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Buddy Lester

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: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1917-01-16

Died: 2002-10-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Gene Krupa Story	Himself	70
2	1960	Ocean's Eleven	Vince Massler	64
3	1961	The Ladies Man	Willard C. Gainsborough	63
4	1962	Sergeants 3	Willie Sharpknife	54
5	1963	The Nutty Professor	Bartender	65
6	1964	The Patsy	Copa Café MC	62
7	1966	Three on a Couch	Drunk	54
8	1967	The Big Mouth	Studs	53
9	1968	The Party	Davey Kane	73
10	1971	Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You	Policeman	80
11	1973	Poor Devil	Al Capone	54
12	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Coley	67
13	1975	The Man from Clover Grove	Ched Fields	0
14	1977	Never Con a Killer	Poker Player	0
15	1978	The Crash of Flight 401		75
16	1980	Hardly Working	Claude Reed	46
17	1982	Fake-Out	The Blackjack Player	40
18	1983	Smorgasbord	Passenger	58
19	1984	More Than Murder	Cabbie	43

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1951	Dragnet		64
3	1956	State Trooper		50
4	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
5	1963	Petticoat Junction		58
6	1963	The New Phil Silvers Show		50
7	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
8	1966	That Girl		63
9	1968	Adam-12	Neil	70
10	1968	Adam-12	Victor Lamson	70
11	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Phil Atkerson	57
12	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Charles Pierce	57
13	1968	The Mod Squad		63
14	1969	My World and Welcome to It		55
15	1969	Love, American Style	Herb	61
16	1970	McCloud		71
17	1970	The Odd Couple	Kennel Owner	78
18	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
19	1972	Emergency!		78
20	1973	Kojak	Lenny Karp	70
21	1975	Barney Miller	Harry the Bookie	73
22	1975	Barney Miller	Sidney the Bookie	73
23	1975	Big Eddie		0
24	1975	Switch	Arnie Gold	67
25	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73