Jerry Lewis
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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
Credits
The King of Comedy (1982)
as Jerry Langford
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
as Stationmaster (voice)
Arizona Dream (1993)
as Leo Sweetie
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
The Trust (2016)
as Jim's Father
Artists and Models (1955)
as Eugene Fullstack
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
as Jerome Littlefield
Funny Bones (1995)
as George Fawkes
Living It Up (1954)
as Homer Flagg
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
as Robert Reed
Road to Bali (1952)
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Sailor Beware (1952)
as Melvin Jones
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Patsy (1964)
as Stanley Belt
The Ladies Man (1961)
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
as Malcolm Smith
Scared Stiff (1953)
as Myron Mertz
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Clayton Poole
The Bellboy (1960)
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
You're Never Too Young (1955)
as Wilbur Hoolick
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
as Sidney L. Pythias
Way... Way Out (1966)
as Pete Mattemore
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self (uncredited)
The Geisha Boy (1958)
as Gilbert Wooley
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Red Line 7000 (1965)
as Driver (uncredited)
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Morty S. Tashman
From Darkness to Light (2025)
as Self
Cinderfella (1960)
as Cinderfella
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
The Caddy (1953)
as Harvey Miller
The Big Mouth (1967)
as Gerald Clamson
Money from Home (1953)
as Virgil Yokum
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
as Brendan Byers III
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
as Kreton
The Stooge (1951)
as Ted Rogers
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Pardners (1956)
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
The Nutty Professor (2008)
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
as Jerry Lewis
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Norman Phiffer
Dying Laughing (2017)
as Self
It's Only Money (1962)
as Lester March
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
as Seymour
My Friend Irma (1949)
as Seymour
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Cookie (1989)
as Arnold Ross
Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
as Self
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as Jerry Hotchkiss
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
That's My Boy (1951)
as 'Junior' Jackson
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
as George Lester
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
as Self
The Sad Sack (1957)
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze (2024)
as Self (Archival Footage)
One More Time (1970)
as Bandleader (voice)
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)
as Self
Max Rose (2016)
as Max Rose
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Self
Smorgasbord (1983)
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
as Self
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (1988)
as Self
Jumping Jacks (1952)
as Hap Smith
Three on a Couch (1966)
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)
as Self
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Actor
At War with the Army (1950)
as Private Korwin
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Fight for Life (1987)
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rickles... On the Loose (1986)
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
as Self
Li'l Abner (1959)
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)
as Clovis Blaireau
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Hardly Working (1980)
as Bo Hooper
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood (1954)
Actor
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
as Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021)
as Self
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)
as Self
The Defective Detective (1984)
as Jerry Logan
Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
as Self
The Day the Clown Cried (—)
as Helmut Doork
Come Back Little Shiksa (1952)
Actor
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self
Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)
as Bellboy
The Jazz Singer (1959)
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
The Clown (2016)
as Self
Fairfax Avenue (1951)
Actor
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Mystery Reel (2022)
Actor
Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980)
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972)
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
as Self
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé (2011)
as Self
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (2005)
as Self
Rascal Dazzle (1981)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Soap Opera (1964)
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only (2004)
as Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo (2020)
as Self
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006)
as Self
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary (2026)
Actor
A Suite at the Sands (—)
Actor