'Mission: Impossible' Star Martin Landau Dies Age 89

Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau has died at age 89, the New York Times reported over the weekend. Best known for his roles in North by Northwest and the television series Mission: Impossible, his publicist confirmed Saturday that he died of “unexpected complications” following a brief stay at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The actor, who was a former cartoonist for the New York Daily News, worked prolifically in movies and television throughout his life, snagging roles opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Cleopatra, and opposite Sidney Poitier in They Called Me Mister Tibbs. Forbes reports that later in his career, Landau spent his time teaching, directing, and as executive director at the Actors Studio West, where he guided and assisted the likes of Jack Nicholson and Angelica Huston. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame can be found at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard.

Martin Landau arrives at the 2009 AFI Fest and Warner Home Video’s DVD Release of “North By Northwest” on November 2, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Martin Landau at work in the New York Daily News Art Dept in 1951. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

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Peter Graves as James Phelps, Martin Landau as Rollin Hand and Greg Morris as Barney Collier in the TV series Mission Impossible (CBS via Getty Images)

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Martin Landau and Johnny Depp in Ed Wood (Everett Collection)

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Martin Landau during his Hollywood Walk of Fame induction.(Albert L. Ortega/WireImage)

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Richard Burton and Martin Landau in Cleopatra (Mary Evans/20th Century Fox)

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Martin Landau in the TV serties ‘Space:1999′(Michael Putland/Getty Images)

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James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Adam Williams, Martin Landau in North By Northwest (Everett Collection)

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Actor Martin Landau at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival opening night after party on April 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TCM)

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