Portrait of Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Acting

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.

Born: March 16, 1926

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2025
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy

as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2020
TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

2017
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Max Rose

as Max Rose

2016
The Trust

as Jim's Father

2016
2016
The Clown

as Self

2016
2012
Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

as Self (archive footage)

2009
2008
The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

2004
I Know A Riddle

as (archive footage)

2002
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1996
1995
Funny Bones

as George Fawkes

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
Raw

as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)

1993
Arizona Dream

as Leo Sweetie

1992
Mad About You

as Freddy Statler

1992
1989
The Simpsons

as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

1989
Cookie

as Arnold Ross

1987
Téléthon

as Self

1987
1987
Sacrée Soirée

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Fight for Life

as Dr. Bernard Abrams

1986
Classic Comedy Teams

as Self (archive footage)

1984
1983
Smorgasbord

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

1982
The King of Comedy

as Jerry Langford

1982
Slapstick of Another Kind

as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

1982
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1981
Rascal Dazzle

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1980
Pink Lady

as Jerry Lewis

1980
Hardly Working

as Bo Hooper

1979
The Hollywood Clowns

as Self (archive footage)

1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

1976
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Cher

as Self - Guest

1975
Cher

as Self

1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1973
Klimbim

as Self / Bobby Zischer

1973
Klimbim

as Self

1972
1971
1970
Which Way to the Front?

as Brendan Byers III

1970
One More Time

as Bandleader (voice)

1969
Hook, Line and Sinker

as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Big Mouth

as Gerald Clamson

1966
Way... Way Out

as Pete Mattemore

1966
Three on a Couch

as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

1965
Boeing, Boeing

as Robert Reed

1965
Red Line 7000

as Driver (uncredited)

1965
The Family Jewels

as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

1964
The Disorderly Orderly

as Jerome Littlefield

1964
Soap Opera

as Himself (Archive footage)

1964
The Patsy

as Stanley Belt

1963
Who's Minding the Store?

as Norman Phiffer

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

1963
1963
The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

1962
It's Only Money

as Lester March

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
The Errand Boy

as Morty S. Tashman

1961
The Joey Bishop Show

as Self (uncredited)

1961
The Ladies Man

as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

1960
Cinderfella

as Cinderfella

1960
The Bellboy

as Stanley / Jerry Lewis

1959
Li'l Abner

as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

1959
Don't Give Up the Ship

as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

1958
The Geisha Boy

as Gilbert Wooley

1958
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Clayton Poole

1957
The Sad Sack

as Private Meredith C. Bixby

1957
The Delicate Delinquent

as Sidney L. Pythias

1956
Hollywood or Bust

as Malcolm Smith

1956
Pardners

as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Cameo

1955
Artists and Models

as Eugene Fullstack

1955
You're Never Too Young

as Wilbur Hoolick

1954
3 Ring Circus

as Jerry Hotchkiss

1954
Living It Up

as Homer Flagg

1953
Money from Home

as Virgil Yokum

1953
The Caddy

as Harvey Miller

1953
Scared Stiff

as Myron Mertz

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Road to Bali

as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

1952
Jumping Jacks

as Hap Smith

1952
Sailor Beware

as Melvin Jones

1951
The Stooge

as Ted Rogers

1951
That's My Boy

as 'Junior' Jackson

1950
At War with the Army

as Alvin Korwin

1950
1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
My Friend Irma

as Seymour

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