JERRY LEWIS

Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: March 16, 1926
Deathday: August 20, 2017
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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

Starring

2025·
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Self (archive footage)
2025·
From Darkness to Light
Self
2024·
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2024·
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Self (Archival Footage)
2022·
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
Jerry Lewis
2022·
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022·
Mystery Reel
2022·
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Self
2021·
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2020·
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
2020·
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Self
2019·
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2017·
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
2017·
Dying Laughing
Self
2016·
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
Self (archive footage)
2016·
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Self (archive footage)
2016·
The Clown
Self
2016·
The Trust
Jim's Father
2016·
The Last Laugh
Self
2016·
Max Rose
Max Rose
2014·
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014·
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self (archive footage)
2013·
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
2013·
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Bellboy
2012·
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012·
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012·
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2011·
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
2011·
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Self
2011·
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self
2011·
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2009·
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009·
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Stationmaster (voice)
2008·
The Nutty Professor
Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2006·
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Self (archive footage)
2006·
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Self
2005·
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Self
2004·
Dean Martin: The One and Only
Self
2004·
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
2004·
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2004·
Hollywood Legenden
Self
2004·
I Know A Riddle
(archive footage)
2002·
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(archive footage)
2002·
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Self (archive footage)
1999·
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Andrew Munch
1997·
The View
Self
1997·
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997·
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1996·
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996·
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Self
1996·
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
1995·
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995·
Funny Bones
George Fawkes
1994·
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1993·
Raw
Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
1993·
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993·
Arizona Dream
Leo Sweetie
1992·
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
Self
1992·
Mad About You
Freddy Statler
1992·
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Self
1992·
Mr. Saturday Night
Jerry Lewis
1991·
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1990·
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1989·
The Simpsons
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
1989·
Cookie
Arnold Ross
1988·
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Self
1987·
Sacrée Soirée
Self (archive footage), Self
1987·
Téléthon
Self
1987·
Wiseguy
Eli Sternberg
1987·
Fight for Life
Dr. Bernard Abrams
1986·
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
1986·
Rickles... On the Loose
Self
1984·
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984·
The Defective Detective
Jerry Logan
1984·
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Clovis Blaireau
1983·
Bonjour Mr Lewis
Self (archive footage)
1983·
Smorgasbord
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1982·
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982·
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982·
Slapstick of Another Kind
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1982·
The King of Comedy
Jerry Langford
1981·
Rascal Dazzle
Self - Narrator (voice)
1980·
Pink Lady
Jerry Lewis
1980·
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
1980·
Hardly Working
Bo Hooper
1979·
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
1978·
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
1977·
Please Turn the Page
Self
1977·
Auf los geht's los
Self
1976·
Donny & Marie
Self
1976·
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
1975·
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975·
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975·
Cher
Self, Self - Guest
1974·
Der große Preis
Self
1974·
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974·
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974·
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self
1973·
Klimbim
Self / Bobby Zischer, Self
1972·
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Self
1971·
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971·
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self
1971·
Medicine Ball Caravan
Self
1970·
One More Time
Bandleader (voice)
1970·
Which Way to the Front?
Brendan Byers III
1969·
Hook, Line and Sinker
Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1969·
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self (uncredited)
1968·
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968·
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968·
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
George Lester
1967·
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967·
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self - Host
1967·
The Big Mouth
Gerald Clamson
1966·
Way... Way Out
Pete Mattemore
1966·
Three on a Couch
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1965·
Red Line 7000
Driver (uncredited)
1965·
The Family Jewels
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1965·
Boeing, Boeing
Robert Reed
1964·
Soap Opera
Self in Commercial (archive footage)
1964·
The Disorderly Orderly
Jerome Littlefield
1964·
The Patsy
Stanley Belt
1963·
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self - Host
1963·
The Nutty Professor
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
1963·
Who's Minding the Store?
Norman Phiffer
1963·
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1962·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self, Self - Guest Host
1962·
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962·
It's Only Money
Lester March
1961·
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host, Self
1961·
The Joey Bishop Show
Self (uncredited)
1961·
Ben Casey
Dr. Dennis Green
1961·
The Errand Boy
Morty S. Tashman
1961·
The Ladies Man
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
1960·
Visit to a Small Planet
Kreton
1960·
Cinderfella
Cinderfella
1960·
The Bellboy
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
1959·
The Music Shop
1959·
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959·
The Jazz Singer
Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
1959·
Don't Give Up the Ship
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1959·
Li'l Abner
Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
1958·
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958·
The Geisha Boy
Gilbert Wooley
1958·
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Clayton Poole
1957·
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host, Self
1957·
The Delicate Delinquent
Sidney L. Pythias
1957·
The Sad Sack
Private Meredith C. Bixby
1956·
The Steve Allen Show
Self, Self - Cameo, Self - Guest
1956·
Hollywood or Bust
Malcolm Smith
1956·
Pardners
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
1955·
You're Never Too Young
Wilbur Hoolick
1955·
Artists and Models
Eugene Fullstack
1954·
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954·
Living It Up
Homer Flagg
1954·
3 Ring Circus
Jerry Hotchkiss
1953·
The Oscars
Self
1953·
Money from Home
Virgil Yokum
1953·
The Caddy
Harvey Miller
1953·
Scared Stiff
Myron Mertz
1952·
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952·
Road to Bali
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1952·
Sailor Beware
Melvin Jones
1952·
Jumping Jacks
Hap Smith
1951·
Fairfax Avenue
1951·
The Stooge
Ted Rogers
1951·
That's My Boy
'Junior' Jackson
1950·
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host, Self
1950·
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist, Self
1950·
The Jack Benny Program
Self
1950·
My Friend Irma Goes West
Seymour
1950·
At War with the Army
Alvin Korwin
1949·
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949·
My Friend Irma
Seymour
1948·
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

Production

2011·
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Executive Producer
2008·
The Nutty Professor
Characters
2000·
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Characters, Executive Producer
1996·
The Nutty Professor
Original Film Writer, Executive Producer
1992·
How Are The Kids?
Director, Writer
1992·
Boy
Writer, Director
1990·
Super Force
Director
1984·
Brothers
Director
1983·
Smorgasbord
Writer, Director
1980·
Hardly Working
Screenplay, Director
1975·
Saturday Night Live
Writer
1970·
Which Way to the Front?
Producer, Director
1970·
One More Time
Director
1969·
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Director
1969·
Hook, Line and Sinker
Producer
1967·
The Big Mouth
Director, Producer, Screenplay
1966·
Three on a Couch
Producer, Director
1965·
The Family Jewels
Producer, Writer, Director
1964·
The Disorderly Orderly
Executive Producer
1964·
The Patsy
Writer, Director
1963·
The Nutty Professor
Writer, Director
1961·
Ben Casey
Director
1961·
The Ladies Man
Producer, Writer, Director
1961·
The Errand Boy
Writer, Director
1960·
Cinderfella
Producer
1960·
The Bellboy
Writer, Producer, Director
1958·
The Geisha Boy
Producer
1958·
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Producer
1957·
The Delicate Delinquent
Producer
1956·
Nightmare
Director
1952·
An Eye for an Eye
Director of Photography
1952·
Come Back Little Shiksa
Director
1951·
Fairfax Avenue
Director, Cinematography, Writer
1951·
The Re-Inforcer
Director
1949·
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Director, Writer