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.
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Filmography
all 183
Movies 126
self 90
TV Shows 57
Director 13
Writer 2
Voice 2
Producer 1
Mystery Reel (2022)
Movie
Writer
Docteur Alil et Mister Vardar (2022)
Movie
Himself (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
Movie
Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
Movie
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021)
Movie
Himself
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo (2020)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar (2020)
TV
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
Movie
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
Movie
Himself
Dying Laughing (2017)
Movie
Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016)
Movie
Max Rose
Max Rose (2016)
Movie
Jim's Father
The Trust (2016)
Movie
1
Self
The Last Laugh (2016)
Movie
Self
The Clown (2016)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The story of... The Day The Clown Cried (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Bellboy
Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)
Movie
6
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
Movie
Self
When Comedy Went to School (2013)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Close Up (2012)
Movie
Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
TV
5
Self
Treasures of New York (2012)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
Movie
Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
Movie
Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
Movie
Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé (2011)
Movie
Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)
TV
Stationmaster (voice)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Movie
4.64
Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
The Nutty Professor (2008)
Movie
Self
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006)
Movie
Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)
Movie
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (2005)
Movie
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
Movie
I Know A Riddle (2004)
Movie
Self
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (2002)
Movie
(archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
Movie
Writer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Movie
6.06
Andrew Munch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Movie
Self
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Movie
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
TV
Himself
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)
Movie
Executive Producer / Original Film Writer
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Movie
6.42
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
Movie
George Fawkes
Funny Bones (1995)
Movie
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
Movie
Self
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
TV
Self
Gay! Gay! Hollywood (1994)
Movie
Director / Writer
How Are The Kids? (1993)
Movie
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
TV
6
Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
WWE Raw (1993)
TV
6.66
Leo Sweetie
Arizona Dream (1993)
Movie
6.5
Self
Rowan Atkinson: Laughing Matters (1992)
Movie
Self
Funny Business (1992)
TV
Mad About You (1992)
TV
5.76
Himself
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Movie
Director / Writer
Boy (1992)
Movie
Self
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)
Movie
Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992)
TV
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)
Movie
Director
Super Force (1990)
TV
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
Movie
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Arnold Ross
Cookie (1989)
Movie
Self
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (1988)
Movie
Self - Host
America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988)
Movie
Wiseguy (1987)
TV
6
Dr. Bernard Abrams
Fight for Life (1987)
Movie
Self
Rickles... On the Loose (1986)
Movie
Clovis Blaireau
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)
Movie
Jerry Logan
The Defective Detective (1984)
Movie
Myron Mertz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Movie
Director
Brothers (1984)
TV
Self
Bonjour Mr Lewis (1983)
TV
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter / Director / Writer
Smorgasbord (1983)
Movie
Jerry Langford
The King of Comedy (1982)
Movie
7.75
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
Movie
6
Self
Champs-Elysées (1982)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Movie
Self
A Pretty British Affair (1981)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Rascal Dazzle (1981)
Movie
Jerry Lewis
Pink Lady (1980)
TV
Bo Hooper
Hardly Working (1980)
Movie
Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Movie
Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid (1978)
TV
Self
Bitte umblättern (1977)
TV
Self
Auf los geht's los (1977)
TV
Self
Donny & Marie (1976)
TV
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Self / Self - Guest
Cher (1975)
TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
TV
Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
Movie
Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
TV
Self
Der große Preis (1974)
TV
Self / Self / Bobby Zischer
Klimbim (1973)
TV
Self
The World of Jerry Lewis (1972)
Movie
Vive le cinema! (1972)
Movie
Self
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie (1971)
Movie
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
TV
6
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
TV
Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Movie
Director
One More Time (1970)
Movie
Director
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
TV
Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show (1969)
TV
Peter Ingersoll
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
Movie
George Lester
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Self
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
TV
5.33
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
TV
5
Gerald Clamson / Syd Valentine
The Big Mouth (1967)
Movie
Peter Mattemore
Way... Way Out (1966)
Movie
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo
Three on a Couch (1966)
Movie
Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
TV
Robert Reed
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Movie
Driver (uncredited)
Red Line 7000 (1965)
Movie
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton
The Family Jewels (1965)
Movie
Jerome Littlefield
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Movie
Self in Commercial
Soap Opera (1964)
Movie
Stanley Belt / Singers of the Trio
The Patsy (1964)
Movie
Norman Phiffier
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Movie
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Movie
5.79
Self - Host / Self
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
TV
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp / Director / Writer
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Movie
Lester March
It's Only Money (1962)
Movie
Self - Guest Host / Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Self / Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Morty S. Tashman
The Errand Boy (1961)
Movie
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Self (uncredited)
The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
TV
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Ladies Man (1961)
Movie
Cinderfella
Cinderfella (1960)
Movie
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
The Bellboy (1960)
Movie
Kreton
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Movie
Cameo
Li'l Abner (1959)
Movie
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Movie
Self
The David Susskind Show (1959)
TV
The Music Shop (1959)
TV
Gilbert Wooley
The Geisha Boy (1958)
Movie
Self
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
TV
Clayton Poole
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Movie
Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Sad Sack (1957)
Movie
Self - Guest Host / Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
TV
Sidney L. Pythias
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Movie
Malcolm Smith
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Movie
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Pardners (1956)
Movie
Self - Guest / Self / Self - Cameo
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV
Eugene Fullstack
Artists and Models (1955)
Movie
Wilbur Hoolick
You're Never Too Young (1955)
Movie
Jerome F. 'Jerry' Hotchkiss
3 Ring Circus (1954)
Movie
Homer Flagg
Living It Up (1954)
Movie
Virgil Yokum
Money from Home (1953)
Movie
Self - Guest / Self - Guest Host
Person to Person (1953)
TV
Harvey Miller, Jr
The Caddy (1953)
Movie
Myron Mertz
Scared Stiff (1953)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Road to Bali (1953)
Movie
4.75
Hap Smith
Jumping Jacks (1952)
Movie
Melvin Jones
Sailor Beware (1952)
Movie
Director
Come Back Little Shiksa (1952)
Movie
Theodore 'Ted' Rogers
The Stooge (1951)
Movie
Director
The Re-Inforcer (1951)
Movie
'Junior' Jackson
That's My Boy (1951)
Movie
Director / Writer / Cinematography
Fairfax Avenue (1951)
Movie
Pfc. Alvin Korwin
At War with the Army (1950)
Movie
Self
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
TV
Self - Host / Self / Self - Guest Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
TV
Seymour
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Movie
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Seymour
My Friend Irma (1949)
Movie
Actor
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Movie
Self - Comedian / Self / Self - Comedian / Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Director of Photography
An Eye for an Eye
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.62
Based on 1.31 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-03-16
Deathday2017-08-20 (91 years old)
Birth NameJoseph Levitch
Birth PlaceNewark, United States of America
RelationshipsSanDee Pitnick (1983-01-01 - 2017-01-01)
ChildrenGary Lewis
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJerome Joseph Levitch, Joseph Levitch, The King of Comedy, Martin & Lewis, Τζέρι Λιούις, Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Μάρτιν & Λιούις, Ο Βασιλιάς της Κωμωδίας, Τζερόμ Λέβιτς, 杰瑞·刘易斯
AwardsNew Jersey Hall of Fame, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Trustees Award, Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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