Thursday, 17 February 2011

"Seinfeld's" Actor, Len Lesser Who Played, Uncle Leo Died at age 88: was in 15 Episodes

Len Lesser

Len Lesser was a TV, film and stage actor, who died  from cancer at the age of 88 in his sleep after eating breakfast. He lived  in Burbank, California . Len was born in New York City, and had graduated from City College  in 1942.  He had served in the army during WWII.  Mr Lesser had launched his career in 1949 and worked until 2010.  Some of the shows he had been on include;  the Monkees, Quincy Jones,  His last acting gig was playing a neighbor on, Castle.   He is most remembered for playing uncle Leo on Seinfeld. One of the funniest scenes he did on Seinfeld was when he had accused the chief of being a Natzi because he  under cooked a hamburger.  He part as Leo was  introduced to Seinfeld in the second season and had appeared in 15 episodes.  He was married in 1954 and divorced in 1982; he had never remarried.

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