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
2025
- From Darkness to Light as Self
- Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
- Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
- Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze as Self (Archival Footage)
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix as Self - actor
- Mystery Reel
- The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
- Kreka: Dreamcatcher as Self
2020
- TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo as Self
2019
2017
- Dying Laughing as Self
- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
2016
- The Trust as Jim's Father
- The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Clown as Self
- Max Rose as Max Rose
- Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown as Self (archive footage)
- The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried as Self (archive footage)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Till Luck Do Us Part 2 as Bellboy
- The Trials of Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
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
2004
- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Legenden as Self
- Dean Martin: The One and Only as Self
2002
- A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' as Self (archive footage)
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years 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
- Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 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
- Boy ... (Director)
- The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
- How Are The Kids? ... (Writer)
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
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
- Wiseguy as Eli Sternberg
- Téléthon as Self
- Fight for Life as Dr. Bernard Abrams
1986
- Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
- Rickles... On the Loose as Self
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
- Bonjour Mr Lewis as Self (archive footage)
- Smorgasbord as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- 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
- 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 / Bobby Zischer
1972
- The Day the Clown Cried as Helmut Doork
- Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as Self
- Medicine Ball Caravan as Self
1970
- Which Way to the Front? as Brendan Byers III
- One More Time as Bandleader (voice)
1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ... (Director)
- Hook, Line and Sinker as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
- The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self (uncredited)
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 Big Mouth as Gerald Clamson
- The Jerry Lewis Show as Self - Host
1966
- Way... Way Out as Pete Mattemore
- Three on a Couch as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1965
- Boeing, Boeing as Robert Reed
- Red Line 7000 as Driver (uncredited)
- The Family Jewels as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1964
- The Disorderly Orderly as Jerome Littlefield
- The Patsy as Stanley Belt
- 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
- Cinderfella as Cinderfella
- The Bellboy as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
1959
- Startime as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
- The David Susskind Show as Self
- Li'l Abner as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
- Don't Give Up the Ship as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
- The Music Shop
- The Jazz Singer as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
1958
- Kraft Music Hall as Self
- The Geisha Boy as Gilbert Wooley
- Rock-a-Bye Baby as Clayton Poole
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- The Sad Sack as Private Meredith C. Bixby
- The Delicate Delinquent as Sidney L. Pythias
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- Hollywood or Bust as Malcolm Smith
- Pardners as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
- Nightmare ... (Director)
1955
- Artists and Models as Eugene Fullstack
- You're Never Too Young as Wilbur Hoolick
1954
- Living It Up as Homer Flagg
- 3 Ring Circus as Jerry Hotchkiss
- Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The Caddy as Harvey Miller
- Scared Stiff as Myron Mertz
- Money from Home as Virgil Yokum
1952
- Road to Bali as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
- Sailor Beware as Melvin Jones
- Jumping Jacks as Hap Smith
- Come Back Little Shiksa
- An Eye for an Eye ... (Director of Photography)
1951
- The Stooge as Ted Rogers
- That's My Boy as 'Junior' Jackson
- Fairfax Avenue
- The Re-Inforcer ... (Director)
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Jack Benny Program as Lewis
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- My Friend Irma Goes West as Seymour
- At War with the Army as Alvin Korwin
1949
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self