Buddy Lester
William "Buddy" Lester , born in Albert Goldberg (born January 16, 1915 or 1916 or 1917 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 4, 2002 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor and comedian .
Life
According to various sources, William Lester was born in Chicago as Albert Goldberg in either 1915 or 1916 or 1917. He was the son of comedian and journalist James Goldberg. His mother passed away when he was six years old. With his older brother, later comedian Jerry Lester , he appeared in variety shows at the age of seven. During World War II , he served in the United States Navy . He later appeared again in nightclubs and was booked as a comedian more often than the preliminary act by Frank Sinatra . So he came into contact with the Rat Pack and later played alongside Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. in the two films Frankie and his cronies and The Victorious Three . He later appeared on the side of Jerry Lewis in several films , including The Crazy Professor , The Heulboje and Alles Crafted .
Lester had a larger scar under his lip that was so prominent that it was often cast for villains because of it. He had different stories about how he got that scar. So he said he had had her since an explosion on Guadalcanal . Another version was that he got the scar during a fencing duel with a German student in Heidelberg. It was only in a 1961 interview with the Los Angeles Mirror that he cleared up the riddle. As a three-year-old he fell on a broken glass of water.
Lester died on October 4, 2002 as a result of his cancer in a nursing home in Van Nuys . He left two children, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1960: Frankie and his cronies ( Ocean's Eleven )
- 1961: I'm still available ( The Ladies Man )
- 1962: The Victorious Three ( Sergeants 3 )
- 1963: The Nutty Professor ( The Nutty Professor )
- 1964: The Patsy ( The Patsy )
- 1966: Three on a Couch ( Three on a Couch )
- 1967: The Big Mouth ( The Big Mouth )
- 1968: The Party ( The Party )
- 1980: Everything by hand ( Hardly Working )
- 1983: Always on the little ones ( Smorgasbord )
series
- 1967–1969: Police report ( Dragnet 1967 , four episodes)
- 1968–1971: Sweet, but a little crazy ( That Girl , four episodes)
- 1969–1970: This is my world ( My World and Welcome to It , four episodes)
- 1974–1977: Barney Miller (four episodes)
- 1975–1976: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , two episodes)
Web links
- Buddy Lester in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Buddy Lester in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Buddy Lester , telegraph.co.uk
- ↑ a b c Veteran Strip comedian, TV, film actor Lester dies , lasvegassun.com
- ↑ According to the Social Security Death Index
- ↑ a b c Buddy Lester, 86; Comic Appeared in TV, Films , latimes.com
- ↑ Buddy Lester ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , variety.com
- ↑ a b Buddy Lester, 85, Actor in Rat Pack Films , nytimes.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lester, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lester, William; Goldberg, Albert (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1915 or 1916 or 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 2002 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |