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The character has a line in which he talks about “my feminine intuition.” Seeing as his boss in the film is the famously-handsome James Mason, the implication is that he’s devoted to the boss because he’s infatuated with him.
Anyway: rest in peace, Mr. Landau. Your work gave pleasure to millions.
That’s how Landau always claimed he played him–not stereotypical, but as a jealous (possibly spurned) lover of Van Damm. Which is why he’s especially eager to off Eve.
I thought Landau was excellent in Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol.
A thread I started about him in 2003: Let's Talk about Martin Landau - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Crap! :mad: I was expecting Mona Bern and Fritz at that cabaret in Ramsdorf, East Europe.
“If you drink … my Glas … of Wein…”
Sorry, but he’s dead, Jim! 
Was he the killer on two "Columbo"s? Because I remember him as the identical twins.
That’s the one I was talking about: it opens when we see Landau killing his uncle for the inheritance money; and then Columbo shows up for his usual reverse-whodunit hijinks, since we’re of course going to know all along that Landau did it and the only question is how he’s going to get caught . . . and then in walks Landau, as a twin, and suddenly we realize hey, even though I watched the murder scene, I don’t actually know whether he did it. What was Columbo just saying about footprints? Yeah, that’s sort of useless, now, isn’t it? Like, they have identical feet.
Landau’s appearance on Man From Uncle – playing a Lugosi-style villian – put him on my permanent list of cool actors. Here’s the only Free Youtube video clip I could locate. The video quality is rotten, but the sound is fine.
“The Bat Cave Affair.” 1966. Count Zark – A completely charming precursor to his Oscar-winning role in Ed Wood.
RIP, Martin. He had a huge filmography, but I liked him best in Crimes and Misdemeanors. I would say Woody Allen’s best film, hands down.
Very poignant. Thanks for the link.
I couldn’t help grinning a little thinking back to the time that he unloaded on MTV VJ Kennedy for her poor interview of him at the Mission: Impossible premiere. She wasn’t exactly my favorite VJ back then, and I sure don’t think more highly of her now that she’s on Fox News.
89 is a good run. RIP. You’ve earned it.
This is my favorite Columbo episode, precisely for that opening fake-out scene, twist the viewers’ expectations reason. I watched it earlier this week, along with Ed Wood and a handful of episodes of Space 1999, as my Martin Landau memorial tribute.