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Scottish-American film and television actor
Monte Landis
Landis in Charade , 1963
Born Max Landstein
(1933-04-20 ) 20 April 1933 (age 91) Occupation(s) Film and television actor
Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) is a Scottish-American film and television actor.
[1] 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-1950s 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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Partial filmography
The Mouse That Roared (1959) - Cobbley
School for Scoundrels (1960) - Fleetsnod
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) - Octavius
On the Fiddle (1961) - Conductor
Play It Cool (1962) - Horace - the Beatnik Man
Village of Daughters (1962) - Faccino
Live Now, Pay Later (1962) - Arnold
On the Beat (1962) - Mr. Bassett
What a Crazy World (1963) - Solly Gold
Charade (1963) - Master of Ceremonies at Les Black Sheep Club (uncredited)
Double Trouble (1967) - Georgie
Batman (1967, TV Series) - Basil
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967, Pilot only) - Self
The Monkees (1967–1968, TV Series) - Oraculo / Mr. Zero
The Monkees (1967) – King in S2:E3, "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik"
The Monkees (1967) – Zeckenbush in S2:E4, "Monkee Mayor"
The Monkees (1967) – Duce in S2:E5, "Art, for Monkees' Sake"
The Monkees (1967) – Shah-Ku in S2:E6, "I Was a 99-Pound Weakling"
The Monkees (1967) – Pshaw in S2:E8, "Monkees Marooned"
Targets (1968) - Marshall Smith
Myra Breckinridge (1970) - Vince
Hawaii Five-O (1971, TV Series) - Tony Madrid
Young Frankenstein (1974) - Gravedigger #1
Linda Lovelace for President (1975) - B.S.
The Feather and Father Gang (1976–1977, TV Series) - Michael
Yellowbeard (1983) - Prison Guard
Body Double (1984) - Sid Goldberg
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Mario
Real Genius (1985) - Dr. Dodd
Sledge Hammer! (1987–1988, TV Series) - Hotel Manager / Scotland Yard Inspector McCall
The Underachievers (1987) - Carruthers
The Golden Girls (1987, TV Series) - Victor
Heart Condition (1990) - Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter
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