Jerry Lewis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 March 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- 20 August 2017
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
Acting 128
- 2026The Day the Clown Cried as Helmut Doork
- 2026A Suite at the Sands
- 2026100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
- 2025Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self (archive footage)
- 2025From Darkness to Light as Self
- 2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Mystery Reel
- 2022The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
- 2021Kreka: Dreamcatcher as Self
- 2020Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo as Self
- 2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
- 2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
- 2017Dying Laughing as Self
- 2016Max Rose as Max Rose
- 2016Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown as Self (archive footage)
- 2016The Trust as Jim's Father
- 2016The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016The Clown as Self
- 2016The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried as Self (archive footage)
- 2014The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas as Self
- 2014Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Till Luck Do Us Part 2 as Bellboy
- 2013The Trials of Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
- 2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self
- 2011Pierre Étaix, un destin animé as Self
- 2009Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Stationmaster (voice)
- 2008The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
- 2006Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2005Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime as Self
- 2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
- 2004I Know A Riddle as (archive footage)
- 2004Hollywood Legenden as Self
- 2004A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Dean Martin: The One and Only as Self
- 2003Cher: The Farewell Tour as Self (archive footage)
- 2002A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' as Self (archive footage)
- 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1996Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Self
- 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Funny Bones as George Fawkes
- 1995Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993Arizona Dream as Leo Sweetie
- 1992Mr. Saturday Night as Jerry Lewis
- 1992The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
- 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self
- 1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1989Cookie as Arnold Ross
- 1988An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis as Self
- 1987Fight for Life as Dr. Bernard Abrams
- 1986Rickles... On the Loose as Self
- 1986Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
- 1984How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave as Clovis Blaireau
- 1984The Defective Detective as Jerry Logan
- 1983Smorgasbord as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
- 1982The King of Comedy as Jerry Langford
- 1982Slapstick of Another Kind as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
- 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1981Rascal Dazzle as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1980Hardly Working as Bo Hooper
- 1980Gay, Gay Hollywood as Self
- 1979The Hollywood Clowns as Self (archive footage)
- 1976NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self
- 1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Self
- 1972Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self
- 1972The Day the Clown Cried as Helmut Doork
- 1971Medicine Ball Caravan as Self
- 1970Which Way to the Front? as Brendan Byers III
- 1970One More Time as Bandleader (voice)
- 1969Hook, Line and Sinker as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
- 1969The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self (uncredited)
- 1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as George Lester
- 1967The Big Mouth as Gerald Clamson
- 1966Way... Way Out as Pete Mattemore
- 1966Three on a Couch as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
- 1965Boeing, Boeing as Robert Reed
- 1965Red Line 7000 as Driver (uncredited)
- 1965The Family Jewels as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
- 1964The Disorderly Orderly as Jerome Littlefield
- 1964Soap Opera as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
- 1964The Patsy as Stanley Belt
- 1963Who's Minding the Store? as Norman Phiffer
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
- 1963The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
- 1962It's Only Money as Lester March
- 1961The Errand Boy as Morty S. Tashman
- 1961The Ladies Man as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
- 1960Cinderfella as Cinderfella
- 1960The Bellboy as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
- 1960Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton
- 1959Li'l Abner as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
- 1959The Jazz Singer as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
- 1959Don't Give Up the Ship as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
- 1958The Geisha Boy as Gilbert Wooley
- 1958Rock-a-Bye Baby as Clayton Poole
- 1957The Sad Sack as Private Meredith C. Bixby
- 1957The Delicate Delinquent as Sidney L. Pythias
- 1956Hollywood or Bust as Malcolm Smith
- 1956Pardners as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
- 1955Artists and Models as Eugene Fullstack
- 1955You're Never Too Young as Wilbur Hoolick
- 19543 Ring Circus as Jerry Hotchkiss
- 1954Living It Up as Homer Flagg
- 1954Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
- 1953Money from Home as Virgil Yokum
- 1953The Caddy as Harvey Miller
- 1953Scared Stiff as Myron Mertz
- 1952Road to Bali as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
- 1952Jumping Jacks as Hap Smith
- 1952Sailor Beware as Melvin Jones
- 1952Come Back Little Shiksa
- 1951The Stooge as Ted Rogers
- 1951That's My Boy as 'Junior' Jackson
- 1951Fairfax Avenue
- 1950At War with the Army as Private Korwin
- 1950My Friend Irma Goes West as Seymour
- 1949My Friend Irma as Seymour
- 1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Directing 26
- 2026The Day the Clown Cried · director
- 2026A Suite at the Sands · director
- 1992Boy · director
- 1992How Are The Kids? · director
- 1983Smorgasbord · director
- 1980Hardly Working · director
- 1972The Day the Clown Cried · director
- 1970Which Way to the Front? · director
- 1970One More Time · director
- 1967The Big Mouth · director
- 1966Three on a Couch · director
- 1965The Family Jewels · director
- 1964The Patsy · director
- 1963The Nutty Professor · director
- 1961The Errand Boy · director
- 1961The Ladies Man · director
- 1960The Bellboy · director
- 1956Nightmare · director
- 1952An Eye for an Eye · director
- 1952Come Back Little Shiksa · director
- 1951The Re-Inforcer · director
- 1951Watch On The Lime · director
- 1951Fairfax Avenue · director
- 1951Nightmare · director
- 1951A Spot In The Shade · director
- 1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border · director
Writing 20
- 2026The Day the Clown Cried · screenplay
- 2008The Nutty Professor · characters
- 2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · characters
- 1996The Nutty Professor · original film writer
- 1992Boy · writer
- 1992How Are The Kids? · writer
- 1983Smorgasbord · writer
- 1980Hardly Working · screenplay
- 1972The Day the Clown Cried · writer
- 1967The Big Mouth · screenplay
- 1965The Family Jewels · writer
- 1964The Patsy · writer
- 1963The Nutty Professor · writer
- 1961The Errand Boy · writer
- 1961The Ladies Man · writer
- 1960The Bellboy · writer
- 1951The Re-Inforcer · screenplay
- 1951Watch On The Lime · writer
- 1951Fairfax Avenue · writer
- 1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border · writer
Production 18
- 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis · executive producer
- 2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · executive producer
- 1996The Nutty Professor · executive producer
- 1970Which Way to the Front? · producer
- 1969Hook, Line and Sinker · producer
- 1967The Big Mouth · producer
- 1966Three on a Couch · producer
- 1965The Family Jewels · producer
- 1964The Disorderly Orderly · executive producer
- 1961The Ladies Man · producer
- 1960Cinderfella · producer
- 1960The Bellboy · producer
- 1958The Geisha Boy · producer
- 1958Rock-a-Bye Baby · producer
- 1957The Delicate Delinquent · producer
- 1951The Re-Inforcer · producer
- 1951Nightmare · producer
- 1951A Spot In The Shade · producer
Camera 5
- 1952An Eye for an Eye · director of photography
- 1951The Re-Inforcer · director of photography
- 1951Watch On The Lime · director of photography
- 1951A Spot In The Shade · director of photography
- 1951Nightmare · director of photography
crew 1
- 1951Fairfax Avenue · cinematography