Martin Landau Net Worth is
$1.3 Million

Mini Biography

Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was created in June 20, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY. At age group 17, he was employed by the brand new York Daily Information as an employee cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years over the paper, he offered as the illustrator for Billy Rose’s “Pitching Horseshoes” column. He also proved helpful for cartoonist Gus Edson on “The Gumps” comic remove. Landau’s main ambition was to do something, and in 1951, he produced his stage debut in “Detective Tale” on the Peaks Isle Playhouse in Peaks Isle, Maine. He produced his off-Broadway debut that calendar year in “Initial Love”. Landau was among 2000 candidates who auditioned for Lee Strasberg’s Stars Studio room in 1955 – only he and Steve McQueen were accepted. Landau was a pal of Adam Dean and McQueen, within a discussion with Landau, talked about that he understood Dean and acquired fulfilled Landau. When Landau asked where that they had fulfilled, McQueen up to date him he previously seen Landau operating into the NEW YORK garage area where he proved helpful being a mechanic on the trunk of Dean’s motorbike. He acted through the mid-1950s in the tv screen anthologies Playhouse 90 (1956), Studio room A single in Hollywood (1948), The Philco-Goodyear Tv Playhouse (1948), Kraft Theater (1947), Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and Omnibus (1952). He started producing a name for himself after changing star Franchot Shade in the 1956 off-Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”, a well-known creation that helped place off-Broadway on the brand new York theatrical map. In 1957, he produced a well-received Broadway debut in the play “Middle of the night time”. Within the touring business with superstar Edward G. Robinson, he managed to get towards the Western world Coast. He produced his film debut in Pork Chop Hill (1959) but have scored on film as the large in Alfred Hitchcock’s traditional thriller North by Northwest (1959), where he was shot together with Support Rushmore while sadistically moving for the fingertips of Cary Offer, who was securing for dear lifestyle towards the cliff encounter. He also made an appearance in the blockbuster Cleopatra (1963), the priciest film available up compared to that period, which almost scuttled 20th Century-Fox and engendered among the great general public scandals, the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton romance that overshadowed the film itself. Regardless of the problems with the film, Landau’s unforgettable portrayal in the main element part of Rufio was extremely well-liked by the target audience and immediately catapulted his recognition. In 1963, Landau played memorable functions on two episodes from the science-fiction anthology series The Outer Limitations (1963), “The Bellero Shield” and “THE PERSON Who Was By no means Given birth to”. He was Gene Roddenberry’s 1st choice to try out Mr. Spock on Celebrity Trek (1966), however the role visited Leonard Nimoy, who later on changed Landau on Objective: Difficult (1966), the present that really produced Landau well-known. He originally had not been meant to be considered a regular for the series, which co-starred his wife Barbara Bain, whom he previously wedded in 1957. His personality, Rollin Hands, was likely to make periodic, though recurring performances, on Objective: Difficult (1966), however when the manufacturers had issues with superstar Steven Hill, Landau was utilized to take in the slack. Landau’s characterisation was therefore well-received therefore favored by the target audience that he was produced a normal. Landau received Emmy nominations as Exceptional Lead Actor inside a Episode Series for every from the three months he made an appearance. In 1968, he received the Golden World award as Greatest Male TV Celebrity. Ultimately, he quit the series in 1969 after an income dispute when the brand new star, Peter Graves, was presented with a contract that paid him a lot more than Landau, whose own contract stated he’d possess parity with some other actor in the show who made a lot more than he did. The manufacturers refused to budge and he and Bain, who got become the initial actress in the annals of television to become awarded three consecutive Emmy Honours (1967-69) while on the display, still left the series, ostensibly to go after careers in the films. The move in fact held back again their professions, and Objective: Difficult (1966) continued for another four years with various other actors. Landau appeared to get Sidney Poitier in They Contact Me personally Mister Tibbs! (1970), the much less successful sequel towards the Oscar-winning In heat of the night time (1967), nonetheless it didn’t generate more function of an identical caliber. He starred