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
all 190
Movies 131
self 95
TV Shows 59
Director 12
Voice 2
Writer 2
Himself (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar (2020)
TV
Max Rose
Max Rose (2016)
Movie
Stone's Father
The Trust (2016)
Movie
1
ArchiveFootage
The story of... The Day The Clown Cried (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Close Up (2012)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
Movie
Stationmaster (voice)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Movie
4.64
Julius Kelp
The Nutty Professor (2008)
Movie
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli (2004)
Movie
(archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
Movie
Andrew Munch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.41
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
Movie
George Fawkes
Funny Bones (1995)
Movie
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
Movie
Director / Writer
How Are The Kids? (1993)
Movie
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
TV
6
Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
WWE Raw (1993)
TV
6.66
Leo Sweetie
Arizona Dream (1993)
Movie
6.5
Freddy Statler
Mad About You (1992)
TV
5.76
Director / Writer
Boy (1992)
Movie
Director
Super Force (1990)
TV
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Arnold Ross
Cookie (1989)
Movie
Dr. Bernard Abrams
Fight for Life (1987)
Movie
Clovis Blaireau
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)
Movie
Jerry Logan
The Defective Detective (1984)
Movie
Director
Brothers (1984)
TV
Warren Nefron
Smorgasbord (1983)
Movie
Jerry Langford
The King of Comedy (1982)
Movie
7.75
Wilbur Swain
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Movie
6
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Rascal Dazzle (1981)
Movie
Jerry Lewis
Pink Lady (1980)
TV
Bo Hooper
Hardly Working (1980)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Movie
Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid (1978)
TV
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Self / Self - Guest
Cher (1975)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
TV
Self / Self / Bobby Zischer
Klimbim (1973)
TV
Brendan Byers III
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Movie
Director
One More Time (1970)
Movie
Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show (1969)
TV
Peter Ingersoll
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
Movie
George Lester
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Gerald Clamson
The Big Mouth (1967)
Movie
Peter Mattemore
Way... Way Out (1966)
Movie
Christopher Pride
Three on a Couch (1966)
Movie
Robert Reed
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Movie
Driver (uncredited)
Red Line 7000 (1965)
Movie
Willard Woodward
The Family Jewels (1965)
Movie
Jerome Littlefield
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Movie
Self in Commercial
Soap Opera (1964)
Movie
Stanley Belt
The Patsy (1964)
Movie
Norman Phiffier
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Movie
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Movie
5.79
Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
TV
Prof. Julius Kelp
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Movie
Lester March
It's Only Money (1962)
Movie
Self - Guest Host / Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self / Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Morty S. Tashman
The Errand Boy (1961)
Movie
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Self (uncredited)
The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
TV
Herbert H. Heebert
The Ladies Man (1961)
Movie
Cinderfella
Cinderfella (1960)
Movie
Stanley
The Bellboy (1960)
Movie
John Paul Steckler I
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Movie
Gilbert Wooley
The Geisha Boy (1958)
Movie
Clayton Poole
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Movie
Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Sad Sack (1957)
Movie
Self - Guest Host / Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
TV
Sidney L. Pythias
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Movie
Malcolm Smith
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Movie
Wade Kingsley Jr.
Pardners (1956)
Movie
Self - Guest / Self / Self - Cameo
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV
Director
Nightmare (1956)
Movie
Eugene Fullstack
Artists and Models (1955)
Movie
Wilbur Hoolick
You're Never Too Young (1955)
Movie
Jerome F. 'Jerry' Hotchkiss
3 Ring Circus (1954)
Movie
Homer Flagg
Living It Up (1954)
Movie
Virgil Yokum
Money from Home (1953)
Movie
Self - Guest
Person to Person (1953)
TV
Harvey Miller, Jr
The Caddy (1953)
Movie
Myron Mertz
Scared Stiff (1953)
Movie
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Road to Bali (1953)
Movie
4.75
Hap Smith
Jumping Jacks (1952)
Movie
Melvin Jones
Sailor Beware (1952)
Movie
Director of Photography
An Eye for an Eye (1952)
Movie
Theodore 'Ted' Rogers
The Stooge (1951)
Movie
Director
The Re-Inforcer (1951)
Movie
'Junior' Jackson
That's My Boy (1951)
Movie
Director / Writer / Cinematography
Fairfax Avenue (1951)
Movie
Pfc. Alvin Korwin
At War with the Army (1950)
Movie
Self - Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
TV
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Seymour
My Friend Irma (1949)
Movie
Self - Comedian / Self / Self - Comedian / Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Helmut Doork
The Day the Clown Cried
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-03-16
Deathday2017-08-20 (91 years old)
Birth NameJoseph Levitch
Birth PlaceNewark, United States
RelationshipsSanDee Pitnick (1983 - 2017)
ChildrenGary Lewis
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJerome Joseph Levitch, Joseph Levitch, The King of Comedy, Martin & Lewis, Τζέρι Λιούις, Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Μάρτιν & Λιούις, Ο Βασιλιάς της Κωμωδίας, Τζερόμ Λέβιτς, 杰瑞·刘易斯
AwardsTrustees Award, Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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