Monte Landis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1933-04-20

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Monte Landis

Biography

Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) is 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.

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Acting History

1995
High Society as Waiter
1994
Burke's Law as Henderson
1992
The Golden Palace as Mr. Ricchutti
1990
Heart Condition as Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter
1988
The Underachievers as Carruthers
1986
Sledge Hammer!
1985
The Golden Girls as Victor
1985
Real Genius as Dr. Dodd
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure as Mario
1984
Body Double as Sid Goldberg
1983
Yellowbeard as Prison Guard
1978
The Bastard as Turly
1977
The Feather And Father Gang
1977
The Feather And Father Gang as Michael
1975
Linda Lovelace for President as B.S.
1974
Young Frankenstein as Gravedigger
1974
Police Woman as The Snitch
1974
Police Woman as Nadje
1974
Candy Stripe Nurses as Husband in Clinic
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Promoter
1971
Columbo as Steward
1970
Myra Breckinridge as Vince
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Tony Madrid
1968
Targets as Marshall Smith
1967
The High Chaparral as Tailor
1967
The Second Hundred Years as Charlie
1967
Double Trouble as Georgie
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Genghis Gomez VIII
1966
Occasional Wife
1966
The Monkees
1966
The Monkees as Oraculo
1966
The Monkees as Zeckenbush
1966
The Monkees as Duce
1966
Batman as Basil
1964
Kiss Me, Kate
1963
Charade as Master of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited)
1963
What a Crazy World as Solly Gold
1963
The Human Jungle as Sid Fiscal
1962
On the Beat as Mr. Bassett
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
Play It Cool as Horace - Beatnik Man
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
On the Fiddle as Conductor
1960
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as Octavius
1960
School for Scoundrels as Fleetsnod
1959
International Detective as Sami Kharan
1959
The Mouse That Roared as Cobbley