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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTom Lester, "Eb" on Green Acres, dies at 81
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-lester-dead-wide-eyed-farmhand-eb-dawson-green-acres-was-81-1290946
Tom Lester, the Wide-Eyed Farmhand Eb Dawson on 'Green Acres,' Dies at 81
12:04 PM PDT 4/20/2020 by Mike Barnes
On the way to becoming a doctor, the Mississippi native came to Hollywood and was hired for the 1965-71 CBS comedy.
Tom Lester, the gawky Mississippi native who starred as the friendly Hooterville farmhand Eb Dawson on the madcap CBS sitcom Green Acres, has died. He was 81.
Lester died Monday of complications from Parkinson's disease in the Nashville home of his fiancee and long-term caregiver, Jackie Peters, his family announced.
Inspired by Andy Griffith Show star Don Knotts who like Lester did not come off as your typical leading man Lester pursued a career as an actor after earning degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of Mississippi en route to becoming a doctor.
His friends told him, "'Youre crazy. Youll never be able to do that,'" he recalled in an undated interview. "'You're too tall, too skinny, too ugly. You've got a Southern accent and you'll never make it in the motion picture business. You don't look like Rock Hudson.'"
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Tom Lester, the Wide-Eyed Farmhand Eb Dawson on 'Green Acres,' Dies at 81
12:04 PM PDT 4/20/2020 by Mike Barnes
On the way to becoming a doctor, the Mississippi native came to Hollywood and was hired for the 1965-71 CBS comedy.
Tom Lester, the gawky Mississippi native who starred as the friendly Hooterville farmhand Eb Dawson on the madcap CBS sitcom Green Acres, has died. He was 81.
Lester died Monday of complications from Parkinson's disease in the Nashville home of his fiancee and long-term caregiver, Jackie Peters, his family announced.
Inspired by Andy Griffith Show star Don Knotts who like Lester did not come off as your typical leading man Lester pursued a career as an actor after earning degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of Mississippi en route to becoming a doctor.
His friends told him, "'Youre crazy. Youll never be able to do that,'" he recalled in an undated interview. "'You're too tall, too skinny, too ugly. You've got a Southern accent and you'll never make it in the motion picture business. You don't look like Rock Hudson.'"
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Cross gently Tom.
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Tom Lester, "Eb" on Green Acres, dies at 81 (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Apr 2020
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CatWoman
(79,294 posts)1. AWWWWWW
ChazII
(6,204 posts)2. May he rest in peace. n/t
Ohiogal
(31,950 posts)3. No!!!
Eb was my favorite character on Green Acres! Dang ....
Hank Kimball
Arnold
and Mr. Haney
kimbutgar
(21,103 posts)4. Watched the first three episodes of Green acres on METV recently
Started taping it but the more I watched I realized how dumb it was. But Eb cracked me up. RIP TOm. I think he was the last living cast member of this show.
lame54
(35,277 posts)6. Arnold's dead?
BunnyMcGee
(463 posts)7. Arnold's dead?
Yes, somebody squealed on him.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)9. worse...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)11. RIP, Arnold.
I loved the little guy.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)16. I did too.
He was delicious. 🐷
hlthe2b
(102,188 posts)5. Great character and a really affable actor.
RIP, Tom
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)12. He was a ray of sunshine on that show.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)10. Anybody else read "Eb" as "E flat" for a second?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)13. Damn, now I will.
I was about to post that when I saw your comment. He wasn't in that many scenes -- you had to C# to spot him. My mood will Bb for a while after this news.
Ol' Eb has modulated up a few octaves to join the choir invisible.
Ex Lurker
(3,812 posts)14. Green Acres wasn't cornball comedy
It was the most surreal tv show ever produced
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)15. 😔
Skittles
(153,138 posts)18. he was one of the hoots in Hooterville
freaking awesome
Talitha
(6,579 posts)19. ...