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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