# Jerry Lester

> Jerry Lester was an American comedian, singer and performer on radio, television and the stage, known for playing the father of the main characters, Mike Firpo, in the comedy Odds and Evens and who hosted the first network late night television program as host of Broadway Open House on NBC, a vaudeville-esque combination of comedy and music, whose success demonstrated the potential for late-night television and led to the creation of the Tonight Show.

*American singer (1910-1995)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1910-02-16
- **Died:** 1995-03-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504469/ (@nm0504469)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9dd0e95d-018a-49a6-bd2b-152b84369fe9)
- [Jerry Lester](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester)
- [جيرى ليستر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [جێری لێستەر](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1)
- [Jerry Lester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester)
- [Jerry Lester](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester)
- [Jerry Lester](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lester)
- [جیری لیسٹر](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19319436)
- [Jerry Lester](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221949)

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