Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/20/1933
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
Monty LandisMax Landstein
Monte Landis
Biography
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-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
Real Genius
as Dr. Dodd
Charade
as Master of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited)
Body Double
as Sid Goldberg
Targets
as Marshall Smith
The Bastard
as Turly
Heart Condition
as Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter
The Mouse That Roared
as Cobbley
Young Frankenstein
as Gravedigger
Myra Breckinridge
as Vince
Double Trouble
as Georgie
On the Beat
as Mr. Bassett
Linda Lovelace for President
as B.S.
On the Fiddle
as Conductor
The Underachievers
as Carruthers
School for Scoundrels
as Fleetsnod
Play It Cool
as Horace - Beatnik Man
What a Crazy World
as Solly Gold
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Octavius
Candy Stripe Nurses
as Husband in Clinic
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Mario