Jerry Lewis
Known for Acting · 176 credits
- Born
- 1926-03-16
- Died
- 2017-08-20
- Place of birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Jerome Joseph Levitch · Joseph Levitch · The King of Comedy · Martin & Lewis · Τζέρι Λιούις · Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Andrew Munch
The Simpsons
1989
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Raw
1993
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV Shows (57)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Andrew Munch
The Simpsons
1989
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Raw
1993
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
The View
1997
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Freddy Statler
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Ben Casey
1961
as Dr. Dennis Green
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self / Self - Host
Wiseguy
1987
as Eli Sternberg
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self / Self - Guest Host
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest / Self - Cameo
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Startime
1959
as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Téléthon
1987
as Self
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
as Self (uncredited)
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
TV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Klimbim
1973
as Self / Bobby Zischer
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Pink Lady
1980
as Jerry Lewis
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
as Self
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
2022
as Self - actor
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
as Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self - Host
The Music Shop
1959
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
Movies (119)
The King of Comedy
1982
as Jerry Langford
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Arizona Dream
1993
as Leo Sweetie
The Trust
2016
as Jim's Father
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
as Stationmaster (voice)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Cinderfella
1960
as Cinderfella
Funny Bones
1995
as George Fawkes
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
The Stooge
1951
as Ted Rogers
Boeing, Boeing
1965
as Robert Reed
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Clayton Poole
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
1952
as Melvin Jones
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Red Line 7000
1965
as Driver (uncredited)
The Big Mouth
1967
as Gerald Clamson
Artists and Models
1955
as Eugene Fullstack
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Which Way to the Front?
1970
as Brendan Byers III
The Errand Boy
1961
as Morty S. Tashman
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Jerry Lewis
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Jerome Littlefield
Road to Bali
1952
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
The Patsy
1964
as Stanley Belt
Jumping Jacks
1952
as Hap Smith
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Seymour
It's Only Money
1962
as Lester March
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
Pardners
1956
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Rascal Dazzle
1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Geisha Boy
1958
as Gilbert Wooley
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
as Self
The Family Jewels
1965
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
The Bellboy
1960
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
The Ladies Man
1961
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Caddy
1953
as Harvey Miller
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as George Lester
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Norman Phiffer
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Cookie
1989
as Arnold Ross
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
as Self
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
The Nutty Professor
2008
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
The Sad Sack
1957
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
Living It Up
1954
as Homer Flagg
Scared Stiff
1953
as Myron Mertz
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
as Clovis Blaireau
That's My Boy
1951
as 'Junior' Jackson
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Sidney L. Pythias
Hollywood or Bust
1956
as Malcolm Smith
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Smorgasbord
1983
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Fight for Life
1987
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Money from Home
1953
as Virgil Yokum
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Kreton
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
At War with the Army
1950
as Alvin Korwin
Dying Laughing
2017
as Self
My Friend Irma
1949
as Seymour
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
as Self
Way... Way Out
1966
as Pete Mattemore
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
as Self
Hardly Working
1980
as Bo Hooper
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
as Self (archive footage)
You're Never Too Young
1955
as Wilbur Hoolick
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Three on a Couch
1966
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
3 Ring Circus
1954
as Jerry Hotchkiss
Li'l Abner
1959
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
as Bellboy
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
One More Time
1970
as Bandleader (voice)
Max Rose
2016
as Max Rose
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Self
Soap Opera
1964
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
as Self (uncredited)
Mystery Reel
2022
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Clown
2016
as Self
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
as Self
The Defective Detective
1984
as Jerry Logan
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
as Self
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
The Jazz Singer
1959
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
as Self
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
as Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
as Self
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
as Helmut Doork
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
as Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
as Self
About Jerry Lewis
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 sta… With 176 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Jerry Lewis has appeared in 119 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jerry Lewis Movies
- The King of Comedy (1982) — as Jerry Langford
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
- Arizona Dream (1993) — as Leo Sweetie
- The Trust (2016) — as Jim's Father
- The Nutty Professor (1963) — as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
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