Buddy Lester
- Acting
- January 16, 1917 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- October 4, 2002
Biography
Buddy Lester was an American actor and comedian who portrayed dozens of character roles in films and television. Although known for his appearances in Jerry Lewis’ comedy films, he was also regularly seen on popular television shows in the 1960s and 1970s
Known for
Filmography
- More Than Murder · Cabbie
- Smorgasbord · Passenger
- Fake-Out · The Blackjack Player
- Hardly Working · Claude Reed
- The Crash of Flight 401
- Never Con a Killer · Poker Player
- The Man from Clover Grove · Ched Fields
- Starsky & Hutch
- Switch · Arnie Gold
- Big Eddie
- Starsky & Hutch · Coley
- Barney Miller · Harry the Bookie, Sidney the Bookie
- Kojak · Lenny Karp
- Poor Devil · Al Capone
- Emergency! · Reggie
- Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You · Policeman
- Alias Smith and Jones
- The Odd Couple · Kennel Owner
- McCloud
- Love, American Style · Herb
- My World and Welcome to It
- The Mod Squad
- The Doris Day Show · Eddie
- Mayberry R.F.D. · Phil Atkerson, Charles Pierce
- Adam-12 · Neil, Victor Lamson
- The Party · Davey Kane
- It Takes a Thief · Lenny Freland
- The Big Mouth · Studs
- That Girl · Bartender
- Three on a Couch · Drunk
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Patsy · Copa Café MC
- The New Phil Silvers Show
- Petticoat Junction
- The Nutty Professor · Bartender
- Sergeants 3 · Willie Sharpknife
- The Ladies Man · Willard C. Gainsborough
- Ocean's Eleven · Vince Massler
- The Gene Krupa Story · Self
- 77 Sunset Strip
- State Trooper
- Dragnet
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self