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Jerry Lester
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Mexico Vacation Handbook
- The comedian
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Film & TV
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
- 50 Years of NBC Late Night — Self (archive footage)2001
- Smokey and the Bandit II — Warehouse Guard1980
- Hardly Working — Slats1980
- Odds and Evens — Mike Firpo1978
- The Godmothers — Ricky Mastrasso1973
- The Monkees — Kramm1966
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host1961
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- The Rookie — Jerry Mann1959
- The Name's the Same1951
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 15
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1910–1995
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Television talk show hosts, Television personalities, Singers, Radio personalities, Comedians, Television
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 3 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jerry Lester Broadway Open House.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1910-02-16
- date of death
- 1995-03-23
- birth name
- Lester J. Goldberg
- writing language
- English language
Sources (2)
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