Jerry Lester

Acting

Jerry Lester

Born 1910-02-16 Chicago, Illinois, USA 9 films

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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Filmography

9 films
Hardly Working poster

In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't s…

Hardly Working

★ 4.5 1980

Odds and Evens poster

A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal F…

Odds and Evens

★ 7.0 1978

The Rookie poster

A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the o…

The Rookie

★ 10.0 1959

Sleepytime Gal poster

Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure…

Sleepytime Gal

★ 9.0 1942