Jerry Lewis
Acting • Born 1926-03-16 – Died 2017-08-20
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
185 credits
The King of Comedy
Movie • 1982
Jerry Langford
Arizona Dream
Movie • 1993
Leo Sweetie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Pardners
Movie • 1956
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
The Patsy
Movie • 1964
Stanley Belt
At War with the Army
Movie • 1950
Alvin Korwin
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Scared Stiff
Movie • 1953
Myron Mertz
I Know A Riddle
Movie • 2004
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
Self (archive footage)
Li'l Abner
Movie • 1959
Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Hollywood Legenden
Movie • 2004
Self
The Ladies Man
Movie • 1961
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Disorderly Orderly
Movie • 1964
Jerome Littlefield
The Errand Boy
Movie • 1961
Morty S. Tashman
It's Only Money
Movie • 1962
Lester March
Funny Bones
Movie • 1995
George Fawkes
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie • 1963
Norman Phiffer
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie • 2021
Self
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie • 1958
Clayton Poole
Smorgasbord
Movie • 1983
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Hollywood or Bust
Movie • 1956
Malcolm Smith
The Sad Sack
Movie • 1957
Private Meredith C. Bixby
Artists and Models
Movie • 1955
Eugene Fullstack
Jumping Jacks
Movie • 1952
Hap Smith
The Geisha Boy
Movie • 1958
Gilbert Wooley
The Caddy
Movie • 1953
Harvey Miller
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie • 1957
Sidney L. Pythias
The Bellboy
Movie • 1960
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
3 Ring Circus
Movie • 1954
Jerry Hotchkiss
Boeing, Boeing
Movie • 1965
Robert Reed
Three on a Couch
Movie • 1966
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Close Up
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Living It Up
Movie • 1954
Homer Flagg
The Nutty Professor
Movie • 2008
Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Sailor Beware
Movie • 1952
Melvin Jones
The Nutty Professor
Movie • 1963
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Cinderfella
Movie • 1960
Cinderfella
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
The Family Jewels
Movie • 1965
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
You're Never Too Young
Movie • 1955
Wilbur Hoolick
Money from Home
Movie • 1953
Virgil Yokum
That's My Boy
Movie • 1951
'Junior' Jackson
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie • 1982
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie • 1968
George Lester
The Stooge
Movie • 1951
Ted Rogers
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Movie • 2005
Self
Cookie
Movie • 1989
Arnold Ross
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
My Friend Irma
Movie • 1949
Seymour
My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie • 1950
Seymour
Visit to a Small Planet
Movie • 1960
Kreton
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Way... Way Out
Movie • 1966
Pete Mattemore
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Movie • 1969
Self (uncredited)
The Big Mouth
Movie • 1967
Gerald Clamson
Which Way to the Front?
Movie • 1970
Brendan Byers III
Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie • 1969
Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie • 2011
Self
Don't Give Up the Ship
Movie • 1959
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Hardly Working
Movie • 1980
Bo Hooper
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Movie • 1984
Clovis Blaireau
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie • 1995
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Max Rose
Movie • 2016
Max Rose
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Movie • 2006
Self
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Movie • 1988
Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Movie • 1949
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Fight for Life
Movie • 1987
Dr. Bernard Abrams
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Movie • 1996
Self
Mystery Reel
Movie • 2022
The Defective Detective
Movie • 1984
Jerry Logan
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Soap Opera
Movie • 1964
Self in Commercial (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie • 2002
(archive footage)
Red Line 7000
Movie • 1965
Driver (uncredited)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie • 2019
Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie • 2011
Self
The Trust
Movie • 2016
Jim's Father
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Movie • 2011
Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie • 1980
Self
Medicine Ball Caravan
Movie • 1971
Self
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Movie • 2009
Stationmaster (voice)
Dying Laughing
Movie • 2017
Self
The Clown
Movie • 2016
Self
One More Time
Movie • 1970
Bandleader (voice)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 1990
Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Movie • 2013
Bellboy
Road to Bali
Movie • 1952
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie • 1992
Jerry Lewis
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie • 2017
Self
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie • 1991
Self
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Movie • 1992
Self
Come Back Little Shiksa
Movie • 1952
Fairfax Avenue
Movie • 1951
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Rickles... On the Loose
Movie • 1986
Self
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Movie • 1974
Self
Rascal Dazzle
Movie • 1981
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Movie • 1972
Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Movie • 2020
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Movie • 2021
Self
From Darkness to Light
Movie • 2025
Self
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Movie • 1954
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
Movie • 2004
Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1959
Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Movie • 2024
Self (Archival Footage)
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Freddy Statler
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV • 1971
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Andrew Munch
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The David Susskind Show
TV • 1959
Self
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Eli Sternberg
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Pink Lady
TV • 1980
Jerry Lewis
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Dr. Dennis Green
The Music Shop
TV • 1959
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Guest
Cher
TV • 1975
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV • 1967
Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV • 1963
Self - Host
Cher
TV • 1975
Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV • 2009
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Raw
TV • 1993
Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
Klimbim
TV • 1973
Self
Klimbim
TV • 1973
Self / Bobby Zischer
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TV • 1978
Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
TV • 1992
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
TV Story Superstar
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Bonjour Mr Lewis
TV • 1983
Self (archive footage)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Cameo
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
Auf los geht's los
TV • 1977
Self
The Joey Bishop Show
TV • 1961
Self (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self - Guest Host
Please Turn the Page
TV • 1977
Self
Téléthon
TV • 1987
Self
Der große Preis
TV • 1974
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV • 2024
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Host
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
TV • 2022
Jerry Lewis