Person
Jerry Lester
Acting · 1910–1995 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Monkees
Kramm
The Name's the Same
1951
Smokey and the Bandit II
Warehouse Guard
The Godmothers
Ricky Mastrasso
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Self (archive footage)
Arizona to Broadway
Jimmy Dante
Hardly Working
Slats
The Rookie
Jerry Mann
Mickey's Gala Premiere
Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
Filmography
- 200150 Years of NBC Late NightSelf (archive footage)
- 1980Smokey and the Bandit IIWarehouse Guard
- 1980Hardly WorkingSlats
- 1978Odds and EvensMike Firpo
- 1973The GodmothersRicky Mastrasso
- 1966The MonkeesKramm
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
- 1959The RookieJerry Mann
- 1951The Name's the Same
- 1942Sleepytime GalDownbeat
- 1933Arizona to BroadwayJimmy Dante
- 1933Mickey's Gala PremiereMaurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
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