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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 16, 1910
Died
March 23, 1995
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jerry Lester
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Jerry Lester (February 16, 1910 – March 23, 1995) was an American comedian, singer and performer on radio, television and the stage, who hosted the first network late night television program as host of Broadway Open House on NBC, a vaudeville-esque combination of comedy and music, whose success demonstrated the potential for late-night television and led to the creation of the Tonight Show.
Known For
5.5
Warehouse Guard
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
4.6
Slats
Hardly Working
1980
7.0
Mike Firpo
Odds and Evens
1978
3.0
Ricky Mastrasso
The Godmothers
1973
6.5
The Monkees
1966
5.4
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.4
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
0.0
Jerry Mann
The Rookie
1959
🎬
0.0
The Name's the Same
1951
0.0
Downbeat
Sleepytime Gal
1942
Credits
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Warehouse Guard
1980
5.5
Hardly Working
as Slats
1980
4.6
Odds and Evens
as Mike Firpo
1978
7.0
The Godmothers
as Ricky Mastrasso
1973
3.0
The Monkees
1966
6.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Rookie
as Jerry Mann
1959
0.0
🎬
The Name's the Same
1951
0.0
Sleepytime Gal
as Downbeat
1942
0.0
Arizona to Broadway
as Jimmy Dante
1933
7.0
Mickey's Gala Premiere
as Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
1933
6.1