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poor Bob Dimuccci!
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THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
ED WOOD
pretty good work, wouldn't you say?
RIP Marty
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it pisses me off when comments say he will be
"most remembered for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"
Gimme me an elfin' break!
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Jul 17, 2017 - 11:50 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Martin Landau played the malevolent "Leonard," secretary to suave "Phillip Vandamm" (James Mason) who mistakenly believes that "Roger Thornhill" (Cary Grant) is a government agent, "George Kaplan," for whom he has been searching. One day, Landau noticed that Alfred Hitchcock was giving instructions to Cary Grant, James Mason, and Eva Marie Saint. When he asked Hitchcock about this, the director basically said if he didn't talk to actors, they were doing fine; when he talked to them, it was because they did something wrong.
Not released until 1995 (except as a re-recording), Bernard Herrmann's score for the film was most recently released by Intrada in 2012.
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Jul 18, 2017 - 10:07 AM
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Howard L
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That's the island mentality for you...
He is Rollin Hand first and foremost for this UK-living Brit (what with how Space: 1999 was crap outside the theme tunes).
Ya don't gotta be a Brit, CL!
Martin Landau, the tall, intense, sometimes mischievously sinister actor best known for his role in the television series “Mission: Impossible” and his Oscar-winning portrayal of Bela Lugosi in the film “Ed Wood,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 89.
His death was confirmed by his publicist.
Mr. Landau starred in “Mission: Impossible,” a hit suspense drama on CBS, as Rollin Hand, a versatile covert-operations agent, from its debut in 1966 until 1969.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/movies/martin-landau-actor-academy-award-dies-89.html
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Jul 18, 2017 - 11:00 AM
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Solium
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I know him mostly from Space 1999. Of course from MI and NBNW too. He was a classy actor, RIP.
The sub-header for that article is rather bizarre...
"His résumé includes 'Mission: Impossible,' 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' and 'North by Northwest.' It does not, however, include 'Star Trek.' " 
Landau was offered the part of Spock, but turned it down because he said playing an emotionless character would have driven him crazy! Ironically, it was Leonard Nimoy who took the role of Spock (and went on to great fame with it), because he was the one who later replaced Landau on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE... 
Anyway, he was a great actor and will be missed.
RIP
I think the appropriate response is, "fascinating!". Thanks for the explanation.
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