in the tv screen movie Welcome House, Johnny Bristol (1972) on CBS, playing a prisoner of battle returning to america from Vietnam. The next season, he shot a pilot for NBC for any proposed display, “Savage”. Though it had been directed by growing wunderkind Steven Spielberg, NBC didn’t grab the display. Needing function, Landau and Bain relocated to England to try out the leading functions in the syndicated science-fiction series Space: 1999 (1975). Landau’s and Bain’s professions stalled after Space: 1999 (1975) went of production, plus they had been decreased to taking parts in the tv screen film The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Isle (1981). It had been the nadir of both their professions, and Bain’s performing times, and their relationship, soon had been over. Landau, perhaps one of the most talented personality stars in Hollywood, and one not really without recognition, acquired bottomed out career-wise. In 1983, he was trapped in low-budget sci-fi and horror films like The Getting (1983), a job considerably beneath his skill. His career renaissance got off to a slow focus on a recurring function in the NBC sitcom Buffalo Costs (1983), starring Dabney Coleman. On Broadway, he overran the name function in the revival of “Dracula” and continued the road using the nationwide touring organization. Finally, his profession renaissance started to collect momentum when Francis Ford Coppola solid him in a crucial assisting part in his Tucker: THE PERSON and His Desire (1988), that Landau was nominated for an Academy Honor as Best Assisting Actor. He received his second Golden World for the part. The next calendar year, he received his second consecutive Greatest Supporting Professional Oscar nomination for his outstanding convert as the adulterous hubby in Woody Allen’s Offences and Misdemeanors (1989). He implemented this up by playing famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal in the TNT film Potential and Helen (1990). Nevertheless, the summit of his post-“Objective: Difficult” carer was going to end up being scaled. He portrayed Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton’s biopic Ed Hardwood (1994) and gained glowing testimonials. For his overall performance, he won the very best Supporting Acting professional Oscar. Martin Landau, the outstanding character acting professional, finally have been recognized along with his profession’s greatest award. His overall performance, which also received him his third Golden World, garnered numerous honours as well as the Oscar and Golden World, including best honors from the brand new York Film Critics Group and the Country wide Culture of Film Critics. Landau continuing to play a multitude of assignments in movies and on tv, turning in an excellent performance within a helping function in The Majestic (2001). He received his 4th Emmy nomination in 2004 as Excellent Guest Actor within a Play Series for With out a Trace (2002). Martin Landau was honored along with his have star over the Hollywood Walk of Popularity, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Landau
Date Of Birth	June 20, 1928
Height	1.85 m
Profession	Film producer, Voice Actor
Education	Pratt Institute, James Madison High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Barbara Bain
Children	Juliet Landau, Susan Landau Finch
Parents	Selma Landau, Morris Landau
Siblings	Constance Landau, Elinor Landau
Awards	Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Male, Satellite Mary Pickford Award
Nominations	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
Movies	Ed Wood, Frankenweenie, North by Northwest, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Remember, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Cleopatra, The Majestic, City of Ember, Rounders, Lovely, Still, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The X-Files, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Pork Chop Hill, The Being, EDtv, Nevada Smith, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Ready to Rumble, Without Warning, B*A*P*S, Hollywood Homicide, The Hallelujah Trail, The Aryan Couple, Sliver, City Hall, A Town Called Bastard, Alone in the Dark, Black Gunn, The Gazebo, Billy: The Early Years, Eye of the Stranger, 12:01, Firehead, The Joyriders, Shadows in an Empty Room, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, David & Fatima, Bonanno: A Godfather's Story, Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs, Max and Helen, By Dawn's Early Light, No Place to Hide, In the Beginning, Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol, Have a Little Faith, An Existential Affair, Harrison Montgomery, Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock, Legacy Of Lies
TV Shows	The Evidence, Buffalo Bill, Space: 1999, Mission: Impossible, I Spy, The Defenders, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century