Buddy Lester
Comedian
Chicago native served in the Navy during World War II, then went onstage. As a nightclub performer, he opened for Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack in Las Vegas and appeared as a character actor in two of their films, "Ocean's Eleven" and "Sergeants 3."
Additional film credits included "The Ladies' Man," "Three on a Couch," "The Nutty Professor," "The Patsy" and "The Big Mouth."
Lester was a ubiquitous presence on the small screen during the 1960s and '70s including "Dragnet 1967," "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C," "That Girl," "It Takes a Thief," "The Odd Couple," "Adam-12," "Emergency!," "Kojak," "Barney Miller" and "Starsky and Hutch."
He is survived by a daughter, son, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
