Martin Landau, the Oscar winning actor, has died at the age of 89.
As a young actor, Mr Landau played small roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, as well as in Cleopatra and The Greatest Story Ever Told.
He also became a full time cast member of the Mission Impossible TV series, and a short-lived British TV series, Space: 1999.
However, it was in the latter part of his career that he played his most memorable roles. He won a Golden Globe for his role as Abe Karatz in Francis Ford Coppola’s Tucker: The Man and His Dream in 1988, as well as scooping an Oscar nomination. He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Judah in Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanours (1989). Describing Mr Landau, Woody Allen said:
