Birthday: Mar 16, 1926
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

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

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