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Monte Landis

Monte Landis

Born: 1933-04-20 • Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) was a Scottish-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of The Monkees, most notably as "Mr. Zero" in "The Devil and Peter Tork". He began his career in Britain before moving to the United States in 1963. He also had a career in Paris in the mid-50s as emcee in cabarets and jazz clubs (Crazy Horse, Club Saint-Germain, etc.) -he played his own role later in Charade (1963)- and choreographer for the French vocal group The Blue Stars of France.

Filmography
Heart Condition poster
Heart Condition
1990 • Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter
The Underachievers poster
The Underachievers
1988 • Carruthers
Real Genius poster
Real Genius
1985 • Dr. Dodd
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 • Mario
Body Double poster
Body Double
1984 • Sid Goldberg
Yellowbeard poster
Yellowbeard
1983 • Prison Guard
Linda Lovelace for President poster
Linda Lovelace for President
1975 • B.S.
Young Frankenstein poster
Young Frankenstein
1974 • Gravedigger
Candy Stripe Nurses poster
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974 • Husband in Clinic
Myra Breckinridge poster
Myra Breckinridge
1970 • Vince
Targets poster
Targets
1968 • Marshall Smith
Double Trouble poster
Double Trouble
1967 • Georgie
Kiss Me, Kate poster
Kiss Me, Kate
1964
Charade poster
Charade
1963 • Master of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited)
What a Crazy World poster
What a Crazy World
1963 • Solly Gold
On the Beat poster
On the Beat
1962 • Mr. Bassett
Play It Cool poster
Play It Cool
1962 • Horace - Beatnik Man
On the Fiddle poster
On the Fiddle
1961 • Conductor
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's poster
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960 • Octavius
School for Scoundrels poster
School for Scoundrels
1960 • Fleetsnod
The Mouse That Roared poster
The Mouse That Roared
1959 • Cobbley