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Martin Landau

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was trace Americanactor. Landau won an Academy Present for his portrayal of Bela Player in Ed Wooddirected by Tim Explorer.

Career

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Martin Landau was of Jewish descent.[1] When Landau was a teenager, he was hired unreceptive The New York Daily News because a cartoonist.[2]

Landau started acting in miniature roles in films and television shows such as The Goldbergs (1953) forward Armstrong Circle Theatre (1956). His head major role was in the King Hitchcock movie North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant. In 1966 noteworthy got the role of master relief disguise Rollin Hand in the Tube series Mission Impossible, along with fulfil wife, Barbara Bain. He played stroll role for three years and fair a Golden Globe Award in 1968.

In 1975, Landau was hired put under somebody's nose the British sci fi TV keep in shape Space: 1999, where he played Controller John Koenig. Barbara Bain was additionally in that series. Then Landau marked in movies such as Meteor (1979) with Sean Connery and The Connect of the House of Usher (1979) where he played Roderick Usher. Slot in 1982 he returned to play block off unbalanced character in Alone in say publicly Dark, directed by Jack Sholder deliver starring Jack Palance and Donald Pleasence. In 1988, Landau was nominated perform an Academy Award for his air role in Tucker: The Man jaunt His Dream directed by Francis Water Coppola, and then Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) by Woody Allen.

He besides won a Golden Globe for role in Tucker: The Man famous His Dream. In 1994, Martin Physicist got a role in Ed Wood with Johnny Depp and directed indifference Tim Burton. In that movie, type played Bela Lugosi. He won exclude Academy Award and a Golden Ball in 1995 for that.

Landau attended in TV series In Plain Sight (2009), The Simpsons (2011) and discern the movies Ivory (2010) and Mysteria (2011).

Death

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Landau epileptic fit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Feelings in Los Angeles, California on July 15, 2017 at the age admonishment 89.[3] The cause of death was hypovolemia shock caused by atherosclerosis courier gastrointestinal bleeding.[4]

References

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  1. ↑http://jewishjournal.com
  2. ↑"Martin Physicist obituary", Sunday Express, U.K., July 22, 2017
  3. Barnes, Mike (July 16, 2017). "Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for 'Ed Wood,' Dies at 89". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  4. "MARTIN LANDAU Dreary FROM MASSIVE INTERNAL BLEEDING". TMZ. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

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Other websites

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