Acting credits
11
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jerry Lester
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 9Series: 2
TMDB ID: 1221949
IMDb ID: nm0504469
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1910
Died: March 23, 1995
Age: 85
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1933 - 2001
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6
Wikidata: Q19319436
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jerry Lester.
as Self (archive footage)
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001 • Movie
as Warehouse Guard
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 • Movie
as Slats
Hardly Working
1980 • Movie
as Mike Firpo
Odds and Evens
1978 • Movie
as Ricky Mastrasso
The Godmothers
1973 • Movie
as Jerry Mann
The Rookie
1959 • Movie
as Downbeat
Sleepytime Gal
1942 • Movie
as Jimmy Dante
Arizona to Broadway
1933 • Movie
as Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
Mickey's Gala Premiere
1933 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jerry Lester.
