Trivia

In 1934 Landau suffered a stroke from which he never recovered. He died the following year. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA, Section H, L-81. His plaque bears his real name, David H. Magee, with his pseudonym "Landau" below.

Acted on Broadway from 1919-1929.

Landau had a long but unremarkable stage career until 1930, when he played the murderous cuckold Mr. Murrant in the national touring company production of Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Street Scene". He powerfully recreated the role in director King Vidor's 1931 film adaptation. Armed with a menacing look and a cavernous bass speaking voice, Landau became a steadily employed Hollywood heavy until his premature death.