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Lester
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Full Name
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Lester
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Weapon of choice
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Smith & Wesson Model 66 revolver (presumably)
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Occupation
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Deputy of Ligget County Sheriff's Department in Hope, Washington.
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Goals
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Find and catch John Rambo (failed)
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Nationality
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American
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Status
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Alive
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Portrayed by
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Alf Humphreys
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Appeared in
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- "I was just talking to Mitch, and he said that Galt and a couple of the deputies were... a little hard on the guy."
- ―Deputy Lester to Sheriff Will Teasle. [src]
Deputy Lester was one of the Hope, Washington's sheriff's department's deputies and is a supporting character in First Blood.
He was portrayed by the late Alf Humphreys, who also starred in films such as the 1981 slasher movie My Bloody Valentine, Final Destination 2 and X-Men 2.
First Blood[]
Lester was first seen greeting Sheriff Will Teasle as he escorts Rambo into the Police Station and to the holding cells. Lester is next seen entering the Hope, Washington police station with some mail. He was looking down at the letters, and because of this, failed to notice half-crazed Vietnam War green beret veteran John Rambo running out of the police station with his survival knife. Rambo slid onto the ground and kicked Lester's feet out from underneath him. Lester scrambled to get up and Rambo elbowed him in the face, breaking his nose instantly. Lester's hands flew to his nose in pain.
After the failed manhunt ambush, Lester revealed that Deputy Mitch told him that several of Will Teasle's deputies, especially Deputy Sergeant Art Galt, had abused Rambo that caused him to snap in the first place, prompting State Police Captain Dave Kern to angrily declare the deputies involved as a bunch of 'assholes' for their cruel actions. Despite this, Teasle doesn't care about this, as he is still angry at Rambo for the death of Galt. He is seen afterwards with Kern listening to the conversation between Teasle and Trautman.
Later on, Lester, along with Deputy Preston, was at the scene of the gas station that Rambo lit on fire and caused to explode. Lester called Teasle on his two-way radio and told Teasle that they found no body, and to get out while he still could. Lester then screamed for everybody to get back from the flames while also trying to get ahold of Teasle over the radio.
Despite injuries sustained at Rambo's hands, in the end Lester still did what was right and recognized that Rambo was not entirely to blame and respected him as a soldier struggling with PTSD, making him one of the only decent deputies in the film.
Trivia[]
- There is a deleted scene that shows Art Galt's body being moved out of a helicopter while, Lester is comforting Galt's widow. The same deleted scene also shows Teasle trying to apologogize to a woman who was allegedly married to one of the deputies that were injured by Rambo.
- There is also another deleted scene in which it shows Lester driving Teasle back to the station.