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