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Jester Hairston

Birth Name:Jester Joseph Hairston

Birth Place:Belews Creek, North Carolina, United States

Profession Actor, Music department, Soundtrack

Actor

50 Credits
Being John Malkovich
Family Matters
Love & War
Amen
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
The Last Tycoon
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Harry O
That's My Mama
Lady Sings the Blues
Nichols
The Virginian
The Outcasts
Finian's Rainbow
In the Heat of the Night
Hazel
To Kill a Mockingbird
Have Gun, Will Travel
Summer and Smoke
Thriller
The Alamo
Raymie
Lux Playhouse
Rawhide
St. Louis Blues
The Court of Last Resort
The Thin Man
Band of Angels
Studio 57
Full of Life
Tension at Table Rock
Gunsmoke
Screen Directors Playhouse
Pete Kelly's Blues
You Are There
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tanganyika
Gypsy Colt
Amos 'n' Andy
So This Is Love
My Favorite Story
We're Not Married
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
Across the Pacific
Tales of Manhattan
In This Our Life
The Vanishing Virginian
Sullivan's Travels
Sundown
The Green Pastures

arranger

3 Credits
Him
The Sun Shines Bright
Tales of Manhattan

writer

14 Credits
Rustin
The Silent Twins
The Righteous Gemstones
Silent Night
Somebody Feed Phil
The Sara Cox Show
The Last Man on Earth
Glee
Sing Your Song
Loose Women
Personal Services
Top of the Pops
The Andy Williams Show
Tanganyika

performer

4 Credits
Finian's Rainbow
Lilies of the Field
Rawhide
Gunsmoke

Self

4 Credits
60 Minutes II
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Ebony/Jet Showcase
The Hour of Power

music arranger

3 Credits
Lilies of the Field
The Sun Shines Bright
The Vanishing Virginian

choral director

11 Credits
Band of Angels
Something of Value
Land of the Pharaohs
Carmen Jones
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Portrait of Jennie
Red River
Duel in the Sun
The Battle of China
The Negro Soldier
Lost Horizon

Choral Director

4 Credits
Friendly Persuasion
The Long Night
The Impostor
Sullivan's Travels

composer

1 Credit
The Gambler from Natchez

choral arranger

1 Credit
Home of the Brave

vocal coach

1 Credit
The Foxes of Harrow