Martin Landau
Martin James Landau /ˈlænˌdaʊ/ (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999.
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| Full name at birth | Martin James Landau
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| Claim to fame | Mission: Impossible, Space 1999
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| Date of birth | 20 June 1928
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| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 15 July 2017
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| Age | 89 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Hypovolemic Shock Brought On By Internal Bleeding And Heart Disease
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| Resting place | Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York
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| Occupation | Actor, Acting Coach, Producer, Editorial Cartoonist
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| Height | 6' 3" (190 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Tall stature
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| High school | Brooklyn's James Madison High School
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- Turned down the role of Carl Grissom in Batman (1989).
- From 1948-53, he made a living as a newspaper artist and staff cartoonist, for the New York's Daily News, as an illustrator for Billy Rose's "Pitching Horseshoes" newspaper column, and as an assistant cartoonist to Gus Edson for "The Gumps" comic strip.
- Father of Susan Landau Finch and Juliet Landau.
- Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1992.
- A friend of James Dean, when Landau first met Steve McQueen and McQueen said he knew him, he asked where they had met. McQueen informed him he had seen Landau riding into the New York City garage where he worked as a mechanic on the back of Dean's motorcycle.
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