Seth Lesser and the Lesser People Trio
Seth Lesser (3 January 1903 to 29 October 1939) was an American actor, singer and vaudeville performer, best known as the leader of the comedy/singing trio Lesser People, with younger twin brothers William Lesser and Louie Lesser. Although the group was known for its good delivery of slapstick routines, it was Seth’s characteristic tenor voice and comedy skits that were the hallmarks of the trio’s success.
Seth Lesser was born in Darby, Pennsylvania to parents who settled down in the area several years before the Lesser children were born. The oldest of the three, Seth began rubbing off his knack in singing and impersonation to William and Louise when they were little. When Seth Lesser turned 17 and his younger brothers turned 15, they began performing in vaudeville houses in Pennsylvania. They found themselves performing in Hollywood a few years afterward.
Between the years 1925 to 1934, the Lesser brothers had appeared in numerous minor feature films produced by Fox Studios and MGM. They finally landed their first major break with Warner Brothers’ production The Lesser People of Newville, a film released in 1935.
Seth Lesser short life and career ended on Christmas Eve of 1939 when he suffered a heart attack. He died at the age of 36, leaving the movie “King of the Nuts” unfinished.
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