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Biography

Len Lesser was an actor best known for his recurring roles of Uncle Leo on Seinfeld and Garvin on Everybody Loves Raymond. Lesser fought…more

Born

12/3/1922, New York, New York

Died

2/16/2011

Birth Name

Leonard King Lesser

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Everybody Loves Raymond
  Garvin
  - S 8: Ep 11 Debra at the Lodge
    1/5/04
  - S 7: Ep 23 The Bachelor Party
    5/12/03
  - S 7: Ep 5 Who Am I?
    10/14/02
  - S 7: Ep 4 Pet the Bunny
    10/7/02
  - S 6: Ep 17 The Skit
    2/25/02
  - + 4 More Credits
- Seinfeld
  uncle Leo
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Finale (2)
    5/14/98
- Seinfeld
  Uncle Leo
  - S 9: Ep 17 The Bookstore
    4/9/98
  - S 8: Ep 5 The Package
    10/17/96
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Shower Head
    2/15/96
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Doodle
    4/6/95
  - S 6: Ep 17 The Kiss Hello
    2/16/95
  - + 8 More Credits
Guest Star (102)

Role
- Castle
  Elderly Man
  - S 1: Ep 2 Nanny McDead
    3/16/09
- Til Death
  Gus
  - S 3: Ep 1 Speed Bumps
    9/10/08
- Cold Case
  Elmer Gibbins (2007)
  - S 5: Ep 7 World's End
    11/4/07
- The Wedding Bells
  Peppy Miller
  - S 1: Ep 1 For Whom the Bells Toll (Pilot)
    3/7/07
- ER
  Woodie Evans
  - S 12: Ep 8 Two Ships
    11/17/05
- Quintuplets
  Morty
  - S 1: Ep 12 Battle of the Bands
    9/29/04
- Rock Me Baby
  Harvey
  - S 1: Ep 10 Prior Engagement
    11/25/03
- Just Shoot Me!
  Uncle Jimmy
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Comedy Stylings of Rivers & Red
    4/22/03
- Son Of The Beach
  Nick Pappasmearos Jr.
  - S 3: Ep 14 Bad News, Mr. Johnson (3)
    10/1/02
  - S 3: Ep 13 Jailhouse Notch (2)
    9/24/02
  - S 3: Ep 12 Taco Lips Now (1)
    9/17/02
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Eugene
  - S 5: Ep 12 Tick-Tock Hilda's Clock
    1/19/01
- Tracey Takes On...
  Man
  - S 4: Ep 7 Books
    2/10/99
- Reunited
  Old Man
  - S 1: Ep 5 P.O.V.
    12/1/98
- The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 A.O.L.: Abe On-Line
    10/5/98
- Smart Guy
  Sidney
  - S 3: Ep 3 Love Bug
    10/4/98
- Caroline in the City
  Waiter
  - S 3: Ep 22 Caroline and the Sandwich
    4/27/98
- Life with Roger
  Mr. Mitchell
  - S 1: Ep 19 Dial M for Muffin
    3/23/97
- Mad About You
  Uncle Arnold
  - S 5: Ep 15 Citizen Buchman
    2/18/97
- Boy Meets World
  Arnie
  - S 4: Ep 13 B & B's B'n B
    1/10/97
- The John Larroquette Show
  Preacher
  - S 3: Ep 20 Independence Day
    4/23/96
- Platypus Man
  Rabbi Rosenbaum
  - S 1: Ep 11 Lower East Side Story
    5/1/95
- thirtysomething
  Mr. Sidel
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Wedding
    4/9/91
- Falcon Crest
  Professor McCloud
  - S 7: Ep 21 False Faces
    3/18/88
- Airwolf
  Stunt Show Villian
  - S 3: Ep 8 Annie Oakley
    11/16/85
- Amazing Stories
  Old Grave Robber
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mummy, Daddy
    10/27/85
- Remington Steele
  Anthony Torrance
  - S 2: Ep 9 Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws
    11/29/83
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Man in a Glass House
    9/25/83
- Simon & Simon
  Slater
  - S 1: Ep 1 Details at Eleven
    11/24/81
- Enos
  Solly
  - S 1: Ep 5 Grits and Greens Strike Again
    12/17/80
- Enos
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Where's the Corpus?
    11/26/80
- Quincy, M.E.
  De Groot
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Last Six Hours
    9/21/78
- The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 Spider-Man
    4/19/77
- Code R
  Leo
  - S 1: Ep 8 Drifter
    3/11/77
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle
    2/20/77
- Switch
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 11 Maggie's Hero
    12/14/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Benny Carr
  - S 5: Ep 7 Point of Law
    3/7/76
- The Ghost Busters
  Mr. "C"
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Canterville Ghost
    9/20/75
- Barbary Coast
  Clerk
  - S 1: Ep 2 Crazy Cats
    9/15/75
- The Rockford Files
  Colby
  - S 1: Ep 19 Say Goodbye to Jennifer
    2/7/75
- Medical Center
  Sam
  - S 6: Ep 11 Three On A Tightrope
    11/25/74
- Kojak
  Hinton
  - S 2: Ep 7 Nursemaid
    10/20/74
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Crowley
  - S 1: Ep 3 They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be...
    9/27/74
- Kojak
  Mr. Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 21 Therapy in Dynamite
    4/10/74
- The Mod Squad
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 14 Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum
    12/7/72
- The Delphi Bureau
  Mockthornton
  - S 1: Ep 3 The White Plague Project
    11/16/72
- Bonanza
  Fancher
  - S 14: Ep 2 Heritage of Anger
    9/19/72
- Ironside
  Frank Bender
  - S 5: Ep 16 But When She Was Bad
    12/30/71
- The Partners (1971)
  Novack
  - S 1: Ep 13 North Is Now South
    12/18/71
- All In The Family
  Billy Pendergast
  - S 1: Ep 12 Success Story
    3/30/71
- Bonanza
  Fred Gaskell
