For the American football coach, see Tom Lester (American football).
Tom Lester
Lester in an undated photo
Born
Thomas William Lester
(1938-09-23)September 23, 1938
Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
April 20, 2020(2020-04-20) (aged 81)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
Actor
evangelist
Years active
1965–2014
Spouse
Kaylie Lester
(m. 2007)
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Thomas William Lester (September 23, 1938 – April 20, 2020) was an American actor and evangelist. He was best known for his role as farmhand Eb Dawson on the television show Green Acres as well as crossover appearances on Petticoat Junction which like Green Acres was set in fictional town of Hooterville. He appeared in two feature animal films, Gordy and Benji.
animal films, Gordy and Benji. Lester was born in Laurel, Mississippi, one of two children (both sons) of Pat Lester (1913–2009), an accountant with...
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character was inspired by Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Eb Dawson (portrayed by TomLester) - The amiable, somewhat naïve, sarcastic young farmhand...
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in sport injuries. Mark Lester was born in the city of Oxford to actress Rita Keene Lester and actor and producer Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris...
as Jinnie Sue McAllister: The daughter of Luke, also a country singer. TomLester as Cousin Jake: Luke's cousin and the manager of his group. Deborah Hobart...
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1997, at their home in Palm Desert, California. Former Green Acres actor TomLester was with him when he died. For over 50 years Carolyn was a member of Beta...
United States: CBS Interactive. May 2003. Retrieved May 7, 2019. King, Tom (July 5, 2003). "SpongeBob SquarePants review". Adventure Gamers. Netherlands:...
Dan Lester (27 May 2020). "Fisticuffs #51 Tom Aspinall" (Podcast). "Tom Aspinall | UFC". UFC.com. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021. "Tom Aspinall...
owned a training stable at South Bank in Lambourn, where Lester Piggott lived until 1954. Lester Piggott was a cousin, through his mother Lilian Iris Rickaby...
the Camellia Bowl. The football stadium was later named after Smith. TomLester took over as the Gorillas' head coach in 1967, the year Pittsburg State...
passed him in 2023. Lester attended Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, Washington. Playing for the school's baseball team, Lester was a three-time...
(born 1935), actress (Meridian) Daniel Curtis Lee (born 1991) (Clinton) TomLester (1938–2020) (Jackson) Martha Mattox (1879–1933), silent film actor (Natchez)...
2021, Lester joined as screenwriter and executive producer on the upcoming superhero film Armor Wars, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lester regularly...
wife Carolyn. He made connections in Hollywood through a college friend, TomLester, but numerous film companies did not want to produce the movie. He and...
Pickrick: The Life of Lester Maddox (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1999). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lester Maddox. Lester! from Creative...
Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known...
Wicked Lester's album. While one Epic executive, Tom Werman, was impressed by the power and theatrics of this new incarnation of Wicked Lester, Ellis...
"Vicki Lester". AllMovie. Retrieved February 9, 2014. Stella Star, Vicki Lester, May 31, 2016 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vicki Lester. Vicki...