Max Landstein born 20 April 1933 is a ScottishAmerican 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 mid50s as emcee in cabarets and jazz clubs Crazy Horse Club SaintGermain etc he played his own role later in Charade 1963 and choreographer for the French vocal group The Blue Stars of France