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Jerry Lester (born Lester J. Goldberg; February 16, 1910 – March 23, 1995) was an American comedian, singer and performer on radio, television and the stage, known for playing the father of the main characters, Mike Firpo, in the comedy Odds and Evens and who hosted the first network late night television program as host of Broadway Open ...
Mar 26, 1995 · Comedian Jerry Lester, whose breezy style established the milieu for generations of late-night television hosts, has died in Florida. Lester, host of the early 1950s TV show “Broadway Open...
May 10, 2015 · Midway through 1951, Lester left Broadway Open House, reportedly upset that Dagmar’s popularity was eclipsing his own. Broadway Open House went off the air permanently in August 1951.
Mar 25, 1995 · Jerry Lester, an ebullient comedian and former song-and-dance man who became the host of the first successful late-night network television talk and variety show, died on Thursday in a Miami...
Sep 29, 2023 · On November 28, 2003, Lester died suddenly at age 53, according to The Los Angeles Times. While his cause of death was not initially reported, it was later revealed that Lester passed away after...
Jerry Lester was born on February 16, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Hardly Working (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Odds and Evens (1978). He was married to Alice Elgie Wall and Ardelle Unger. He died on March 23, 1995 in Miami, Florida, USA.
Sean Rooney died in 2009 [8] and management of Green's career fell to his brother, Bobby Rooney. [9] 1999–2000: Early appearances and The Howard Stern Show.
