David Landau (actor)

Landau was born in Philadelphia, the son of Robert Magee, who emigrated from County Londonderry, Ireland and listed his occupation as a gardener on the 1880 census. His mother, Maryann, was Pennsylvania-born of Irish and English descent. Landau studied law at the University of Pennsylvania. To improve his diction, he took a class in dramatics and later abandoned his law studies. He made his film debut in 1931. ==Personal life and death==

Landau's first wife was legally concluded by a court to have been actress Frances Landau (born Sarah Frances Newhall), whom he married on April 14, 1903, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. ==Partial filmography==

• Bondwomen (1915) - David Power • I Take This Woman (1931) - Circus Boss • Street Scene (1931) - Mr. Frank Maurrant • Arrowsmith (1931) - State Veterinarian • This Reckless Age (1932) - Matthew Daggett • Union Depot (1932) - Kendall • Taxi! (1932) - Buck Gerard • Polly of the Circus (1932) - Beef • ''It's Tough to Be Famous'' (1932) - Chief Petty Officer Steve Stevens • Amateur Daddy (1932) - Sam Pelgram • The Roadhouse Murder (1932) - Kraft • The Purchase Price (1932) - Bull McDowell • Horse Feathers (1932) - Jennings • 70,000 Witnesses (1932) - Dan McKenna • The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) - Tom Blake • Heritage of the Desert (1932) - Judson Holderness • False Faces (1932) - McCullough • Air Mail (1932) - 'Pop' • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - The Warden • Under-Cover Man (1932) - Inspector Conklin • They Just Had to Get Married (1932) - Montrose • Lawyer Man (1932) - John Gilmurry • She Done Him Wrong (1933) - Dan Flynn • The Crime of the Century (1933) - Police Lt. Frank Martin • Gabriel Over the White House (1933) - John Bronson • The Nuisance (1933) - Kelley • No Marriage Ties (1933) - Mr. Zimmer, Editor of 'The Reflector' • ''One Man's Journey'' (1933) - McGinnis • Bedside (1934) - Smith • As the Earth Turns (1934) - Mark Shaw • Wharf Angel (1934) - Moore • The Man With Two Faces (1934) - Curtis • Death on the Diamond (1934) - 'Pop' Clark • Judge Priest (1934) - Bob Gillis (final film role) ==References==