The Steiner Brothers were a Canadian tap-dancing trio active in North American nightclubs and theatres and in television and film during the 1950s and 1960s.
Their father was a child prodigy on the violin who had conducted the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the age of 12, and later worked as the bandmaster of his own dance band.
[2] The couple performed together until they had children, with their father sometimes assuming the persona of Howie Squeeks, a clown.
[2] The Steiner family moved to California after their mother's sister was hired as a dancer with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
[2] The Steiner Brothers first came to the attention of the Hollywood community after performing at a Christmas party thrown by Martin and Lewis in 1952.