Portrait of Buddy Lester

Acting

Buddy Lester

Career

Active from 1962 to 1980, with a break from 1968 to 1979, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score40/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sergeants 3
Sergeants 3
GoodWatch score49/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Buddy Lester Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.2, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.1, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    3.4, average 5.3
  • Tension
    4.1, average 5.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    40
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1980s

    4 titles ยท average score 45
    More Than Murder
    More Than Murder (1984)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Cabbie

    Smorgasbord
    Smorgasbord (1983)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Passenger

    Fake-Out
    Fake-Out (1982)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as The Blackjack Player

    Hardly Working
    Hardly Working (1980)
    GoodWatch score 23

    as Claude Reed

    1970s

    14 titles ยท average score 65
    Barney Miller
    Barney Miller (1975)
    GoodWatch score 52

    TV show ยท as Harry the Bookie / Sidney the Bookie

    Starsky & Hutch
    Starsky & Hutch (1975)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show

    Switch
    Switch (1975)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show ยท as Arnie Gold

    Starsky & Hutch
    Starsky & Hutch (1975)
    GoodWatch score 71

    as Coley

    Big Eddie
    Big Eddie (1975)

    TV show

    Kojak
    Kojak (1973)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show ยท as Lenny Karp

    Poor Devil
    Poor Devil (1973)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Al Capone

    Emergency!
    Emergency! (1972)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show ยท as Reggie

    Alias Smith and Jones
    Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
    GoodWatch score 48

    TV show

    Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
    Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)

    as Policeman

    The Odd Couple
    The Odd Couple (1970)
    GoodWatch score 52

    TV show ยท as Kennel Owner

    McCloud
    McCloud (1970)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show

    1960s

    19 titles ยท average score 60
    Love, American Style
    Love, American Style (1969)
    GoodWatch score 43

    TV show ยท as Herb

    Adam-12
    Adam-12 (1968)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Neil / Victor Lamson

    The Mod Squad
    The Mod Squad (1968)
    GoodWatch score 43

    TV show

    It Takes a Thief
    It Takes a Thief (1968)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show ยท as Lenny Freland

    The Doris Day Show
    The Doris Day Show (1968)
    GoodWatch score 44

    TV show ยท as Eddie

    Mayberry R.F.D.
    Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
    GoodWatch score 60

    TV show ยท as Phil Atkerson / Charles Pierce

    The Big Mouth
    The Big Mouth (1967)
    GoodWatch score 47

    as Studs

    That Girl
    That Girl (1966)
    GoodWatch score 45

    TV show ยท as Bartender

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show

    Petticoat Junction
    Petticoat Junction (1963)
    GoodWatch score 43

    TV show

    Sergeants 3
    Sergeants 3 (1962)
    GoodWatch score 49

    as Willie Sharpknife

    Ocean's Eleven
    Ocean's Eleven (1960)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Vince Massler

    1950s

    3 titles ยท average score 60
    77 Sunset Strip
    77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show

    State Trooper
    State Trooper (1956)

    TV show

    Dragnet
    Dragnet (1951)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show