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Mission: Impossible and Ed Wood star Martin Landau dies at 89
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LOS ANGELES — Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible,” then capped a long and versatile career with an Oscar for his poignant portrayal of aging horror movie star Bela Lugosi in 1994’s “Ed Wood,” has died. He was 89.
Landau died Saturday of unexpected complications during a short stay at UCLA Medical Center, his publicist Dick Guttman said.
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Landau might have been a superstar but for a role he didn’t play — the pointy-eared starship Enterprise science officer, Mr. Spock. “Star Trek” creator Gene Rodenberry had offered him the half-Vulcan, half-human who attempts to rid his life of all emotion. Landau turned it down.
“A character without emotions would have driven me crazy; I would have had to be lobotomized,” he explained in 2001. Instead, he chose “Mission: Impossible,” and Leonard Nimoy went on to everlasting fame as Spock.
I'll personally always remember Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors, who many believe was Woody Allen's last great film (although I would personally argue it was Husbands and Wives). Great monologue by Mr. Landau in the final scene, spoilered for those who have never seen the film.
Mission: Impossible and Ed Wood star Martin Landau dies at 89
