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