Actor
Jerry Lewis
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
Acting
2024 -- From Darkness to Light | Self
2022 -- Mystery Reel |
2022 -- The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon | Himself (archive footage)
2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)
2021 -- Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self
2021 -- Kreka: Dreamcatcher | Self
2020 -- Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo | Himself
2019 -- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self
2017 -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self
2017 -- Dying Laughing | Self
2016 -- Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Self (archive footage)
2016 -- Max Rose | Max Rose
2016 -- The Trust | Jim's Father
2016 -- The Last Laugh | Self
2016 -- The Clown | Self
2016 -- The story of... The Day The Clown Cried | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- Inside Rupert Pupkin | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2013 -- Till Luck Do Us Part 2 | Bellboy
2013 -- The Trials of Muhammad Ali |
2012 -- Close Up | Self (archive footage)
2011 -- Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage)
2011 -- Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Self
2011 -- A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy | Self
2011 -- Pierre Étaix, un destin animé | Self
2009 -- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Stationmaster (voice)
2008 -- The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2006 -- Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis | Self
2005 -- Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime |
2004 -- Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2004 -- I Know A Riddle |
2004 -- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- Hollywood Legenden | Self
2002 -- A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage)
1997 -- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Himself
1996 -- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage)
1995 -- Funny Bones | George Fawkes
1995 -- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993 -- Arizona Dream | Leo Sweetie
1992 -- Mr. Saturday Night | Himself
1992 -- The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team | Self
1991 -- Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self
1990 -- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self
1989 -- Cookie | Arnold Ross
1988 -- An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis |
1987 -- Fight for Life | Dr. Bernard Abrams
1986 -- Rickles... On the Loose | Self
1984 -- How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | Clovis Blaireau
1984 -- The Defective Detective | Jerry Logan
1983 -- Smorgasbord | Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1982 -- The King of Comedy | Jerry Langford
1982 -- Slapstick of Another Kind | Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1982 -- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage)
1981 -- Rascal Dazzle | Self (Voice)
1980 -- Hardly Working | Bo Hooper
1980 -- Gay, Gay Hollywood |
1979 -- The Hollywood Clowns | Self (archive footage)
1974 -- Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy | Himself
1972 -- The Day the Clown Cried [Reconstruction] |
1972 -- Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! |
1971 -- Medicine Ball Caravan |
1970 -- Which Way to the Front? | Brendan Byers III
1970 -- One More Time | Bandleader (voice)
1969 -- Hook, Line and Sinker | Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1969 -- The Jack Benny Birthday Special | Self (uncredited)
1968 -- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | George Lester
1967 -- The Big Mouth | Gerald Clamson
1966 -- Way... Way Out | Pete Mattemore
1966 -- Three on a Couch | Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1965 -- Boeing, Boeing | Robert Reed
1965 -- Red Line 7000 | Driver (uncredited)
1965 -- The Family Jewels | Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1964 -- The Disorderly Orderly | Jerome Littlefield
1964 -- Soap Opera | Himself (Archive footage)
1964 -- The Patsy | Stanley Belt
1963 -- Who's Minding the Store? | Norman Phiffer
1963 -- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1963 -- The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
1962 -- It's Only Money | Lester March
1961 -- The Errand Boy | Morty S. Tashman
1961 -- The Ladies Man | Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
1960 -- Cinderfella | Cinderfella
1960 -- The Bellboy | Stanley / Himself
1960 -- Visit to a Small Planet | Kreton
1959 -- Li'l Abner | Cameo
1959 -- Don't Give Up the Ship | John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1958 -- The Geisha Boy | Gilbert Wooley
1958 -- Rock-a-Bye Baby | Clayton Poole
1957 -- The Sad Sack | Private Meredith C. Bixby
1957 -- The Delicate Delinquent | Sidney L. Pythias
1956 -- Hollywood or Bust | Malcolm Smith
1956 -- Pardners | Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
1955 -- Artists and Models | Eugene Fullstack
1955 -- You're Never Too Young | Wilbur Hoolick
1954 -- 3 Ring Circus | Jerry Hotchkiss
1954 -- Living It Up | Homer Flagg
1953 -- Money from Home | Virgil Yokum
1953 -- The Caddy | Harvey Miller
1953 -- Scared Stiff | Myron Mertz
1953 -- Road to Bali | Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1952 -- Jumping Jacks | Hap Smith
1952 -- Sailor Beware | Melvin Jones
1952 -- Come Back Little Shiksa |
1951 -- The Stooge | Ted Rogers
1951 -- That's My Boy | 'Junior' Jackson
1951 -- Fairfax Avenue |
1950 -- At War with the Army | Alvin Korwin
1950 -- My Friend Irma Goes West | Seymour
1949 -- My Friend Irma | Seymour
1949 -- How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border |
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