[1] Lastfogel was the seventh son of a Jewish animal skinner who had fled Russia in 1889 to escape the pogroms.
[2]: 34 [3] The William Morris Agency hired Lastfogel in 1912 as an office boy.
Finding success in the rapidly growing firm, Lastfogel moved to Hollywood in 1932 to manage WMA's Los Angeles office.
During World War II, Lastfogel oversaw USO camp shows,[5] which were wartime entertainment events featuring more than 7,000 performers seen by an estimated 200 million servicemen.
[4] Lastfogel died of a heart attack in 1984[8] at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and was interred at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.