Buddy Lester
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 January 1917 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 4 October 2002
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 19
- 1984More Than Murder as Cabbie
- 1983Smorgasbord as Passenger
- 1982Fake-Out as The Blackjack Player
- 1980Hardly Working as Claude Reed
- 1978The Crash of Flight 401
- 1977Never Con a Killer as Poker Player
- 1975The Man from Clover Grove as Ched Fields
- 1975Starsky & Hutch as Coley
- 1973Poor Devil as Al Capone
- 1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You as Policeman
- 1968The Party as Davey Kane
- 1967The Big Mouth as Studs
- 1966Three on a Couch as Drunk
- 1964The Patsy as Copa Café MC
- 1963The Nutty Professor as Bartender
- 1962Sergeants 3 as Willie Sharpknife
- 1961The Ladies Man as Willard C. Gainsborough
- 1960Ocean's Eleven as Vince Massler
- 1959The Gene Krupa Story as Himself