Jester Hairston Net Worth is
$400,000
Mini Biography
Composer, songwriter, conductor, vocalist and acting professional, educated in Tufts College or university, Juilliard, as well as the University from the Pacific (hon. Mus. D.). He acted on radio and tv besides on film, and performed Leroy for the “Amos ‘n Andy” radio series for fifteen years. He aimed the Federal Theater Task, and was associate conductor from the ‘Hall Johnson Choir’ in NY for fifteen years and qualified choirs for radio and Broadway musicals. Arriving at Hollywood in 1936, he sang and made an appearance using the Hall Johnson Choir in the film The Green Pastures (1936). Organizing his personal choir in 1943, he organized and carried out film vocals and carried out choral organizations in schools and high universities, touring European countries for the STATE DEPT. in 1961. Becoming a member of ASCAP in 1956, his popular-song compositions consist of “Mary’s Boy Kid,” “Poor Guy Lazarus,” and several Gospel music including “In Dat Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’,” “Amen,” and “Gossip, Gossip.”
Known for movies
Amen (1986-1991)
as Rolly Forbes
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Butler
The Alamo (1960)
as Jethro
That's My Mama (1974-1975)
as Wildcat
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jester Hairston |
| Died | January 18, 2000, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Profession | Actor, Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Conductor, Music Arranger, Amen, Mary's Little Boy Chile, Mary's Boy Child |
| Education | Juilliard School, Tufts University, Amen, Mary's Little Boy Chile, Mary's Boy Child |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Isabelle Margaret Swanigan |
| Movies | In the Heat of the Night, Raymie, Gypsy Colt |
| TV Shows | Amen, That's My Mama, Amos 'n' Andy |