Monte Landis

Scottish-American actor (born 1933)

Monte Landis
Landis in Charade, 1963
Born	Max Landstein (1933-04-20) 20 April 1933 (age 91) Glasgow, Scotland
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 episode "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.^[2]

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

References

^ "Monte Landis". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
^ "Discography : The Blue Stars of France". Dans l'ombre des studios. 15 November 2020.