- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- August 20, 2017
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
movieStella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrom Darkness to Light
2025 · Self
movieKeep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024 · Self (Archival Footage)
tvStand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024 · Self - Comedian (archive footage)
movieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
tvMarilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
2022 · Self - actor
Mystery Reel
2022
movieThe Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieRat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieDean Martin: King of Cool
2021 · Self
movieKreka: Dreamcatcher
2021 · Self
movieMid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020 · Self
tvTV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
movieSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017 · Self
movieDying Laughing
2017 · Self
movieMax Rose
2016 · Max Rose
movieJerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Trust
2016 · Jim's Father
movieThe Last Laugh
2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Clown
2016 · Self
movieThe Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
movieTill Luck Do Us Part 2
2013 · Bellboy
movieThe Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieClose Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
tvComedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 · Self
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieLaurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieMethod to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 · Self, Executive Producer
movieA Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011 · Self
moviePierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011 · Self
tvJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
movieCurious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009 · Stationmaster (voice)
movieThe Nutty Professor
2008 · Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love, Characters
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006 · Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieDean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005 · Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004 · Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieDean Martin: The One and Only
2004 · Self
movieA Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieNutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000 · Executive Producer, Characters
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Andrew Munch
movieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieSports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996 · Self
movieThe Nutty Professor
1996 · Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
movieShirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieFunny Bones
1995 · George Fawkes
movieTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 · Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvInside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
tvRaw
1993 · Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
movieArizona Dream
1993 · Leo Sweetie
movieMr. Saturday Night
1992 · Jerry Lewis
tvMad About You
1992 · Freddy Statler
movieBoy
1992 · Director, Writer
movieThe Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992 · Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992 · Self
movieHow Are The Kids?
1992 · Writer, Director
movieSomething a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991 · Self
tvSuper Force
1990 · Director
movieSammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Self
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
movieCookie
1989 · Arnold Ross
movieAn Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988 · Self
tvTéléthon
1987 · Self
tvWiseguy
1987 · Eli Sternberg
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieFight for Life
1987 · Dr. Bernard Abrams
movieRickles... On the Loose
1986 · Self
movieClassic Comedy Teams
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieHow Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984 · Clovis Blaireau
tvBrothers
1984 · Director
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
movieThe Defective Detective
1984 · Jerry Logan
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983 · Self (archive footage)
movieSmorgasbord
1983 · Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter, Director, Writer
movieThe King of Comedy
1982 · Jerry Langford
movieSlapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieRascal Dazzle
1981 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvPink Lady
1980 · Jerry Lewis
movieHardly Working
1980 · Bo Hooper, Director, Screenplay
movieGay, Gay Hollywood
1980 · Self
movieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979 · Self (archive footage)
tvRire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978 · Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Self
tvAuf los geht's los
1977 · Self
movieNBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Self
tvDonny & Marie
1976 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Writer
tvCher
1975 · Self - Guest
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974 · Self
tvTony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self (archive footage)
Der große Preis
1974 · Self
tvKlimbim
1973 · Self, Self / Bobby Zischer
movieJeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972 · Self
movieThe Day the Clown Cried
1972 · Helmut Doork, Director, Screenplay
movieMedicine Ball Caravan
1971 · Self
tvThe Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
movieWhich Way to the Front?
1970 · Brendan Byers III, Director, Producer
movieOne More Time
1970 · Bandleader (voice), Director
tvThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · Director
movieHook, Line and Sinker
1969 · Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs, Producer
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969 · Self (uncredited)
movieDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968 · George Lester
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
tvThe Jerry Lewis Show
1967 · Self - Host
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
movieThe Big Mouth
1967 · Gerald Clamson, Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieWay... Way Out
1966 · Pete Mattemore
movieThree on a Couch
1966 · Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather, Director, Producer
movieBoeing, Boeing
1965 · Robert Reed
movieRed Line 7000
1965 · Driver (uncredited)
movieThe Family Jewels
1965 · Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Disorderly Orderly
1964 · Jerome Littlefield, Executive Producer
movieSoap Opera
1964 · Self in Commercial (archive footage)
movieThe Patsy
1964 · Stanley Belt, Director, Writer
movieWho's Minding the Store?
1963 · Norman Phiffer
movieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
tvThe Jerry Lewis Show
1963 · Self - Host
movieThe Nutty Professor
1963 · Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp, Director, Writer
movieIt's Only Money
1962 · Lester March
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self - Guest Host
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
movieThe Errand Boy
1961 · Morty S. Tashman, Director, Writer
tvBen Casey
1961 · Dr. Dennis Green, Director
The Joey Bishop Show
1961 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Ladies Man
1961 · Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert, Director, Writer, Producer
movieCinderfella
1960 · Cinderfella, Producer
movieThe Bellboy
1960 · Stanley / Jerry Lewis, Director, Producer, Writer
movieVisit to a Small Planet
1960 · Kreton
movieLi'l Abner
1959 · Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
movieThe Jazz Singer
1959 · Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
tvStartime
1959 · Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
movieDon't Give Up the Ship
1959 · John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
tvThe David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
The Music Shop
1959
movieThe Geisha Boy
1958 · Gilbert Wooley, Producer
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
movieRock-a-Bye Baby
1958 · Clayton Poole, Producer
movieThe Sad Sack
1957 · Private Meredith C. Bixby
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self, Self - Guest Host
movieThe Delicate Delinquent
1957 · Sidney L. Pythias, Producer
movieHollywood or Bust
1956 · Malcolm Smith
moviePardners
1956 · Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self - Cameo
Nightmare
1956 · Director
movieArtists and Models
1955 · Eugene Fullstack
movieYou're Never Too Young
1955 · Wilbur Hoolick
movie3 Ring Circus
1954 · Jerry Hotchkiss
movieLiving It Up
1954 · Homer Flagg
movieMiss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
movieMoney from Home
1953 · Virgil Yokum
movieThe Caddy
1953 · Harvey Miller
movieScared Stiff
1953 · Myron Mertz
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieRoad to Bali
1952 · Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
movieJumping Jacks
1952 · Hap Smith
movieSailor Beware
1952 · Melvin Jones
An Eye for an Eye
1952 · Director of Photography
movieCome Back Little Shiksa
1952 · , Director
movieThe Stooge
1951 · Ted Rogers
movieThe Re-Inforcer
1951 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
movieThat's My Boy
1951 · 'Junior' Jackson
Fairfax Avenue
1951 · , Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieAt War with the Army
1950 · Private Korwin
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950 · Lewis
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self, Self - Host
movieMy Friend Irma Goes West
1950 · Seymour
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieMy Friend Irma
1949 · Seymour
movieHow to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949 · , Writer, Director
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self