His brother was actor Ken Lerner and his nephew is Sam Lerner.
Lerner died in 2023 at the age of 81.
Film Roles
- Alex In Wonderland as Leo
- The Ski Bum as Rod
- The Candidate as Paul Corliss
- Busting as Marvin
- Newmans Law as Frank Acker
- Hangup as Fred Richards
- St Ives as Myron Green
- The Other Side Of Midnight as Barbet
- Outlaw Blues as Hatch
- Goldengirl as Sternberg
- The Baltimore Bullet as Paulie
- Borderline as Henry Lydell
- Coast To Coast as Dr. Frederick Froll
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Mr. Katz
- Threshold as Henry De Vici
- National Lampoon's Class Reunion as Dr. Young
- Strange Invaders as Willie Collins
- Rita Hayworth The Love Goddess as Harry Cohn (TV Movie)
- Movers And Shakers as Arnie
- Anguish as John
- Vibes as Burt Wilder
- Eight Men Out as Arnold Rothstein
- Harlem Nights as Bugsy Calhoune
- Any Mans Death as Herb Denner
- Maniac Cop 2 as Edward Doyle
- The Closer 1990 as Chester's Doctor (Uncredited Role)
- Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick
- Omen IV: The Awakening as Earl (TV Movie)
- Newsies as Weasel
- Amos & Andrew as Phil Gillman
- Blank Check as Biderman
- No Escape (1994) as The Warden
- Radioland Murders as Lt. Cross
- The Road to Wellville as Goodloe Bender
- A Pyromaniacs Love Story as Perry
- No Way Back as Frank Serlano
- Girl In The Cadillac as Pal
- The Beautician and the Beast as Jerry Miller
- For Richer or Poorer as Phil Klienman
- Tale of the Mummy as Prof. Marcus
- Godzilla (1998) as Mayor Ebert
- Safe Men as Big Fat Bernie Gayle
- Celebrity as Dr. Lupus
- The Mod Squad as Howard
- My Favorite Martian as Mr. Channing
- Attention Shoppers as Khourosh
- Mockingbird Dont Sing as Dr. Stan York
- Twenty Nine Palms as The Judge
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Producer
- Elf as Fulton
- Nobody Knows Anything as Uncle Lou
- The Calcium Kid as Artie Cohen
- Poster Boy as Jack Kray
- When Do We Eat as Ira Stuckman
- Art School Confidential as Art Dealer
- Love And Other Disasters as Marvin Bernstein
- The Last Time as Leguzza
- Slipstream as Big Mikey
- A Dennis The Menace Christmas as Mr. Souse
- Yonkers Joe as Stanley
- Life During Wartime as Harvey
- A Serious Man as Solomon Schlutz
- The Bannen Way as The Mensch
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as Leonard Proval
- Atlas Shrugged as Wesley Mouch
- Mirror, Mirror as Baron
- Somebody Marry Me as Phil Rosenberg
- Brahmin Bulls as David
- Immigrant as Rabbi Malenkovich
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Sen. Brickman
- American Bred as Francis Adamo
Television Roles
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Brown (1 episode)
- The Good Guys as Arthur/Customer (2 episodes)
- The Brady Bunch as Johnny (1 episode)
- The Doris Day Show as Mr. Murray/Fat Man (2 episodes)
- The Young Lawyers as Anthony Marioni (1 episode)
- That Girl as Charlie (1 episode)
- Banacek as Bartender (1 episode)
- Ironside (1967) as Adrian Father/Joe Yarby (2 episodes)
- Night Gallery as Dr. Burgess (1 episode)
- The Streets of San Francisco as Lou Watkins (1 episode)
- The Bob Newhart Show as Mr. Carolla (1 episode)
- Emergency! as Martin Noble (1 episode)
- The New Perry Mason as Derek Stocker (1 episode)
- Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice as Dr. Nasserman (1 episode)
- Love, American Style as Karatz (1 episode)
- M*A*S*H as Captain Futterman (1 episode)
- The Odd Couple (1970) as Sgt. Chomsky (1 episode)
- Lucas Tanner as Artie (1 episode)
- Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly (2 episodes)
- Rhoda as Ralph Bentley (1 episode)
- Jigsaw John as Arthur Devore (1 episode)
- Harry O as Wilt Kane (1 episode)
- Police Woman as Ralph Guidera (1 episode)
- The Rockford Files as various (4 episodes)
- Kojak as Dr. Samuel Fine (1 episode)
- Vega$ (1978) as Nate Stephanson (1 episode)
- Wonder Woman (1975) as Ashton Ripley (1 episode)
- Barnaby Jones as Albert Krueger (1 episode)
- Hart to Hart as Arthur Radner/Poker Player (2 episodes)
- Hollywood Beat as Max (1 episode)
- MacGyver (1985) as Gantner (1 episode)
- The A-Team as Jerry (1 episode)
- Hill Street Blues as Rollie Simone/Meyer Rabinowitz (4 episodes)
- Amazing Stories as Mr. Marvin (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Amar (1 episode)
- Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Byrd (1 episode)
- Courthouse as Judge Myron Winkleman
- Clueless as Mel Horowtiz (18 episodes)
- Godzilla: The Series as Mayor Ebert (3 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Morton Berger (2 episodes)
- Third Watch as Seymour Morgenstern (1 episode)
- Kingdom Hospital as Sheldon Fleischer (3 episodes)
- Entourage as Joe Roberts (1 episode)
- Dirty Sexy Money as Martin (1 episode)
- Saving Grace as Rebbe Jory Quecksilber (1 episode)
- The Good Wife as Judge Dwight Sobel (1 episode)
- Suburgatory as Aaron Laynberg (1 episode)
- Glee as Sidney Greene (5 episodes)
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Darren Schlepping (1 episode)
- Childrens Hospital as Pop (1 episode)
- Maron as Ralph (1 episode)
