Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 20, 1933
Place of Birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Monte Landis
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Heart Condition | Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter |
| 1988 | The Underachievers | Carruthers |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Mario |
| 1985 | Real Genius | Dr. Dodd |
| 1984 | Body Double | Sid Goldberg |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Prison Guard |
| 1975 | Linda Lovelace for President | B.S. |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Gravedigger |
| 1974 | Candy Stripe Nurses | Husband in Clinic |
| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Vince |
| 1968 | Targets | Marshall Smith |
| 1967 | Double Trouble | Georgie |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Kate | |
| 1963 | Charade | Master of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited) |
| 1963 | What a Crazy World | Solly Gold |
| 1962 | Play It Cool | Horace - Beatnik Man |
| 1962 | On the Beat | Mr. Bassett |
| 1961 | On the Fiddle | Conductor |
| 1960 | The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Octavius |
| 1960 | School for Scoundrels | Fleetsnod |
| 1959 | The Mouse That Roared | Cobbley |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | High Society | Waiter |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Henderson |
| 1992 | The Golden Palace | Mr. Ricchutti |
| 1986 | Sledge Hammer! | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Victor |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Turly |
| 1977 | The Feather And Father Gang | |
| 1977 | The Feather And Father Gang | Michael |
| 1974 | Police Woman | The Snitch |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Nadje |
| 1971 | Columbo | Steward |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Promoter |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Tony Madrid |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Tailor |
| 1967 | The Second Hundred Years | Charlie |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Genghis Gomez VIII |
| 1966 | Batman | Basil |
| 1966 | The Monkees | King |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife | |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Oraculo |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Zeckenbush |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Duce |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Shah-Ku |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Pshaw |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Zero |
| 1965 | Get Smart | General Pajarito |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Sid Fiscal |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | International Detective | Sami Kharan |