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