Jerry Lewis
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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,...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Andrew Munch
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Simpsons
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
Raw
Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
The View
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Filmography
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2026
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Mystery Reel
2022
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022
as Self - actor
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
as Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
as Self
TV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Dying Laughing
2017
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
Max Rose
2016
as Max Rose
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trust
2016
as Jim's Father
The Clown
2016
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
as Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
as Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
as Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
as Stationmaster (voice)
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
The Nutty Professor
2008
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
as Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
as Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003
as Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Andrew Munch
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The View
1997
as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Funny Bones
1995
as George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Arizona Dream
1993
as Leo Sweetie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Raw
1993
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Jerry Lewis
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Freddy Statler
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
as Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Cookie
1989
as Arnold Ross
The Simpsons
1989
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
as Self
Fight for Life
1987
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Wiseguy
1987
as Eli Sternberg
Téléthon
1987
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
as Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
1984
as Jerry Logan
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Smorgasbord
1983
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
as Self (archive footage)
The King of Comedy
1982
as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Rascal Dazzle
1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hardly Working
1980
as Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self
Pink Lady
1980
as Jerry Lewis
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
Cher
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
as Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Klimbim
1973
as Self / Bobby Zischer
Klimbim
1973
as Self
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
as Self
Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
as Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Which Way to the Front?
1970
as Brendan Byers III
One More Time
1970
as Bandleader (voice)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
as Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as George Lester
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Big Mouth
1967
as Gerald Clamson
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self - Host
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Three on a Couch
1966
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out
1966
as Pete Mattemore
Boeing, Boeing
1965
as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
1965
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000
1965
as Driver (uncredited)
The Patsy
1964
as Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Jerome Littlefield
Soap Opera
1964
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Norman Phiffer
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
as Self - Host
It's Only Money
1962
as Lester March
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Ladies Man
1961
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy
1961
as Morty S. Tashman
Ben Casey
1961
as Dr. Dennis Green
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
as Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Bellboy
1960
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella
1960
as Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Kreton
Li'l Abner
1959
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Jazz Singer
1959
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Music Shop
1959
Startime
1959
as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
1958
as Gilbert Wooley
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
The Sad Sack
1957
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Sidney L. Pythias
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self - Guest Host
Pardners
1956
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust
1956
as Malcolm Smith
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Cameo
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Artists and Models
1955
as Eugene Fullstack
You're Never Too Young
1955
as Wilbur Hoolick
3 Ring Circus
1954
as Jerry Hotchkiss
Living It Up
1954
as Homer Flagg
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Scared Stiff
1953
as Myron Mertz
The Caddy
1953
as Harvey Miller
Money from Home
1953
as Virgil Yokum
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Jumping Jacks
1952
as Hap Smith
Sailor Beware
1952
as Melvin Jones
Road to Bali
1952
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
That's My Boy
1951
as 'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
1951
as Ted Rogers
Fairfax Avenue
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot
At War with the Army
1950
as Private Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Seymour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Lewis
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Host
My Friend Irma
1949
as Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self