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Martin Landau: Career in pictures

By Susan King and Whitney Friedlander Film and TV veteran Martin Landau has worked with some of cinema's most accomplished filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock ("North by Northwest"), Francis Ford Coppola ("Tucker: The Man and His Dream"), Woody Allen ("Crimes and Misdemeanors") and Tim Burton ("Ed Wood"). Here's a look at some of his more memorable roles. RELATED: Classic Hollywood: Martin Landau

By Susan King and Whitney Friedlander

Film and TV veteran Martin Landau has worked with some of cinema’s most accomplished filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock (“North by Northwest”), Francis Ford Coppola (“Tucker: The Man and His Dream”), Woody Allen (“Crimes and Misdemeanors”) and Tim Burton (“Ed Wood”). Here’s a look at some of his more memorable roles.

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Classic Hollywood: Martin Landau  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Awards

Landau has been nominated for three supporting actor Academy Awards, finally taking one home for playing Bela Lugosi in 1994’s “Ed Wood.” That character also garnered him a Golden Globe win and he also has a supporting actor Globe for 1988’s “Tucker” and for Best TV Star - Male, which he won in 1968 for “Mission: Impossible.”

Photo: Martin Landau accepts his award for supporting actor for “Ed Wood.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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