Jerry Lewis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-03-16
Day of Death
2017-08-20 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Jerry Lewis
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
Acting
The Day the Clown Cried
as Helmut Doork
(2025)
From Darkness to Light
as Self
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
(2022)
(2021)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
(2021)
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
(2020)
(2019)
(2017)
Dying Laughing
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
The Trust
as Jim's Father
(2016)
The Last Laugh
as Self
(2016)
The Clown
as Self
(2016)
Max Rose
as Max Rose
(2016)
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
(2013)
(2012)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
(2011)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
(2011)
(2009)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
(2008)
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
(2006)
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
(2004)
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(2004)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2002)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
(2002)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Himself
(1995)
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
(1995)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1993)
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
(1992)
Mr. Saturday Night
as Himself
(1992)
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
(1988)
(1987)
Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
(1986)
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
(1984)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
(1984)
The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
(1983)
Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
(1982)
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
(1981)
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1980)
Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper
(1980)
(1979)
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
(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
(1969)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1968)
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
(1967)
The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson
(1966)
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
(1966)
Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
(1965)
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
(1965)
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
(1965)
Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
(1964)
The Patsy
as Stanley Belt
(1964)
The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield
(1964)
Soap Opera
as Himself (Archive footage)
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
(1963)
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
(1963)
Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
(1962)
It's Only Money
as Lester March
(1961)
The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
(1961)
The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman
(1960)
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
(1960)
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
(1960)
Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
(1959)
Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
(1959)
Li'l Abner
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
(1958)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
(1958)
The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
(1957)
The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
(1957)
The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias
(1956)
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
(1956)
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
(1955)
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
(1954)
Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
(1954)
3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
(1954)
(1953)
Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
(1953)
Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
(1953)
The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
(1953)
Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
(1952)
Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
(1952)
Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
(1952)
(1951)
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
(1951)
That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
(1951)
(1950)
At War with the Army
as Alvin Korwin
(1950)
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
(1949)
My Friend Irma
as Seymour
(1949)
Crew
The Day the Clown Cried
Director, Writer
(2011)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Executive Producer
(2008)
The Nutty Professor
Characters
(2000)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Executive Producer, Characters
(1996)
The Nutty Professor
Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
(1993)
How Are The Kids?
Writer, Director
(1992)
Boy
Director, Writer
(1983)
Smorgasbord
Director, Writer
(1980)
Hardly Working
Director, Screenplay
(1970)
One More Time
Director
(1970)
Which Way to the Front?
Director, Producer
(1969)
Hook, Line and Sinker
Producer
(1967)
The Big Mouth
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1966)
Three on a Couch
Director, Producer
(1965)
The Family Jewels
Director, Writer, Producer
(1964)
The Patsy
Director, Writer
(1964)
The Disorderly Orderly
Executive Producer
(1963)
The Nutty Professor
Director, Writer
(1961)
The Ladies Man
Director, Writer, Producer
(1961)
The Errand Boy
Director, Writer
(1960)
The Bellboy
Director, Producer, Writer
(1960)
Cinderfella
Producer
(1958)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Producer
(1958)
The Geisha Boy
Producer
(1957)
The Delicate Delinquent
Producer
(1956)
Nightmare
Director
(1952)
Come Back Little Shiksa
Director
(1952)
An Eye for an Eye
Director of Photography
(1951)
The Re-Inforcer
Director
(1951)
Fairfax Avenue
Director, Cinematography, Writer
(1949)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Director, Writer