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Jerry Lewis

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1926-03-16

Deathday: 2017-08-20 (91 years old)

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 96

TV Shows 59

Director 17

Producer 9

Voice 2

Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy (2024)

Self

Jerry Lewis

Biography

Filmography

all 190

Movies 131

self 96

TV Shows 59

Director 17

Producer 9

Voice 2

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy (2024)

From Darkness to Light (2024)

Mystery Reel (2022)

The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (2022)

Rat Pack (2022)

Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)

Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021)

Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo (2020)

TV Story Superstar (2020)

The Passion of Anna Magnani (2019)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)

Dying Laughing (2017)

Max Rose (2016)

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016)

The Trust (2016)

The Last Laugh (2016)

The Clown (2016)

The story of... The Day The Clown Cried (2016)

Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)

When Comedy Went to School (2013)

Close Up (2012)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)

Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012)

Treasures of New York (2012)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé (2011)

Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)

The Nutty Professor (2008)

Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006)

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (2005)

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

I Know A Riddle (2004)

Hollywood Legenden (2004)

A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli (2004)

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (2002)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

The View (1997)

Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)

The Nutty Professor (1996)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)

Funny Bones (1995)

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)

Inside the Actors Studio (1994)

Gay! Gay! Hollywood (1994)

How Are The Kids? (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

WWE Raw (1993)

Arizona Dream (1993)

Laughing Matters (1992)

Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

Mad About You (1992)

Boy (1992)

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)

Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992)

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)