---
name: "Buddy Lester"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/buddy-lester"
fi1m_id: "buddy-lester"
imdb_id: "nm0504424"
tmdb_id: 152682
wikidata_id: "Q1001240"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 January 1917"
died: "4 October 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T15:15:41.198927+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Buddy Lester

## Identity

Buddy Lester

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/buddy-lester
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** buddy-lester
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504424
- **TMDB ID:** 152682
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1001240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152682

Actor. Born 16 January 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 4 October 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 January 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 4 October 2002
- **Active:** 1960–1961
- **Also known as:** A.B. Lester
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152682

## Biography

Buddy Lester was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in character roles in numerous films and television series from the late 1950s to the 1980s, and was also known for his work as a stand-up comedian on the nightclub circuit.

Lester's film credits include *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), *The Ladies Man* (1961), *The Nutty Professor* (1963), *The Patsy* (1964), *The Party* (1968) and several other Jerry Lewis comedies. On television he guest-starred in series such as *Barney Miller*, *Starsky & Hutch*, *Kojak* and *The Odd Couple*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Fi1m 72, as Willard C. Gainsborough — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Fi1m 55, as Vince Massler — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *More Than Murder* (1984), as Cabbie
- *Smorgasbord* (1983), as Passenger
- *Fake-Out* (1982), as The Blackjack Player
- *Hardly Working* (1980), as Claude Reed
- *The Crash of Flight 401* (1978), Actor
- *Never Con a Killer* (1977), as Poker Player
- *The Man from Clover Grove* (1975), as Ched Fields
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Arnie Gold
- *Big Eddie* (1975), series, Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), as Coley
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Harry the Bookie · Sidney the Bookie
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Lenny Karp — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Poor Devil* (1973), as Al Capone
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Reggie
- *Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You* (1971), as Policeman
- *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Kennel Owner
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Herb
- *My World and Welcome to It* (1969), series, Actor
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Eddie
- *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Phil Atkerson, Charles Pierce
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Neil, Victor Lamson
- *The Party* (1968), as Davey Kane
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Lenny Freland
- *The Big Mouth* (1967), as Studs
- *That Girl* (1966), series, as Bartender
- *Three on a Couch* (1966), as Drunk
- *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Patsy* (1964), as Copa Café MC
- *The New Phil Silvers Show* (1963), series, Actor
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Nutty Professor* (1963), as Bartender
- *Sergeants 3* (1962), as Willie Sharpknife
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), as Willard C. Gainsborough — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), as Vince Massler — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor

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