Jerry Lester

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.251

Gender

Male

Birthday

16-Feb-1910

Age

(116 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As
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Jerry Lester

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.


Credits

The Godmothers The Godmothers (1973) Character: Ricky Mastrasso
Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter.
Mickey's Gala Premiere Mickey's Gala Premiere (1933) Character: Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among those shown: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante, Clark Gable, Sid Grauman, Mae West. The picture, Galloping Romance (Pegleg Pete kidnaps Minnie, and Mickey gives chase on a variety of animals), starts, and everyone in the audience sways along to the music, then rolls in the aisles with laughter. After, everyone comes on stage to congratulate Mickey; Garbo smothers him with kisses.
Sleepytime Gal Sleepytime Gal (1942) Character: Downbeat
Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure in an elaborate scheme by Chick Patterson, bell captain, who believes he can not only enrich Bessie, but himself, his fiancée, and the kitchen's three screwball chefs, Chef Popodopolis, Chef Petrovich and Chef Barzumium. He plans to enter Bessie in the singing contest sponsored by band-leader Danny Marlowe for a large recording company looking for new talent.. Chick has a recording made of Bessie's voice and substitutes it for that of "Sugar" Caston, who is being sponsored by a big-time gangster and is set up to win. But members of a rival gang, out to get "Sugar", mistake Besiie for her.
Pari e dispari Pari e dispari (1978) Character: Mike Firpo
A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation.
Arizona to Broadway Arizona to Broadway (1933) Character: Jimmy Dante
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
Smokey and the Bandit II Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) Character: Warehouse Guard
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Hardly Working Hardly Working (1980) Character: Slats
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
The Rookie The Rookie (1959) Character: Jerry Mann
A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the only new recruit at basic training camp. Military comedy.
50 Years of NBC Late Night 50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001) Character: Self (archive footage)
Conan O'Brien hosts a special celebrating 50 Years of Late Night television on NBC.



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