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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

ActingBorn March 16, 1926Died August 20, 2017 (age 91)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.

Filmography

2025
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2025Movie
2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy

as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

TV
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022Movie
2022
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021Movie
2020
TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2017Movie
2016
Max Rose

as Max Rose

Movie
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
The Trust

as Jim's Father

Movie
2016
The Last Laugh

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2016
The Clown

as Self

Movie
2016Movie
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013Movie
2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012
Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012Movie
2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2009Movie
2008
The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

Movie
2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004Movie
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1996Movie
1995
Funny Bones

as George Fawkes

Movie
1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1993TV
1993
Raw

as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)

TV
1993
Arizona Dream

as Leo Sweetie

Movie
1992
Mr. Saturday Night

as Jerry Lewis

Movie
1992
Mad About You

as Freddy Statler

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

TV
1989
Cookie

as Arnold Ross

Movie
1987
Téléthon

as Self

TV
1987
Wiseguy

as Eli Sternberg

TV
1987TV
1987
Sacrée soirée

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1987
Fight for Life

as Dr. Bernard Abrams

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Classic Comedy Teams

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1984TV
1984Movie
1983
Bonjour Mr Lewis

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1983
Smorgasbord

as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

Movie
1982
The King of Comedy

as Jerry Langford

Movie
1982
Slapstick of Another Kind

as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

Movie
1982TV
1982TV
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1981
Rascal Dazzle

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1980
Pink Lady

as Jerry Lewis

TV
1980
Hardly Working

as Bo Hooper

Movie
1980Movie
1979
The Hollywood Clowns

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

TV
1977TV
1976TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Cher

as Self - Guest

TV
1975
Cher

as Self

TV
1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1974TV
1973
Klimbim

as Self / Bobby Zischer

TV
1973
Klimbim

as Self

TV
1972Movie
1971Movie
1971TV
1970
Which Way to the Front?

as Brendan Byers III

Movie
1970
One More Time

as Bandleader (voice)

Movie
1969
Hook, Line and Sinker

as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

Movie
1969Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967
The Jerry Lewis Show

as Self - Host

TV
1967
The Big Mouth

as Gerald Clamson

Movie
1966
Way... Way Out

as Pete Mattemore

Movie
1966
Three on a Couch

as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

Movie
1965
Boeing, Boeing

as Robert Reed

Movie
1965
Red Line 7000

as Driver (uncredited)

Movie
1965
The Family Jewels

as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

Movie
1964
The Disorderly Orderly

as Jerome Littlefield

Movie
1964
Soap Opera

as Self in Commercial (archive footage)

Movie
1964
The Patsy

as Stanley Belt

Movie
1963
Who's Minding the Store?

as Norman Phiffer

Movie
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Movie
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show

as Self - Host

TV
1963
The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

Movie
1962
It's Only Money

as Lester March

Movie
1962TV
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961
The Errand Boy

as Morty S. Tashman

Movie
1961
Ben Casey

as Dr. Dennis Green

TV
1961
The Joey Bishop Show

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1961
The Ladies Man

as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

Movie
1960
Cinderfella

as Cinderfella

Movie
1960
The Bellboy

as Stanley / Jerry Lewis

Movie
1960Movie
1959
Li'l Abner

as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

Movie
1959
The Jazz Singer

as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz

Movie
1959
Startime

as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin

TV
1959
Don't Give Up the Ship

as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

Movie
1958
The Geisha Boy

as Gilbert Wooley

Movie
1958TV
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Clayton Poole

Movie
1957
The Sad Sack

as Private Meredith C. Bixby

Movie
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1957
The Delicate Delinquent

as Sidney L. Pythias

Movie
1956
Hollywood or Bust

as Malcolm Smith

Movie
1956
Pardners

as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

Movie
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Cameo

TV
1955
Artists and Models

as Eugene Fullstack

Movie
1955
You're Never Too Young

as Wilbur Hoolick

Movie
1954
3 Ring Circus

as Jerry Hotchkiss

Movie
1954
Living It Up

as Homer Flagg

Movie
1953
Money from Home

as Virgil Yokum

Movie
1953
The Caddy

as Harvey Miller

Movie
1953
Scared Stiff

as Myron Mertz

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Road to Bali

as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Jumping Jacks

as Hap Smith

Movie
1952
Sailor Beware

as Melvin Jones

Movie
1951
The Stooge

as Ted Rogers

Movie
1951
That's My Boy

as 'Junior' Jackson

Movie
1950
At War with the Army

as Alvin Korwin

Movie
1950TV
1950Movie
1950TV
1949
My Friend Irma

as Seymour

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 16, 1926
Day of DeathAugust 20, 2017
Place of BirthNewark, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.6
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