Len Lesser

Leonard " Len " King Lesser ( born December 3, 1922 in New York City, New York, † February 16, 2011 in Burbank, California ) was an American actor who is known in particular for his role as Uncle Leo on the television series Seinfeld been.

Biography

Lesser his military service during the Second World War in the U.S. Army and began his acting career in 1949.

He played throughout his career nearly 170 roles in films and television series, where he mostly appeared in supporting roles. Lesser played in almost all known U.S. television series roles in single episodes such as in crook against crook (1965 ), The Wild Wild West (1965 ), My Favorite Martian ( 1965-1966 ), Mini -Max (1965 to 1967), The Munsters (1966 ), Laredo (1966 ), FBI (1966 ), Every time he took (1967 ) pills, Bill Cosby (1969 ), Bonanza ( 1970-1972 ), The Boss (1971 ), Kojak - Kojak ( 1974), The Rockford Files - Just call (1975 ), The Ghost Busters (1975 ), The Amazing Spider -Man ( 1977), Quincy (1978 ), Simon & Simon (1981 ), Hardcastle & McCormick (1983 ), Remington Steele ( 1983), Airwolf (1985 ), Falcon Crest (1988) and NAM - service in Vietnam (1990).

Well-known films in which he participated, were Kelly's Heroes (1970), Papillon (1973 ) and The Texan (1976).

His greatest popularity reached Lesser for his role as Uncle Leo in the American television series Seinfeld.

After that, he was still playing in single episodes of television series such as Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 to 2004), Sabrina - totally bewitched! (2001 ) ER - Emergency Room (2005) and Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten ( 2007), marriage is ... (2008). His last role was played by Len Lesser, 2009 in the television series Castle.