  - S 11: Ep 25 Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing
    3/29/70
- Green Acres
  Man
  - S 5: Ep 24 Uncle Fedor
    3/28/70
- The Bill Cosby Show
  Supervisor
  - S 1: Ep 5 Rules is Rules
    10/12/69
- The Outsider
  Max Davenport
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Old School Tie
    1/22/69
- Land of the Giants
  Prisoner
  - S 1: Ep 14 Brainwash
    1/12/69
- Judd for the Defense
  Rex
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Gates of Cerberus
    11/15/68
- The Monkees
  Red
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Monkees In Texas
    12/4/67
- Get Smart
  Vogel
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Spirit is Willing
    10/14/67
- Mr. Terrific
  Novnik
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Sultan Has Five Wives
    5/8/67
- That Girl (1966)
  Guard
  - S 1: Ep 18 These Boots Weren't Made For Walking
    1/12/67
- Get Smart
  Luden
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Decoy
    10/29/66
- Run, Buddy, Run
  Lou
  - S 1: Ep 7 Bank Holdup
    10/24/66
- The Monkees
  George
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Monkees in a Ghost Town
    10/24/66
- Love On A Rooftop
  Junk Shop Owner
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Big Brass Bed
    9/27/66
- The F.B.I.
  Ghost
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Price of Death
    9/18/66
- Laredo
  Dirk
  - S 1: Ep 25 A Very Small Assignment
    3/17/66
- My Favorite Martian
  Carlo
  - S 3: Ep 23 When a Martian Makes His Violin Cry
    2/20/66
- The Munsters
  Manikoo
  - S 2: Ep 18 Big Heap Herman
    1/20/66
- Get Smart
  Rudolph
  - S 1: Ep 9 Satan Place
    11/13/65
- Honey West
  Mr. Crimm
  - S 1: Ep 8 In the Bag
    11/5/65
- Ben Casey
  Lieutenant Bentley
  - S 5: Ep 8 Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down
    11/1/65
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Mason
  - S 1: Ep 5 Night of the Casual Killer
    10/15/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Le Bombard
  - S 2: Ep 23 Escape Into Jeopardy
    5/28/65
- The Rogues
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 28 Grave Doubts
    3/28/65
- Kentucky Jones
  Shoelace
  - S 1: Ep 21 Bad Penny
    3/6/65
- My Favorite Martian
  Hank
  - S 2: Ep 21 Humbug, Mrs. Brown
    2/21/65
- The Outer Limits
  GIA Agent
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Invisibles
    2/3/64
- The Great Adventure
  Varnes
  - S 1: Ep 12 Wild Bill Hickok - The Legend and the Man
    1/3/64
- Temple Houston
  Orley Baldwin
  - S 1: Ep 10 Billy Hart
    11/28/63
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  West Matlock
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Day Of The Giants
    11/3/63
- Stoney Burke
  Leo
  - S 1: Ep 12 Bandwagon
    12/17/62
- The Investigators (1961)
  Puppeteer
  - S 1: Ep 7 In a Mirror, Darkly
    11/16/61
- The Untouchables
  Gunther
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Seat On The Fence
    11/24/60
- Lock-Up
  Carl Kincaid
  - S 2: Ep 7 Seventh Hour
    11/5/60
- Bat Masterson
  Frank Holloway
  - S 2: Ep 36 Blood on the Money
    6/23/60
- Johnny Staccato
  Junkie Prisoner
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Wild Reed
    3/24/60
- The Man and the Challenge
  Les
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Visitors
    12/26/59
- Mr. Lucky
  Gunman
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hijacked
    12/26/59
- Adventures in Paradise
  Lasser
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Bamboo Curtain
    12/14/59
- Peter Gunn
  Speaker
  - S 1: Ep 35 Kill from Nowhere
    5/25/59
- M Squad
  Red McShane
  - S 2: Ep 24 Death Threat
    3/13/59
- The Red Skelton Show
  Legs
  - S 8: Ep 15 Cauliflower and the Kidnappers
    2/3/59
- The Jack Benny Program
  1st Ma, Mugsy McGurk
  - S 9: Ep 10 Ernie Kovacs Show
    1/25/59
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Zig
  - S 2: Ep 2 Requiem for a Sucker
    1/15/59
- The Texan
  Brad
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Widow of Paradise
    11/24/58
- The Grand Jury
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Prison Scandal
    11/21/58
- Playhouse 90
  Man with Gun
  - S 3: Ep 8 Old Man
    11/20/58
- The Jack Benny Program
  2nd Bank Robber
  - S 9: Ep 5 Bachelor TV Lives
    11/16/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Boldt
  - S 1: Ep 38 Deliver the Body
    6/7/58
- Panic
  John Bates
  - S 2: Ep 7 Survivors
    5/18/58
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 4 Heart of Gold
    10/27/57
- General Electric Theater
  Friedman
  - S 5: Ep 27 Bitter Choice
    4/21/57
- Dragnet
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Big Close
    3/7/57
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Sharp Knives
    11/14/49

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Len Lesser, Seinfeld's Beloved Uncle Leo, Dies at 88

By Seth Abramovitch, Feb 17, 2011

And so it goes that we must bid a fond adieu to Len Lesser, aka the talented character actor who played Uncle Leo for nine classic seasons of Seinfeld. read more