Jerry Lewis
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 16, 1926 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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
| 2025 | From Darkness to LightSelf | |
| 2025 | Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and MozeSelf (Archival Footage) | |
| 2024 | Stand-Up: The Laughing TherapySelf - Comedian (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | The Dark Side of a Hollywood IconSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Mystery Reel | |
| 2022 | Rat PackSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prixSelf - actor | |
| 2021 | Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf | |
| 2021 | Kreka: DreamcatcherSelf | |
| 2020 | Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome StereoSelf | |
| 2020 | TV Story SuperstarSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelSelf | |
| 2017 | Dying LaughingSelf | |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf | |
| 2016 | Max RoseMax Rose | |
| 2016 | The Last LaughSelf | |
| 2016 | The TrustJim's Father | |
| 2016 | The ClownSelf | |
| 2016 | Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the ClownSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | The Story of... The Day the Clown CriedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Inside Rupert PupkinSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2013 | Till Luck Do Us Part 2Bellboy | |
| 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Close UpSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf | |
| 2011 | Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf | |
| 2011 | A Tribute to Laurel & HardySelf | |
| 2011 | Pierre Étaix, un destin animéSelf | |
| 2011 | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and MagicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!Stationmaster (voice) | |
| 2009 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! | |
| 2008 | The Nutty ProfessorProfessor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love | |
| 2006 | Happy Birthday, Jerry LewisSelf | |
| 2006 | Jerry Lewis - König der KomödiantenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody SometimeSelf | |
| 2004 | Hollywood LegendenSelf | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays ItselfJerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza MinnelliSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Dean Martin: The One and OnlySelf | |
| 2002 | A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount YearsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAndrew Munch | |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Jerry Lewis: The Last American ClownSelf | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood StorySelf | |
| 1995 | Funny BonesGeorge Fawkes | |
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic OdysseySidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1993 | Arizona DreamLeo Sweetie | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1993 | RawJerry Lewis (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday NightJerry Lewis | |
| 1992 | The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy TeamSelf | |
| 1992 | Mad About YouFreddy Statler | |
| 1992 | Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of ComedySelf | |
| 1991 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Self | |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary CelebrationSelf | |
| 1989 | CookieArnold Ross | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsProfessor John Frink, Sr. (voice) | |
| 1988 | An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry LewisSelf | |
| 1987 | Fight for LifeDr. Bernard Abrams | |
| 1987 | WiseguyEli Sternberg | |
| 1987 | TéléthonSelf | |
| 1987 | Sacrée SoiréeSelf | |
| 1987 | Sacrée SoiréeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Rickles... On the LooseSelf | |
| 1986 | Classic Comedy TeamsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You LeaveClovis Blaireau | |
| 1984 | The Defective DetectiveJerry Logan | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1983 | SmorgasbordWarren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter | |
| 1983 | Bonjour Mr LewisSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | The King of ComedyJerry Langford | |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another KindWilbur Swain / Caleb Swain | |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Champs-ElyséesSelf | |
| 1982 | Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest | |
| 1981 | Rascal DazzleSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1980 | Hardly WorkingBo Hooper | |
| 1980 | Gay, Gay HollywoodSelf | |
| 1980 | Pink LadyJerry Lewis | |
| 1979 | The Hollywood ClownsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1978 | Rire et sourire : Le SplendidLe Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques | |
| 1977 | Auf los geht's losSelf | |
| 1977 | Please Turn the PageSelf | |
| 1976 | NBC: The First Fifty YearsSelf | |
| 1976 | Donny & MarieSelf | |
| 1975 | CherSelf - Guest | |
| 1975 | CherSelf | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1974 | Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. HardySelf | |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando and DawnSelf | |
| 1974 | Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | Der große PreisSelf | |
| 1973 | KlimbimSelf / Bobby Zischer | |
| 1973 | KlimbimSelf | |
| 1972 | Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !Self | |
| 1972 | The Day the Clown CriedHelmut Doork | |
| 1971 | Medicine Ball CaravanSelf | |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy HourSelf | |
| 1971 | V.I.P. SchaukelSelf | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front?Brendan Byers III | |
| 1970 | One More TimeBandleader (voice) | |
| 1969 | The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and SinkerPeter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs | |
| 1968 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the RiverGeorge Lester | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1967 | The Big MouthGerald Clamson | |
