\tEven as a lowly Comanchero during a guest appearance in an early episode of the classic TV western \u201cBonanza,\u201d actor Martin Landau was easily the best performer on the screen. Landau is one of the most enduring actors of our time who appeared in nearly 200 films and TV shows during his illustrious career and worked until his death. Landau, 89, who gained fame as a member of the daring spy team in \u201cMission: Impossible,\u201d and won an Academy Award in 1994\u2019s \u201cEd Wood,\u201d died Saturday. His publicist said Landau died after unexpected complications during a short stay at UCLA Medical Center. Though he is best remembered for supporting roles that anchored a long list of movies, including \u201cCleopatra,\u201d \u201cThe Greatest Story Ever Told\u201d and \u201cCrimes and Misdemeanors,\u201d the Brooklyn-born Landau actually began his career at the Daily News as a staff cartoonist and illustrator when he was just 17. He quit The News five years later to pursue his acting career. In 1955, Landau was among hundreds who applied to study at the prestigious Actors Studio and one of only two people selected. The other was Steve McQueen. <\/p>\n
\tIn 1957, Landau made his debut on Broadway in \u201cMiddle of the Night,\u201d and in 1959 he made his first movie appearance in Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s thriller \u201cNorth by Northwest.\u201d His big break came in 1966 when he was cast as Rollin Hand in the “Mission: Impossible” TV series. The role got him repeatedly nominated for Emmys and helped him nab the Best Male TV Star Golden Globe in 1968. Landau and his then wife, Barbara Bain also co-starred in the British-made sci-fi series \u201cSpace: 1999. He finally won the big prize for his supporting turn in Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cEd Wood,\u201d where he portrayed aging horror film star Bela Lugosi. \u201cThere was a 10-year period when everything I did was bad. I\u2019d like to go back and turn all those films into guitar picks,\u201d Landau said after accepting his Oscar. More recently, he played an Auschwitz survivor in the 2015 movie \u201cRemember,\u201d which co-starred with Christopher Plummer. His last movie, \u201cThe Last Poker Game,\u201d premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. \t<\/p>\n
Martin Landau, Though Not A Super Star Was A Great, Solid and Enduring Actor Of His Era <\/b> \t\t<\/p>\n\tSusan Z\u2019s Conclusion:<\/h2>\n
\nLandau would best be described as a solid character actor in today\u2019s movie world. Powerful supporting acting and ensemble roles are what he played the best. One by one, as age catches up with all of them, the great 60\u2019s actors that introduced television in the home and big screen cinema are passing away. An end of a bygone era.<\/p>\n
Knight of Cups: <\/b>
\nThis is youthful energy and a dreamer. I believe this represents Landau\u2019s love of acting. He just wanted to act and did so right up to (almost) his last breath.\n<\/p>\n
\tThe Star: <\/b>
\nThis is everything turning out ok in a life situation. I feel this card shows that Landau steadily worked, maybe not always as he mentioned above, in great acting parts but he was still acting and that is what he loved.\n<\/p>\n
King of Pentacles:<\/b>
\nThis is a successful man focused on money and material possessions. My sense about Landau is he looked at acting as a lucrative way of earning a living and getting to do what he loved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oscar-Winning Actor Martin Landau Dead At 89 Even as a lowly Comanchero during a guest appearance in an early episode of the classic TV western \u201cBonanza,\u201d actor Martin Landau was easily the best performer on the screen. Landau is one of the most enduring actors of our time who appeared in nearly 200 films and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1296,1297],"class_list":{"0":"post-6891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-martin-landau","9":"tag-oscar"},"yoast_head":"\n