Feb 16, 1910 - 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.
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| Movie | 1933 | Mickey's Gala Premiere | Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice) | |
| Movie | 1933 | Arizona to Broadway | Jimmy Dante | |
| Movie | 1980 | Hardly Working | Slats | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Rookie | Jerry Mann | |
| Movie | 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Warehouse Guard | |
| Movie | 1978 | Odds and Evens | Mike Firpo | |
| Movie | 1942 | Sleepytime Gal | Downbeat | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Godmothers | Ricky Mastrasso | |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Monkees | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | The Name's the Same | 21 | |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 6 |
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