5/30/2018 · According to KXRB, Lester beat out 400 other actors to play the character of Eb Dawson after a screen test. He got the role because he was the only one who could milk a cow in real life. The actor then appeared in nearly.
4/20/2020 · CBS. Tom Lester, best known for his role as the smart-aleck farmhand Eb Dawson on the ’60s sitcom “ Green Acres ,” died Monday in Nashville, Tenn. from complications related to Parkinson’s …
4/20/2020 · Tom Lester, the actor who played the guileless, brighter-than-he-seemed farmhand Eb Dawson on CBS’ 1960s sitcom Green Acres , died Monday in Nashville of complications from Parkinson’s disease, his …
Lester landed the role of Eb Dawson on Green Acres in 1965 and starred on the show until its end in 1971. He was the last surviving actor of the original Green Acres cast.
Tom Lester Dead: ‘ Green Acres’ Star Was 81 – Variety, Tom Lester as Eb Dawson on ‘ Green Acres ‘ Eb was only going to appear on a handful of episodes, but producers decided to keep the character around when he proved so funny. Eb lived on the Douglas …
Lester appeared in nearly every Green Acres episode between 1965–71, with the exception of the first half in the 1967–68 season when he suffered mononucleosis. The show’s explanation for Eb ’s absence was that he had eloped and was on his honeymoon. After six seasons, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of CBS’s “rural purge“.
4/20/2020 · Tom Lester, the gawky Mississippi native who starred as the friendly Hooterville farmhand Eb Dawson on the madcap CBS sitcom Green Acres.
Lester appeared in nearly every Green Acres episode between 1965–71, with the exception of the first half in the 1967–68 season when he suffered mononucleosis. The show’s explanation for Eb ’s absence was that he had eloped and was on his honeymoon. After six seasons, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of CBS’s “rural purge“.
