1980Nominee
Best Performance
Smokey and the Bandit II
Jerry Lester
Actor
Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 16, 1910
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1973Nominee
Best Performance
The Godmothers
2001Nominee
Best Performance
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Career Highlights
1980Highlight
Best Performance
Hardly Working
1959Highlight
Best Performance
The Rookie
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Smokey and the Bandit II
Hardly Working