---
name: "Jerry Lester"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-lester"
fi1m_id: "jerry-lester"
imdb_id: "nm0504469"
tmdb_id: 1221949
wikidata_id: "Q19319436"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 February 1910"
died: "23 March 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 44
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T16:54:04.717766+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."
---

# Jerry Lester

## Identity

Jerry Lester

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-lester
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-lester
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504469
- **TMDB ID:** 1221949
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19319436
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19319436, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221949

Actor. Born 16 February 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 23 March 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 February 1910, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 23 March 1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 44, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19319436, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221949

## Biography

Jerry Lester (1910–1995) was an American actor. He appeared in supporting roles in several films and television series from the 1930s onwards.

His credits include the part of Slats in the 1980 comedy *Hardly Working*, Mike Firpo in *Odds and Evens* (1978) and the Warehouse Guard in *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980). He also played Kramm in an episode of the television series *The Monkees* (1966). Lester was the older brother of actor Buddy Lester.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hardly Working* (1980), Fi1m 45, as Slats — [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, as Warehouse Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), as Warehouse Guard — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Hardly Working* (1980), as Slats — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)
- *Odds and Evens* (1978), as Mike Firpo
- *The Godmothers* (1973), as Ricky Mastrasso
- *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Kramm
- *The Rookie* (1959), as Jerry Mann
- *The Name's the Same* (1951), series, Actor
- *Sleepytime Gal* (1942), as Downbeat
- *Arizona to Broadway* (1933), as Jimmy Dante
- *Mickey's Gala Premiere* (1933), as Maurice Chevalier / Ed Wynne / Jimmy Durante (voice)

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