remember him best from the TV show: Space 1999, it aired in the late 70's, when I was a kid.

 

[davet]

Leonard in North by Northwest :clap:

 

[elbert]

Mission: Impossible was a T.V. series...? 8O I'll show myself out...

 

[sablebrush52]

Thanks for all of the great characters. RIP.

 

[sablebrush52]

Dick Guttman? Geez, THAT'S an unfortunate name.

 

[kcghost]

Mission Impossible was fantastic! RIP.

 

[brian64]

One of the all-time greats. RIP Martin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZbLFXqhbQM

 

[davidintexas]

He was one of my favorite actors over the years, especially in Mission Impossible. He also played in the movie The Majestic opposite of Jim Carey. That was a great movie. I also watched those Space: 1999 episodes that he played in with his wife Barbara Bain. RIP Martin

 

[mso489]

I remember him most for his role as an accomplice villain in Hitchcock's classic "North By Northwest." Especially when he was young, he had an unusual spidery appearance that lent itself well to playing a spooky character. He really upstaged the lead villain whose face and presence, frankly, I can't remember at all. Some people just take over a movie screen and shut down the other actors. John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Robin Williams, Paul Newman. When you have it, you can't turn it off.

 

[wyfbane]

I remember him best from the TV show: Space 1999

LOVED that show. I had the toy spaceship growing up. Wish I still did.
Thanks for all the memories, Martin.
RIP