Lester Wilson

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Lester J. Wilson (born April 13, 1942 in Harlem , New York City , United States , † February 14, 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American singer , dancer and choreographer in Germany and the United States.

Live and act

Wilson received ballet and pantomime training as a teenager at the Juilliard School . In late May 1963 he made his debut as a dancer and singer in the musical " Pal Joey " at the New York City Center . Appearances in the New York musicals " Anyone Can Whistle " (1964) and " Golden Boy " (1966) followed. During the filming of the film " A Man Called Adam " Wilson met the black lead actor Sammy Davis junior , who brought him to his eponymous television show in 1966. Under the direction of the German show specialist Heinz Liesendahl, Lester Wilson also appeared in Davis' European show infusion in 1967 "Sammy Davis Jr. in Europe ”with.

While Davis returned to the United States, Wilson decided to stay in Germany. He settled in Munich and was brought in front of the camera as a show guest (dance, song) for entertainment programs (Liesendahl's “ Die Senta Berger Show ” and many others) and occasionally for films (a commissioner series ). Wilson's popularity in the Federal Republic of Germany reached its peak at the beginning of the 1970s, so that the ARD dared to produce its own personality show with him (" The Lester Wilson Show ", again directed by Liesendahl). More German guest appearances graduated from the black entertainers including " Munich broadsheet ", " Paul Silvester Party " (with Paul Kuhn ) and " Alice and Ellen " (with the Kessler - twins ).

In the course of the early 1970s Wilson returned to the USA and from 1974, since his assistant choreography at Funny Lady with Barbra Streisand , found employment as a choreographer in several film productions in Los Angeles, including the dance film classic Nur Saturday Night , two comedies with Whoopi Goldberg and the two tumultuous Hot Shots comedies starring Charlie Sheen . Occasionally Lester Wilson returned to the New York Dance and Singing Theater. There he was seen from October 1975 to December 1976 as a dancer in the audience hit " Me and Bessie " and worked as a choreographer in November 1984 on the audience flop " The Three Musketeers " and in the same position from April to June 1985 on the musical " Grind " With. Wilson developed AIDS at the time and died of complications from a heart attack.

Filmography

Appearances in front of the camera

  • 1966: A Man Called Adam
  • 1970: The Commissioner (TV series, episode 19 Last Minute )
  • 1970: a weekend
  • 1971: Ball in the Savoy

as a choreographer

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Lester
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Lester J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American dancer, choreographer, and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlem , New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1993
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States