Jerry Lester
Actor
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.
Filmography
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Warehouse Guard 1980
Mickey's Gala Premiere
as Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice) 1933
Hardly Working
as Slats 1980
Arizona to Broadway
as Jimmy Dante 1933
The Godmothers
as Ricky Mastrasso 1973
The Rookie
as Jerry Mann 1959