Buddy Lester was an American actor and comedian who portrayed dozens of character roles in films and television. Although known for his appearances in Jerry Lewis’ comedy films, he was also regularly seen on popular television shows in the 1960s and 1970s

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1959The Gene Krupa Story — Himself
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self