Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 16, 1926
Place of Birth:
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Jerry Lewis
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | From Darkness to Light | Self |
| 2022 | The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Mystery Reel | |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Dean Martin: El Rey del Cool | Self |
| 2021 | Kreka: Dreamcatcher | Self |
| 2020 | Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo | Himself |
| 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self |
| 2017 | Dying Laughing | Self |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self |
| 2016 | Max Rose | Max Rose |
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self |
| 2016 | The Trust | Jim's Father |
| 2016 | The Clown | Self |
| 2016 | Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Inside Rupert Pupkin | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Till Luck Do Us Part 2 | Bellboy |
| 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali | |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Self |
| 2011 | A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy | Self |
| 2011 | Pierre Étaix, un destin animé | Self |
| 2011 | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Stationmaster (voice) |
| 2008 | The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love |
| 2006 | Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis | Self |
| 2006 | Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime | |
| 2004 | I Know A Riddle | |
| 2004 | Hollywood Legenden | Self |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage) |
| 2004 | A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Himself |
| 1995 | Funny Bones | George Fawkes |
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Arizona Dream | Leo Sweetie |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night | Himself |
| 1992 | The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team | Self |
| 1991 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self |
| 1989 | Cookie | Arnold Ross |
| 1988 | An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis | |
| 1987 | Fight for Life | Dr. Bernard Abrams |
| 1986 | Rickles... On the Loose | Self |
| 1984 | How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | Clovis Blaireau |
| 1984 | The Defective Detective | Jerry Logan |
| 1983 | Smorgasbord | Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter |
| 1982 | The King of Comedy | Jerry Langford |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | Rascal Dazzle | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | Hardly Working | Bo Hooper |
| 1980 | Gay, Gay Hollywood | |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy | Himself |
| 1972 | Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! | Self |
| 1971 | Medicine Ball Caravan | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front? | Brendan Byers III |
| 1970 | One More Time | Bandleader (voice) |
| 1969 | The Jack Benny Birthday Special | Self (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and Sinker | Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs |
| 1968 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | George Lester |
| 1967 | The Big Mouth | Gerald Clamson |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch | Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Pete Mattemore |
| 1965 | Boeing, Boeing | Robert Reed |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels | Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000 | Driver (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Stanley Belt |
| 1964 | The Disorderly Orderly | Jerome Littlefield |
| 1964 | Soap Opera | Himself (Archive footage) |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Norman Phiffer |
| 1963 | The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp |
| 1962 | It's Only Money | Lester March |
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Morty S. Tashman |
| 1960 | The Bellboy | Stanley / Jerry Lewis |
| 1960 | Cinderfella | Cinderfella |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Kreton |
| 1959 | Li'l Abner | Cameo / Itchy McGrathy |
| 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship | John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Clayton Poole |
| 1958 | The Geisha Boy | Gilbert Wooley |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Private Meredith C. Bixby |
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | Sidney L. Pythias |
| 1956 | Pardners | Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr. |
| 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | Malcolm Smith |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Eugene Fullstack |
| 1955 | You're Never Too Young | Wilbur Hoolick |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Jerry Hotchkiss |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Homer Flagg |
| 1954 | Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood | |
| 1953 | Scared Stiff | Myron Mertz |
| 1953 | The Caddy | Harvey Miller |
| 1953 | Money from Home | Virgil Yokum |
| 1953 | Road to Bali | Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Jumping Jacks | Hap Smith |
| 1952 | Sailor Beware | Melvin Jones |
| 1952 | Come Back Little Shiksa | |
| 1951 | That's My Boy | 'Junior' Jackson |
| 1951 | The Stooge | Ted Rogers |
| 1951 | Fairfax Avenue | |
| 1950 | At War with the Army | Alvin Korwin |
| 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Seymour |
| 1949 | My Friend Irma | Seymour |
| 1949 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | |
| The Day the Clown Cried | Helmut Doork |