Jerry Lester

Feb 16, 1910 - Mar 23, 1995 (85 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 Monkees

The Name's the Same

The Godmothers

Ricky Mastrasso

Sleepytime Gal

Downbeat

Smokey and the Bandit II

Warehouse Guard

Hardly Working

Slats

Arizona to Broadway

Jimmy Dante

The Rookie

Jerry Mann

Mickey's Gala Premiere

Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)

Odds and Evens

Mike Firpo

Credits

Smokey and the Bandit II 1980

Warehouse Guard

★ 5.6
Hardly Working 1980

Slats

★ 4.6
Odds and Evens 1978

Mike Firpo

★ 7
The Godmothers 1973

Ricky Mastrasso

★ 3
The Monkees 1966

★ 6.5
The Rookie 1959

Jerry Mann

★ NR
The Name's the Same 1951

★ NR
Sleepytime Gal 1942

Downbeat

★ NR
Arizona to Broadway 1933

Jimmy Dante

★ 7
Mickey's Gala Premiere 1933

Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)

★ 6.2