Jester Hairston

Jester Hairston was born on Jul 09, 1901 in USA. Jester Hairston's big-screen debut came with The Green Pastures directed by Marc Connelly in 1936, strarring Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited). Jester Hairston is known for Being John Malkovich directed by Spike Jonze, John Cusack stars as Craig Schwartz and Cameron Diaz as Lotte Schwartz. The most recent award Jester Hairston achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Jester Hairston plays is Being John Malkovich which will be released on Dec 03, 1999.

Composer, songwriter, conductor, singer and actor, educated at Tufts University, Juilliard, and the University of the Pacific (hon. Mus. D.). He acted on radio and television besides on film, and played Leroy on the "Amos 'n Andy" radio series for fifteen years. He directed the Federal Theatre Project, and was assistant conductor of the 'Hall Johnson Choir' in New York for fifteen years and trained choirs for radio and Broadway musicals. Coming to Hollywood in 1936, he sang and appeared with the Hall Johnson Choir in the film The Green Pastures (1936). Organizing his own choir in 1943, he arranged and conducted film background music and conducted choral groups in colleges and high schools, touring Europe for the State Department in 1961. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his popular-song compositions include "Mary's Boy Child," "Poor Man Lazarus," and many Gospel songs including "In Dat Great Gittin' Up Mornin'," "Amen," and "Gossip, Gossip."