Jerry Lewis
Actor · Director · WriterJerry 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR120
From Darkness to Light
2025
Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
Self (archive footage)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
Self (Archival Footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
Self (archive footage)
- Mystery Reel
Mystery Reel
2022
Rat Pack
2022
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
Self
Dying Laughing
2017
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Self
Max Rose
2016
Max Rose
The Last Laugh
2016
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trust
2016
Jim's Father
The Clown
2016
Self
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
Self (archive footage)
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
Self (archive footage)
- Inside Rupert Pupkin
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Self (archive footage)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Self (archive footage)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Self (archive footage)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
Stationmaster (voice)
The Nutty Professor
2008
Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
- Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
Self
- Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
Self
- Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden
2004
Self
- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Self (archive footage)
- Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
Self
Funny Bones
1995
George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arizona Dream
1993
Leo Sweetie
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Jerry Lewis
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Self
Cookie
1989
Arnold Ross
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
Self
Fight for Life
1987
Dr. Bernard Abrams
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
Self
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Self (archive footage)
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
1984
Jerry Logan
Smorgasbord
1983
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
The King of Comedy
1982
Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
Rascal Dazzle
1981
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hardly Working
1980
Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Self (archive footage)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Self
- Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
Self
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
Self
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
Helmut Doork
Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
Self
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Brendan Byers III
One More Time
1970
Bandleader (voice)
- The Jack Benny Birthday Special
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
George Lester
The Big Mouth
1967
Gerald Clamson
Three on a Couch
1966
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out
1966
Pete Mattemore
Boeing, Boeing
1965
Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
1965
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000
1965
Driver (uncredited)
The Patsy
1964
Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
Jerome Littlefield
Soap Opera
1964
Self in Commercial (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
Norman Phiffer
The Nutty Professor
1963
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
It's Only Money
1962
Lester March
The Ladies Man
1961
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy
1961
Morty S. Tashman
The Bellboy
1960
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella
1960
Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
Kreton
Li'l Abner
1959
Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Jazz Singer
1959
Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
1958
Gilbert Wooley
The Sad Sack
1957
Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
Sidney L. Pythias
Pardners
1956
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust
1956
Malcolm Smith
Artists and Models
1955
Eugene Fullstack
You're Never Too Young
1955
Wilbur Hoolick
3 Ring Circus
1954
Jerry Hotchkiss
Living It Up
1954
Homer Flagg
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Scared Stiff
1953
Myron Mertz
The Caddy
1953
Harvey Miller
Money from Home
1953
Virgil Yokum
Jumping Jacks
1952
Hap Smith
Sailor Beware
1952
Melvin Jones
Road to Bali
1952
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
That's My Boy
1951
'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
1951
Ted Rogers
- Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue
1951
At War with the Army
1950
Private Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
Seymour
My Friend Irma
1949
Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
DIRECTOR20
Boy
1992
Director
How Are The Kids?
1992
Director
Smorgasbord
1983
Director
Hardly Working
1980
Director
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
Director
One More Time
1970
Director
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Director
The Big Mouth
1967
Director
Three on a Couch
1966
Director
The Family Jewels
1965
Director
The Patsy
1964
Director
The Nutty Professor
1963
Director
The Ladies Man
1961
Director
The Errand Boy
1961
Director
The Bellboy
1960
Director
- Nightmare
Nightmare
1956
Director
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
Director
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Director
- Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Director
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Director
WRITER18
The Nutty Professor
2008
Characters
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
Characters
The Nutty Professor
1996
Original Film Writer
How Are The Kids?
1992
Writer
Boy
1992
Writer
Smorgasbord
1983
Writer
Hardly Working
1980
Screenplay
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
Screenplay
The Big Mouth
1967
Screenplay
The Family Jewels
1965
Writer
The Patsy
1964
Writer
The Nutty Professor
1963
Writer
The Errand Boy
1961
Writer
The Ladies Man
1961
Writer
The Bellboy
1960
Writer
- Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Writer
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Screenplay
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Writer
PRODUCER16
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Executive Producer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
Executive Producer
The Nutty Professor
1996
Executive Producer
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Producer
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
Producer
The Big Mouth
1967
Producer
Three on a Couch
1966
Producer
The Family Jewels
1965
Producer
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
Executive Producer
The Ladies Man
1961
Producer
The Bellboy
1960
Producer
Cinderfella
1960
Producer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Producer
The Geisha Boy
1958
Producer
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
Producer
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Producer
