Buddy Lester: movies and TV shows
Buddy Lester has 47 credits in the archive: 19 films and 28 TV series, from 1948 to 1984. Highest rated: Emergency! (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1984 · busiest year: 1968 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | More Than Murder | Cabbie | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 1983 | Smorgasbord | Passenger | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1982 | Fake-Out | The Blackjack Player | Film | 4.1 | 65 |
| 1980 | Hardly Working | Claude Reed | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 1978 | The Crash of Flight 401 | Film | 6.8 | 61 | |
| 1977 | Never Con a Killer | Poker Player | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Harry the Bookie | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Sidney the Bookie | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1975 | Switch | Arnie Gold | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Coley | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1975 | Big Eddie | TV | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 1975 | The Man from Clover Grove | Ched Fields | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Lenny Karp | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1973 | Poor Devil | Al Capone | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1972 | Emergency! | TV | 7.9 | 55 | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1971 | Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You | Policeman | Film | 8.5 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Kennel Owner | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 53 | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Herb | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1969 | My World and Welcome to It | TV | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Neil | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Victor Lamson | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Lenny Freland | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show | Eddie | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Phil Atkerson | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Charles Pierce | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Party | Davey Kane | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1967 | The Big Mouth | Studs | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1966 | That Girl | TV | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 1966 | That Girl | Bartender | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch | Drunk | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | TV | 7.1 | 47 | |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Copa Café MC | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | TV | 5.8 | 46 | |
| 1963 | The Nutty Professor | Bartender | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1963 | The New Phil Silvers Show | TV | 5.0 | 46 | |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | Willie Sharpknife | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Willard C. Gainsborough | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Vince Massler | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1959 | The Gene Krupa Story | Himself | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1956 | State Trooper | TV | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | TV | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 31 |