Acting · Newark, New Jersey, USA · Born March 16, 1926
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.
MovieStella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrom Darkness to Light
2025
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MovieKeep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
TVStand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
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TVMarilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
2022
as Self - actor
Mystery Reel
2022
MovieThe Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
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MovieRat Pack
2022
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MovieDean Martin: King of Cool
2021
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MovieKreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
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MovieMid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
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TVTV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
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MovieSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
MovieDying Laughing
2017
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MovieMax Rose
2016
as Max Rose
MovieJerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Trust
2016
as Jim's Father
MovieThe Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Clown
2016
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MovieThe Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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MovieTill Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
as Bellboy
MovieThe Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClose Up
2012
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TVComedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
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MovieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLaurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMethod to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
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MovieA Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
as Self
MoviePierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
as Self
TVJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
MovieCurious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
as Stationmaster (voice)
MovieThe Nutty Professor
2008
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
as Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
as Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self
MovieA Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Andrew Munch
MovieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe View
1997
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MovieSports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Self
MovieShirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFunny Bones
1995
as George Fawkes
MovieTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVRaw
1993
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
MovieArizona Dream
1993
as Leo Sweetie
MovieMr. Saturday Night
1992
as Jerry Lewis
TVMad About You
1992
as Freddy Statler
MovieThe Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
as Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
as Self
MovieSomething a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
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MovieSammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
MovieCookie
1989
as Arnold Ross
MovieAn Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
as Self
TVTéléthon
1987
as Self
TVWiseguy
1987
as Eli Sternberg
TVSacrée soirée
1987
as Self
MovieFight for Life
1987
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
MovieRickles... On the Loose
1986
as Self
MovieClassic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHow Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
as Clovis Blaireau
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MovieThe Defective Detective
1984
as Jerry Logan
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSmorgasbord
1983
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
MovieThe King of Comedy
1982
as Jerry Langford
MovieSlapstick of Another Kind
1982
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRascal Dazzle
1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVPink Lady
1980
as Jerry Lewis
MovieHardly Working
1980
as Bo Hooper
MovieGay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self
MovieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
TVRire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
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TVAuf los geht's los
1977
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MovieNBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
TVDonny & Marie
1976
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVCher
1975
as Self - Guest
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
as Self
TVTony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Der große Preis
1974
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TVKlimbim
1973
as Self / Bobby Zischer
MovieJeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
as Self
MovieThe Day the Clown Cried
1972
as Helmut Doork
MovieMedicine Ball Caravan
1971
as Self
TVThe Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MovieWhich Way to the Front?
1970
as Brendan Byers III
MovieOne More Time
1970
as Bandleader (voice)
MovieHook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
as Self (uncredited)
MovieDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as George Lester
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self - Host
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
MovieThe Big Mouth
1967
as Gerald Clamson
MovieWay... Way Out
1966
as Pete Mattemore
MovieThree on a Couch
1966
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
MovieBoeing, Boeing
1965
as Robert Reed
MovieRed Line 7000
1965
as Driver (uncredited)
MovieThe Family Jewels
1965
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
MovieThe Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Jerome Littlefield
MovieSoap Opera
1964
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
MovieThe Patsy
1964
as Stanley Belt
MovieWho's Minding the Store?
1963
as Norman Phiffer
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
TVThe Jerry Lewis Show
1963
as Self - Host
MovieThe Nutty Professor
1963
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
MovieIt's Only Money
1962
as Lester March
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Errand Boy
1961
as Morty S. Tashman
TVBen Casey
1961
as Dr. Dennis Green
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Ladies Man
1961
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
MovieCinderfella
1960
as Cinderfella
MovieThe Bellboy
1960
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
MovieVisit to a Small Planet
1960
as Kreton
MovieLi'l Abner
1959
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
MovieThe Jazz Singer
1959
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
TVStartime
1959
as Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
MovieDon't Give Up the Ship
1959
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
TVThe David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Music Shop
1959
MovieThe Geisha Boy
1958
as Gilbert Wooley
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
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MovieRock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Clayton Poole
MovieThe Sad Sack
1957
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieThe Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Sidney L. Pythias
MovieHollywood or Bust
1956
as Malcolm Smith
MoviePardners
1956
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
MovieArtists and Models
1955
as Eugene Fullstack
MovieYou're Never Too Young
1955
as Wilbur Hoolick
Movie3 Ring Circus
1954
as Jerry Hotchkiss
MovieLiving It Up
1954
as Homer Flagg
MovieMiss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
MovieMoney from Home
1953
as Virgil Yokum
MovieThe Caddy
1953
as Harvey Miller
MovieScared Stiff
1953
as Myron Mertz
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieRoad to Bali
1952
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
MovieJumping Jacks
1952
as Hap Smith
MovieSailor Beware
1952
as Melvin Jones
MovieCome Back Little Shiksa
1952
MovieThe Stooge
1951
as Ted Rogers
MovieThat's My Boy
1951
as 'Junior' Jackson
Fairfax Avenue
1951
MovieAt War with the Army
1950
as Private Korwin
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Lewis
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieMy Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Seymour
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieMy Friend Irma
1949
as Seymour
MovieHow to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
