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)
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix (2022) as Jerry Lewis
- Mystery Reel
- The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon as Himself (archive footage)
2021
- Kreka: Dreamcatcher as Self
- Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
2020
- TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo as Himself
2019
2017
- Dying Laughing as Self
- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
2016
- Max Rose as Max Rose
- The Clown as Self
- The Last Laugh as Self
- Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown as Self (archive footage)
- The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried as Self (archive footage)
- The Trust as Jim's Father
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
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
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Stationmaster (voice)
- Joy Behar: Say Anything!
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
- Hollywood Legenden as Self
- I Know A Riddle as (archive footage)
- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
- 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 (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)
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Himself
1995
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Funny Bones as George Fawkes
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
- How Are The Kids? ... (Writer)
1992
- Mad About You as Freddy Statler
- Mr. Saturday Night as Himself
- Boy ... (Director)
- The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
- Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy 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
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Wiseguy
- 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
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The King of Comedy as Jerry Langford
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- Slapstick of Another Kind as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1981
- Rascal Dazzle as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
- Hardly Working as Bo Hooper
- Pink Lady as Jerry Lewis
- 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
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 Himself
1973
- Klimbim as Self / Bobby Zischer
1972
- The Day the Clown Cried as Helmut Doork
- Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self
1970
- One More Time as Bandleader (voice)
- Which Way to the Front? as Brendan Byers III
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
- 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 Host
1966
- Three on a Couch as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
- Way... Way Out as Pete Mattemore
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 Patsy as Stanley Belt
- The Disorderly Orderly as Jerome Littlefield
- Soap Opera as Himself (Archive footage)
1963
- The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
- Who's Minding the Store? as Norman Phiffer
- The Jerry Lewis Show as Himself
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
- The Joey Bishop Show as Self (uncredited)
- The Ladies Man as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
- The Errand Boy as Morty S. Tashman
1960
- The Bellboy as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
- Cinderfella as Cinderfella
- Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton
1959
- Don't Give Up the Ship as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
- The David Susskind Show as Self
- Li'l Abner as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
- The Music Shop
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 Sad Sack as Private Meredith C. Bixby
- The Delicate Delinquent as Sidney L. Pythias
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
- 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
- Jumping Jacks as Hap Smith
- Sailor Beware as Melvin Jones
- Road to Bali as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
- Come Back Little Shiksa
- An Eye for an Eye ... (Director of Photography)
1951
- That's My Boy as 'Junior' Jackson
- The Stooge as Ted Rogers
- The Re-Inforcer ... (Director)
- Fairfax Avenue
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Jack Benny Program 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