Acting
Jerry Lewis
EN, FR, SR, DE cinema · 135 credits
Born
16 March 1926
Died
20 August 2017 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Jerome Joseph Levitch · Joseph Levitch · The King of Comedy · Martin & Lewis · Τζέρι Λιούις · Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς
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
Filmography
A Suite at the Sands
A Suite at the Sands
Actor, Director
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
as Self (archive footage)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Dying Laughing
as Self
Max Rose
as Max Rose
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trust
as Jim's Father
The Clown
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self, Executive Producer
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love, Characters
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Cher: The Farewell Tour
as Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Executive Producer, Characters
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
The Nutty Professor
Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
Mr. Saturday Night
as Jerry Lewis
How Are The Kids?
Writer, Director
Boy
Director, Writer
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter, Director, Writer
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper, Director, Screenplay
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Clown Cried
as Helmut Doork, Director, Screenplay
Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring, Director, Producer
One More Time
as Bandleader (voice), Director
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs, Producer
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather, Director, Producer
Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton, Director, Writer, Producer
Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
The Patsy
as Stanley Belt, Director, Writer
The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield, Executive Producer
Soap Opera
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp, Writer, Director
It's Only Money
as Lester March
The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert, Director, Writer, Producer
The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman, Writer, Director
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis, Director, Producer, Writer
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella, Producer
Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
Raymie
Theme Song Performance
Li'l Abner
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Jazz Singer
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole, Producer
The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley, Producer
The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias, Producer
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Come Back Little Shiksa
Actor, Director
An Eye for an Eye
1952
An Eye for an Eye
Director of Photography, Director
That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Fairfax Avenue
Actor, Director, Writer, Cinematography
The Re-Inforcer
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
A Spot In The Shade
1951
A Spot In The Shade
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Nightmare
1951
Nightmare
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Watch On The Lime
1951
Watch On The Lime
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
At War with the Army
as Private Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
My Friend Irma
as Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Actor, Director, Writer