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    Jerry Lester

    1910-02-16 (114 years old) in 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.

    Movies

    poster
    Smokey and the Bandit II
    55 %|Aug 15, 1980
    Action, Comedy
    poster
    Hardly Working
    45 %|Jan 30, 1980
    Comedy
    poster
    Odds and Evens
    70 %|Oct 28, 1978
    Comedy, Crime
    poster
    The Godmothers
    0 %|Dec 12, 1973
    Comedy
    poster
    The Rookie
    0 %|Dec 1, 1959
    Comedy
    poster
    Sleepytime Gal
    0 %|Mar 5, 1942
    Comedy, Crime, Music
    poster
    Arizona to Broadway
    70 %|Jul 22, 1933
    Crime, Romance
    poster
    Mickey's Gala Premiere
    62 %|Jul 1, 1933
    Animation, Comedy

    Series

    poster
    The Monkees
    65 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Comedy, Family
    poster
    The Mike Douglas Show
    54 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
    poster
    The Mike Douglas Show
    54 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
    actor
    The Name's the Same
    0 %|Dec 5, 1951