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Monty began his career in vaudeville, and appeared in various films from the 1930s to the 1970s, often uncredited. He appeared in "Wizard of Oz" in 1939 as a Munchkin, and also as one of the Winged Monkeys. He later said he considered his role as a Munchkin to be the most important of all his roles on stage and film in his 50 year career. His other film roles were in movies including "Hellzapoppin"', "The Court Jester", "Planet of the Apes", "Papillon", a production of "Swiss Family Robinson", "Three Ring Circus", "Hello, Dolly!", and as a rotoscope reference actor in the 1978 animated film "The Lord of the Rings".