Jerry Lewis

Born: 1926-03-16 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died: 2017-08-20

Known For: Acting

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

2016

The Trust as Jim's Father
The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown as Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried as Self (archive footage)
Max Rose as Max Rose
The Clown as Self

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas as Self

2013

The Trials of Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2 as Bellboy

2012

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)

2011

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé as Self

2009

Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Stationmaster (voice)

2008

The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

2006

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis as Self

2005

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime as Self

2004

Dean Martin: The One and Only as Self
Hollywood Legenden as Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

2003

Cher: The Farewell Tour as Self (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' as Self (archive footage)

2000

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ... (Executive Producer)

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Andrew Munch

1997

The View as Self
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1996

The Nutty Professor ... (Executive Producer)
E! True Hollywood Story as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Self

1995

Funny Bones as George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994

Inside the Actors Studio as Self

1993

Raw as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Arizona Dream as Leo Sweetie

1992

Mad About You as Freddy Statler
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy as Self
Mr. Saturday Night as Jerry Lewis
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
How Are The Kids? ... (Writer)
Boy ... (Director)

1991

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self

1990

Super Force ... (Director)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self

1989

The Simpsons as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
Cookie as Arnold Ross

1988

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis as Self

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self
Wiseguy as Eli Sternberg
Téléthon as Self
Fight for Life as Dr. Bernard Abrams

1986

Rickles... On the Loose as Self
Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)

1984

Goldene Kamera as Self
Brothers ... (Director)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave as Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective as Jerry Logan

1983

Smorgasbord as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Bonjour Mr Lewis as Self (archive footage)

1982

Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées as Self
The King of Comedy as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)

1981

Rascal Dazzle as Self - Narrator (voice)

1980

Pink Lady as Jerry Lewis
Hardly Working as Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood as Self

1979

The Hollywood Clowns as Self (archive footage)

1978

Ciné regards as Self
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

1977

Auf los geht's los as Self
Please Turn the Page as Self

1976

Donny & Marie as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
Cher as Self - Guest

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
Der große Preis as Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Self

1973

Klimbim as Self

1972

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self

1971

1970

Which Way to the Front? as Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
One More Time as Bandleader (voice)

1969

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ... (Director)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as George Lester

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self
The Jerry Lewis Show as Self - Host
The Big Mouth as Gerald Clamson

1966

Three on a Couch as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out as Pete Mattemore

1965

Boeing, Boeing as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000 as Driver (uncredited)

1964

The Patsy as Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly as Jerome Littlefield
Soap Opera as Self in Commercial (archive footage)

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
The Jerry Lewis Show as Self - Host
Who's Minding the Store? as Norman Phiffer

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
It's Only Money as Lester March

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Ben Casey as Dr. Dennis Green
The Joey Bishop Show as Self (uncredited)
The Ladies Man as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy as Morty S. Tashman

1960

Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton
The Bellboy as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella as Cinderfella

1959

Startime as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
The David Susskind Show as Self
Don't Give Up the Ship as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Jazz Singer as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
The Music Shop
Li'l Abner as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

1958

Kraft Music Hall as Self
Rock-a-Bye Baby as Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy as Gilbert Wooley

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
The Delicate Delinquent as Sidney L. Pythias
The Sad Sack as Private Meredith C. Bixby

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
Pardners as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust as Malcolm Smith
Nightmare ... (Director)

1955

You're Never Too Young as Wilbur Hoolick
Artists and Models as Eugene Fullstack

1954

Living It Up as Homer Flagg
3 Ring Circus as Jerry Hotchkiss
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

1953

The Oscars as Self
Scared Stiff as Myron Mertz
Money from Home as Virgil Yokum
The Caddy as Harvey Miller

1952

Sailor Beware as Melvin Jones
Road to Bali as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Jumping Jacks as Hap Smith
Come Back Little Shiksa
An Eye for an Eye ... (Director of Photography)

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot
That's My Boy as 'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge as Ted Rogers
The Re-Inforcer ... (Director)
Fairfax Avenue
Watch On The Lime ... (Director)
A Spot In The Shade ... (Director)
Nightmare ... (Director)

1950

What's My Line? as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
The Jack Benny Program as Lewis
My Friend Irma Goes West as Seymour
At War with the Army as Private Korwin

1949

My Friend Irma as Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self