“Mission: Impossible,” which also starred Landau’s wife, Barbara Bain, became an immediate hit upon its debut in 1966. Instead, he chose “Mission: Impossible,” and Leonard Nimoy went on to everlasting fame as Spock. In “Ed Wood,” he portrayed Lugosi during his final years, when the Hungarian-born actor who had become famous as Count Dracula was ill, addicted to drugs and forced to make films with Ed Wood just to pay his bills. “I watched about 35 Lugosi movies, including ones that were worse than anything Ed Wood ever made,” he recalled in 2001. He toured with the play until it reached Los Angeles, where he began his film career.

Source: Daily Sun July 17, 2017 00:56 UTC