Jerry Lewis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1926
- Died
- August 20, 2017 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
A Suite at the Sands
Movie
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
Movie
From Darkness to Light
Movie · as Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV · as Self - Comedian (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mystery Reel
Movie
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
TV · as Self - actor · 3 eps
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie · as Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Movie · as Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Movie · as Self
TV Story Superstar
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie · as Self
Dying Laughing
Movie · as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie · as Self
Max Rose
Movie · as Max Rose
The Last Laugh
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trust
Movie · as Jim's Father
The Clown
Movie · as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Movie · as Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie · as Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie · as Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Movie · as Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Movie · as Stationmaster (voice)
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV · 1 ep
The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Movie · as Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Legenden
Movie · as Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
Movie · as Self
Cher: The Farewell Tour
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Andrew Munch · 1 ep
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Movie · as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Funny Bones
Movie · as George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie · as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Arizona Dream
Movie · as Leo Sweetie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Raw
TV · as Jerry Lewis (archive footage) · 1 ep
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie · as Jerry Lewis
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Movie · as Self
Mad About You
TV · as Freddy Statler · 1 ep
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie · as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Cookie
Movie · as Arnold Ross
The Simpsons
TV · as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice) · 1 ep
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Movie · as Self
Fight for Life
Movie · as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Wiseguy
TV · as Eli Sternberg · 5 eps
Téléthon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Rickles... On the Loose
Movie · as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Movie · as Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
Movie · as Jerry Logan
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Smorgasbord
Movie · as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Bonjour Mr Lewis
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 6 eps
The King of Comedy
Movie · as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie · as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rascal Dazzle
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hardly Working
Movie · as Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Pink Lady
TV · as Jerry Lewis · 1 ep
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TV · as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques · 1 ep
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Please Turn the Page
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Self
Donny & Marie
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cher
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Movie · as Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Klimbim
TV · as Self, Self / Bobby Zischer · 1 ep
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Movie · as Self
The Day the Clown Cried
Movie · as Helmut Doork
Medicine Ball Caravan
Movie · as Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Which Way to the Front?
Movie · as Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
One More Time
Movie · as Bandleader (voice)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie · as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie · as George Lester
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Big Mouth
Movie · as Gerald Clamson
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV · as Self - Host · 19 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Three on a Couch
Movie · as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out
Movie · as Pete Mattemore
Boeing, Boeing
Movie · as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
Movie · as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000
Movie · as Driver (uncredited)
The Patsy
Movie · as Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly
Movie · as Jerome Littlefield
Soap Opera
Movie · as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie · as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie · as Norman Phiffer
The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
It's Only Money
Movie · as Lester March
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 18 eps
The Ladies Man
Movie · as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy
Movie · as Morty S. Tashman
Ben Casey
TV · as Dr. Dennis Green · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 2 eps
The Joey Bishop Show
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Bellboy
Movie · as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella
Movie · as Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet
Movie · as Kreton
Li'l Abner
Movie · as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Don't Give Up the Ship
Movie · as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Jazz Singer
Movie · as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
The David Susskind Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Music Shop
TV · 9 eps
Startime
TV · as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin · 1 ep
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie · as Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
Movie · as Gilbert Wooley
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sad Sack
Movie · as Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie · as Sidney L. Pythias
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
Pardners
Movie · as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust
Movie · as Malcolm Smith
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Cameo · 3 eps
Artists and Models
Movie · as Eugene Fullstack
You're Never Too Young
Movie · as Wilbur Hoolick
3 Ring Circus
Movie · as Jerry Hotchkiss
Living It Up
Movie · as Homer Flagg
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Movie
Scared Stiff
Movie · as Myron Mertz
The Caddy
Movie · as Harvey Miller
Money from Home
Movie · as Virgil Yokum
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jumping Jacks
Movie · as Hap Smith
Sailor Beware
Movie · as Melvin Jones
Road to Bali
Movie · as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Come Back Little Shiksa
Movie
That's My Boy
Movie · as 'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
Movie · as Ted Rogers
Fairfax Avenue
Movie
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot · 1 ep
At War with the Army
Movie · as Private Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie · as Seymour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 28 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Lewis · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 6 eps
My Friend Irma
Movie · as Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps