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Jerry Lester

Jerry Lester
  • Name: Jerry Lester
  • Birthday: 1910-02-16
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Popularity: 3.007
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.

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Title Release date
Smokey and the Bandit II   as  Warehouse Guard 1980-08-15
Hardly Working   as  Slats 1980-01-30
Odds and Evens   as  Mike Firpo 1978-10-28
The Godmothers   as  Ricky Mastrasso 1973-12-12
The Rookie   as  Jerry Mann 1959-12-01
Sleepytime Gal   as  Downbeat 1942-03-05
Arizona to Broadway   as  Jimmy Dante 1933-07-22
Mickey's Gala Premiere   as  Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice) 1933-07-01