Jerry Lester

Born: 1910-02-16

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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as Warehouse Guard
Released: 1980-08-15

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas....

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Mickey's Gala Premiere

as Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)
Released: 1933-07-01

Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among...

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Hardly Working

as Slats
Released: 1980-01-30

In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who...

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Arizona to Broadway

as Jimmy Dante
Released: 1933-07-22

A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen...

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Sleepytime Gal

as Downbeat
Released: 1942-03-05

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

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The Rookie

as Jerry Mann
Released: 1959-12-01

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

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The Godmothers

as Ricky Mastrasso
Released: 1973-12-12

Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter.

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Odds and Evens

as Mike Firpo
Released: 1978-10-28

A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Monkees

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling...

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