Monte Landis

Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) is 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-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. 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 / Pshaw / Shah-Ku 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" 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