
Monte Landis
Actor
Born: April 20, 1933 (91 years old)
Died: December 14, 2024
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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 (32)
- Young Frankenstein (1974, ★ 7.9)
- Targets (1968, ★ 7.1)
- Charade (1963, ★ 7.7)
- On the Beat (1962, ★ 7.6)
- Sledge Hammer! (1986, ★ 7.9)
- Columbo (1971, ★ 8.1)
- The Golden Girls (1985, ★ 7.6)
- Batman (1966, ★ 7.3)
- Hawaii Five-O (1968, ★ 7.1)
- Get Smart (1965, ★ 7.9)
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960, ★ 6.4)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, ★ 6.5)
- The Mouse That Roared (1959, ★ 6.3)
- School for Scoundrels (1960, ★ 6.9)
- Real Genius (1985, ★ 6.6)
- Heart Condition (1990, ★ 5.6)
- Play It Cool (1962, ★ 5.9)
- Body Double (1984, ★ 6.8)
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966, ★ 6.6)
- The Golden Palace (1992, ★ 6.4)
- The Monkees (1966, ★ 6.5)
- The High Chaparral (1967, ★ 6.7)
- Yellowbeard (1983, ★ 5.6)
- Police Woman (1974, ★ 6.4)
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971, ★ 6.3)
- Double Trouble (1967, ★ 4.9)
- On the Fiddle (1961, ★ 5.3)
- What a Crazy World (1963, ★ 6.2)
- Linda Lovelace for President (1975, ★ 4)
- The Underachievers (1988, ★ 4.2)