Len Lesser

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   Studio One (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

4. 2009 · Latest release

   Castle (TV)

5. 2011 · Died

   February 16, 2011

Career in numbers

2 1940s

13 1950s

15 1960s

16 1970s

7 1980s

9 1990s

5 2000s

• Drama39
• Comedy26
• Crime14
• Action & Adventure13
• Mystery10
• Western9

Highest-rated title Boy Meets World 1993 8.3 Most popular title Seinfeld 1989 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Len Lesser in our catalogue.

John Erman

6 titles together

Gary Nelson

6 titles together

Abner Biberman

5 titles together

Daniel Petrie

4 titles together

Stuart Margolin

4 titles together

Michael Lembeck

3 titles together

Ray Danton

3 titles together

Peter Baldwin

3 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

Robert Day

3 titles together

1. 2009 Castle as Neighbour 8.0 TV
2. 2006 'Til Death as Gus 6.5 TV
3. 2004 Quintuplets as Morty TV
4. 2003 Cold Case as Elmer Gibbins (2007) 7.7 TV
5. 2000 Son of the Beach 6.3 TV
6. 1997 Smart Guy as Sidney 7.9 TV
7. 1997 Just Shoot Me! as Uncle Jimmy 6.7 TV
8. 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Eugene 7.8 TV
9. 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond as Garvin 6.9 TV
10. 1995 Caroline in the City as Waiter 6.5 TV
11. 1994 ER as Woody Ebbots 7.8 TV
12. 1993 Boy Meets World as Arnie Heck 8.3 TV
13. 1993 The John Larroquette Show as Preacher TV
14. 1992 Mad About You as Uncle Arnold 6.8 TV
15. 1989 Seinfeld as Uncle Leo 8.2 TV
16. 1987 thirtysomething 6.3 TV
17. 1987 Tour of Duty as Clayton - WWII Vet (uncredited) 8.2 TV
18. 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick as Sam 6.5 TV
19. 1981 Falcon Crest as Professor McCloud 5.6 TV
20. 1981 Simon & Simon as Slater 6.7 TV
21. 1980 Enos TV
22. 1977 The Love Boat as Stryker 6.3 TV
23. 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 7.1 TV
24. 1977 Code R as Leo TV
25. 1976 Quincy, M.E. as Dr. DeGroot 7.5 TV
26. 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales as Abe 7.5 Movie
27. 1975 Switch as Pelky TV
28. 1974 The Rockford Files as Colby 7.6 TV
29. 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Crowley 7.7 TV
30. 1973 Papillon as Guard 7.8 Movie
31. 1973 Kojak as Mr. Morgan 7.3 TV
32. 1972 Delphi Bureau as Mockthornton TV
33. 1972 The Bob Newhart Show as Mr. Schwab 7.6 TV
34. 1971 McMillan & Wife as Benny Carr 6.9 TV
35. 1971 The Partners TV
36. 1971 All in the Family as Billy Pendergast 7.8 TV
37. 1970 Kelly's Heroes as Platoon Sgt. Bellamy (42nd Engineers) 7.4 Movie
38. 1969 Medical Center TV
39. 1968 The Mod Squad as Burns 6.1 TV
40. 1968 Land of the Giants as Prisoner 6.8 TV
41. 1967 Judd, for the Defense TV
42. 1967 Ironside as Frank Bender 6.8 TV
43. 1966 Run, Buddy, Run TV
44. 1966 That Girl 6.2 TV
45. 1965 The F.B.I. as Ghost 5.6 TV
46. 1965 Get Smart as Rudolph 8.0 TV
47. 1965 The Wild Wild West as Mason 7.6 TV
48. 1965 Laredo TV
49. 1964 The Munsters as Manikoo 7.9 TV
50. 1963 My Favorite Martian as Hank 6.2 TV
51. 1963 The Outer Limits as Sforza Water/Power worker 7.8 TV
52. 1961 Ben Casey TV
53. 1959 The Untouchables as Gunther 8.1 TV
54. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Lasser TV
55. 1959 Bonanza as Fred Gaskell 7.5 TV
56. 1958 Bat Masterson as Frank Holloway TV
57. 1958 The Texan as Brad TV
58. 1958 Peter Gunn 6.6 TV
59. 1957 Tombstone Territory as Hugh Dawson TV
60. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel as Boldt 7.3 TV
61. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Thug 7.8 TV
62. 1955 Gunsmoke as Townsman (uncredited) 6.7 TV
63. 1951 Dragnet 6.5 TV
64. 1951 The Red Skelton Show as Legs TV
65. 1950 The Jack Benny Program as Bank Robber #2 TV
66. 1949 Suspense as Man at Baseball Game (uncredited) TV
67. 1948 Studio One TV

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