| 1967 | The Jerry Lewis ShowSelf - Host | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett ShowSelf | |
| 1966 | Three on a CouchChristopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather | |
| 1966 | Way... Way OutPete Mattemore | |
| 1965 | Boeing, BoeingRobert Reed | |
| 1965 | The Family JewelsWillard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton | |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | The PatsyStanley Belt | |
| 1964 | The Disorderly OrderlyJerome Littlefield | |
| 1964 | Soap OperaSelf in Commercial (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldDriver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited) | |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store?Norman Phiffer | |
| 1963 | The Nutty ProfessorProfessor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp | |
| 1963 | The Jerry Lewis ShowSelf - Host | |
| 1962 | It's Only MoneyLester March | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Host | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Ladies ManHerbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert | |
| 1961 | The Errand BoyMorty S. Tashman | |
| 1961 | Ben CaseyDr. Dennis Green | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Joey Bishop ShowSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1960 | The BellboyStanley / Jerry Lewis | |
| 1960 | CinderfellaCinderfella | |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small PlanetKreton | |
| 1959 | Li'l AbnerCameo / Itchy McGrathy | |
| 1959 | Don't Give Up the ShipJohn Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII | |
| 1959 | The Jazz SingerJoey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz | |
| 1959 | The David Susskind ShowSelf | |
| 1959 | The Music Shop | |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye BabyClayton Poole | |
| 1958 | The Geisha BoyGilbert Wooley | |
| 1958 | Kraft Music HallSelf | |
| 1957 | The Sad SackPrivate Meredith C. Bixby | |
| 1957 | The Delicate DelinquentSidney L. Pythias | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf - Guest Host | |
| 1956 | PardnersWade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr. | |
| 1956 | Hollywood or BustMalcolm Smith | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Cameo | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf | |
| 1955 | Artists and ModelsEugene Fullstack | |
| 1955 | You're Never Too YoungWilbur Hoolick | |
| 1954 | 3 Ring CircusJerry Hotchkiss | |
| 1954 | Living It UpHomer Flagg | |
| 1954 | Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood | |
| 1953 | Scared StiffMyron Mertz | |
| 1953 | The CaddyHarvey Miller | |
| 1953 | Money from HomeVirgil Yokum | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1952 | Jumping JacksHap Smith | |
| 1952 | Sailor BewareMelvin Jones | |
| 1952 | Road to BaliWoman in Lala's Dream (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Come Back Little Shiksa | |
| 1951 | That's My Boy'Junior' Jackson | |
| 1951 | The StoogeTed Rogers | |
| 1951 | Fairfax Avenue | |
| 1950 | At War with the ArmyAlvin Korwin | |
| 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes WestSeymour | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSelf | |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny ProgramSelf | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Panelist | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSelf - Host | |
| 1949 | My Friend IrmaSeymour | |
| 1949 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf |
| 2011 | Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisExecutive Producer | |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The KlumpsExecutive Producer | |
| 1996 | The Nutty ProfessorExecutive Producer | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front?Producer | |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and SinkerProducer | |
| 1967 | The Big MouthProducer | |
| 1966 | Three on a CouchProducer | |
| 1965 | The Family JewelsProducer | |
| 1964 | The Disorderly OrderlyExecutive Producer | |
| 1961 | The Ladies ManProducer | |
| 1960 | The BellboyProducer | |
| 1960 | CinderfellaProducer | |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye BabyProducer | |
| 1958 | The Geisha BoyProducer | |
| 1957 | The Delicate DelinquentProducer | |
| 1951 | The Re-InforcerProducer |
| 1992 | BoyDirector | |
| 1992 | How Are The Kids?Director | |
| 1990 | Super ForceDirector | |
| 1984 | BrothersDirector | |
| 1983 | SmorgasbordDirector | |
| 1980 | Hardly WorkingDirector | |
| 1972 | The Day the Clown CriedDirector | |
| 1970 | One More TimeDirector | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front?Director | |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsDirector | |
| 1967 | The Big MouthDirector | |
| 1966 | Three on a CouchDirector | |
| 1965 | The Family JewelsDirector | |
| 1964 | The PatsyDirector | |
| 1963 | The Nutty ProfessorDirector | |
| 1961 | The Ladies ManDirector | |
| 1961 | The Errand BoyDirector | |
| 1961 | Ben CaseyDirector | |
| 1960 | The BellboyDirector | |
| 1956 | NightmareDirector | |
| 1952 | Come Back Little ShiksaDirector | |
| 1951 | The Re-InforcerDirector | |
| 1951 | Fairfax AvenueDirector | |
| 1949 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the BorderDirector |
| 2008 | The Nutty ProfessorCharacters | |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The KlumpsCharacters | |
| 1996 | The Nutty ProfessorOriginal Film Writer | |
| 1992 | How Are The Kids?Writer | |
| 1992 | BoyWriter | |
| 1983 | SmorgasbordWriter | |
| 1980 | Hardly WorkingScreenplay | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveWriter | |
| 1972 | The Day the Clown CriedScreenplay | |
| 1967 | The Big MouthScreenplay | |
| 1965 | The Family JewelsWriter | |
| 1964 | The PatsyWriter | |
| 1963 | The Nutty ProfessorWriter | |
| 1961 | The Errand BoyWriter | |
| 1961 | The Ladies ManWriter | |
| 1960 | The BellboyWriter | |
| 1951 | Fairfax AvenueWriter | |
| 1951 | The Re-InforcerScreenplay | |
| 1949 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the BorderWriter |
| 1951 | Fairfax AvenueCinematography |