
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

What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

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

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self / Self (archive footage)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Wiseguy
1987
as Eli Sternberg

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self / Self - Host

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest / Self - Cameo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self / Self - Guest Host
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)

Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self

Startime
1959
as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin

Téléthon
1987
as Self

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self

Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self

Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self

The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
as Self (uncredited)

Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009

Klimbim
1973
as Self / Self / Bobby Zischer

TV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self

Pink Lady
1980
as Jerry Lewis
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
as Self

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Music Shop
1959

The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self - Host

The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
as Self - Host
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
as Self (archive footage)

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
2022
as Self - actor
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)

The Nutty Professor
1963
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

The Trust
2016
as Jim's Father

Arizona Dream
1993
as Leo Sweetie

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
as Stationmaster (voice)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Sailor Beware
1952
as Melvin Jones

The Big Mouth
1967
as Gerald Clamson

The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Cinderfella
1960
as Cinderfella

Funny Bones
1995
as George Fawkes

Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Artists and Models
1955
as Eugene Fullstack

Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Clayton Poole

Red Line 7000
1965
as Driver (uncredited)

The Stooge
1951
as Ted Rogers

Boeing, Boeing
1965
as Robert Reed

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self

The Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Jerome Littlefield

Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Jerry Lewis

Rascal Dazzle
1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Bellboy
1960
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self

The Patsy
1964
as Stanley Belt

Pardners
1956
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

The Errand Boy
1961
as Morty S. Tashman

The Ladies Man
1961
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

Road to Bali
1952
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Norman Phiffer

The Geisha Boy
1958
as Gilbert Wooley

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self

It's Only Money
1962
as Lester March

Jumping Jacks
1952
as Hap Smith

The Caddy
1953
as Harvey Miller

Dying Laughing
2017
as Self

Scared Stiff
1953
as Myron Mertz

That's My Boy
1951
as 'Junior' Jackson

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)

The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Sidney L. Pythias

Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)

The Family Jewels
1965
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

The Nutty Professor
2008
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as George Lester

From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self

Hollywood or Bust
1956
as Malcolm Smith

Cookie
1989
as Arnold Ross

Money from Home
1953
as Virgil Yokum

Smorgasbord
1983
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

Which Way to the Front?
1970
as Brendan Byers III

Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)

Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
as Self

Fight for Life
1987
as Dr. Bernard Abrams

Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

3 Ring Circus
1954
as Jerry Hotchkiss

Living It Up
1954
as Homer Flagg

My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Seymour

Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Kreton

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
as Clovis Blaireau

Li'l Abner
1959
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

Way... Way Out
1966
as Pete Mattemore

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage)

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
as Self (archive footage)

At War with the Army
1950
as Alvin Korwin

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
as Self

NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
as Self

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Three on a Couch
1966
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
as Self (archive footage)

You're Never Too Young
1955
as Wilbur Hoolick

My Friend Irma
1949
as Seymour

Max Rose
2016
as Max Rose

The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
as Self (archive footage)

One More Time
1970
as Bandleader (voice)

The Sad Sack
1957
as Private Meredith C. Bixby

Hardly Working
1980
as Bo Hooper
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Rickles... On the Loose
1986
as Self

The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Mystery Reel
2022

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Self

Come Back Little Shiksa
1952

The Clown
2016
as Self
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
as Self (uncredited)

The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
as Bellboy
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
as Self (archive footage)

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Fairfax Avenue
1951

The Defective Detective
1984
as Jerry Logan

Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
as Self

The Jazz Singer
1959
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
as Self

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)

Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
as Self
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
as Self

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
as Self

Soap Opera
1964
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)

Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
as Self
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
as Helmut Doork

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)
- The Nutty Professor (1963) — as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
- The Trust (2016) — as Jim's Father
- Arizona Dream (1993) — as Leo Sweetie
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