Person
Monte Landis
Acting · 1933–2024 · 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.
Known for
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Columbo
Steward
Get Smart
General Pajarito
Hawaii Five-O
Tony Madrid
Batman
Basil
The Golden Girls
Victor
Police Woman
The Snitch
The High Chaparral
Tailor
Sledge Hammer!
Hotel Manager
Filmography
- 1995High SocietyWaiter
- 1994Burke's LawHenderson
- 1992The Golden PalaceMr. Ricchutti
- 1990Heart ConditionBeverly Palm Hotel Waiter
- 1988The UnderachieversCarruthers
- 1986Sledge Hammer!Hotel Manager
- 1985The Golden GirlsVictor
- 1985Real GeniusDr. Dodd
- 1985Pee-wee's Big AdventureMario
- 1984Body DoubleSid Goldberg
- 1983YellowbeardPrison Guard
- 1978The BastardTurly
- 1977The Feather And Father Gang
- 1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentB.S.
- 1974Young FrankensteinGravedigger
- 1974Police WomanThe Snitch
- 1974Candy Stripe NursesHusband in Clinic
- 1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawPromoter
- 1971ColumboSteward
- 1970Myra BreckinridgeVince
- 1968Hawaii Five-OTony Madrid
- 1968TargetsMarshall Smith
- 1967The High ChaparralTailor
- 1967The Second Hundred YearsCharlie
- 1967Double TroubleGeorgie
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Genghis Gomez VIII
- 1966Occasional Wife
- 1966The MonkeesKing
- 1966BatmanBasil
- 1965Get SmartGeneral Pajarito
- 1964Kiss Me, Kate
- 1963CharadeMaster of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited)
- 1963EspionageInspector
- 1963What a Crazy WorldSolly Gold
- 1963The Human JungleSid Fiscal
- 1962On the BeatMr. Bassett
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962Play It CoolHorace - Beatnik Man
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961On the FiddleConductor
- 1960The Pure Hell of St Trinian'sOctavius
- 1960School for ScoundrelsFleetsnod
- 1959International DetectiveSami Kharan
- 1959The Mouse That RoaredCobbley
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