Jerry Lewis
Birthday
1926/03/16
Day of death
2017/08/20 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Jerome Joseph Levitch, Joseph Levitch, The King of Comedy, Martin & Lewis, Τζέρι Λιούις, Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς, Μάρτιν & Λιούις, Ο Βασιλιάς της Κωμωδίας, Τζερόμ Λέβιτς, 杰瑞·刘易斯, جری لوئیس
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.
Acting
(1982) The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
(1993) Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
(1956) Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
(1964) The Patsy
as Stanley Belt
(1950) At War with the Army
as Alvin Korwin
(2002) A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
(2004) I Know A Riddle
as ---
(1979) The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) Li'l Abner
as Cameo
(2004) Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(1961) The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
(1964) The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield
(1961) The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman
(1962) It's Only Money
as Lester March
(1995) Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
(1963) Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
(2021) Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
(1958) Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
(1983) Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
(1957) The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
(1956) Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
(1955) Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
(1952) Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
(1958) The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
(1953) The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
(1954) 3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
(1957) The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias
(1960) The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
(1965) Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
(1966) Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
(2012) Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
(1952) Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
(1954) Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
(2008) The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
(1963) The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
(1960) Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
(1965) The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
(1955) You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
(1953) Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
(1951) That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
(1982) Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
(1968) Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
(1951) The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
(2005) Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
as ---
(1989) Cookie
as Arnold Ross
(1996) Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) My Friend Irma
as Seymour
(1950) My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
(1960) Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
(2022) The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
(1966) Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
(1969) The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1967) The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson
(1970) Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III
(1969) Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
(2011) Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
(1959) Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
(1980) Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper
(1984) How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
(1995) Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982) Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Max Rose
as Max Rose
(2006) Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
(2016) The Last Laugh
as Self
(1988) An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
as ---
(2006) Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
as ---
(1997) Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
(1996) Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Himself
(2022) Mystery Reel
as ---
(1984) The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
(2022) Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) Soap Opera
as Himself (Archive footage)
(2002) Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
(1965) Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
(2019) What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
(2011) A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
(2016) The Trust
as Jim's Father
(2011) Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as Self
(2014) Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) Gay, Gay Hollywood
as ---
The Day the Clown Cried
as Helmut Doork
(1971) Medicine Ball Caravan
as ---
(2009) Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
(2017) Dying Laughing
as Self
(2016) The Clown
as Self
(1970) One More Time
as Bandleader (voice)
(1990) Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
(2004) A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
(1953) Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
(2016) Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
(1992) Mr. Saturday Night
as Himself
(2017) Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
(2013) The Trials of Muhammad Ali
as ---
(1991) Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
(1992) The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
as Self
(1952) Come Back Little Shiksa
as ---
(1951) Fairfax Avenue
as ---
(2011) Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1997) The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself
(1981) Rascal Dazzle
as Self (Voice)
(1972) Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as ---
(2020) Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
as Himself
(2021) Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
(2024) From Darkness to Light
as Self
(1954) Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
as ---
(1992) Mad About You
as Freddy Statler
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1971) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as ---
(1997) The View
as Self
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Andrew Munch
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1959) The David Susskind Show
as Self
(1976) Donny & Marie
as Self
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1987) Wiseguy
as ---
(1968) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1980) Pink Lady
as Jerry Lewis
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1959) The Music Shop
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
(1975) Cher
as Self - Guest
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1967) The Jerry Lewis Show
as Host
(1963) The Jerry Lewis Show
as Himself
(1975) Cher
as Self
(2009) Joy Behar: Say Anything!
as ---
(1974) Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1993) Raw
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
(1973) Klimbim
as Self / Bobby Zischer
(1973) Klimbim
as Self
(1978) Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1992) Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
as Self
(2020) TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as ---
(1983) Bonjour Mr Lewis
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
(1966) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Cameo
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1977) Auf los geht's los
as Self
(1961) The Joey Bishop Show
as Self (uncredited)
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
(1977) Bitte umblättern
as Self
(1987) Téléthon
as Self
(1974) Der große Preis
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self
(2024) Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host