Monte Landis

Monte Landis (born 20 April 1933, Glasgow) is a Scottish-born character actor 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.

Monte Landis in Charade

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
• The Monkees (1967–1968, TV Series) - Oraculo / Mr. Zero / Pshaw / Shah-Ku / Duce / Zeckenbush / King
• 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
• Heart Condition (1990) - Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter

External links

• Monte Landis on IMDb
• Monte Landis at AllMovie