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)
Funny Bones (1995)
as George Fawkes
Arizona Dream (1993)
as Leo Sweetie
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
as Stationmaster (voice)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trust (2016)
as Jim's Father
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Clayton Poole
Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
as Self
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
as Malcolm Smith
It's Only Money (1962)
as Lester March
Money from Home (1953)
as Virgil Yokum
The Geisha Boy (1958)
as Gilbert Wooley
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
The Patsy (1964)
as Stanley Belt
Cinderfella (1960)
as Cinderfella
Living It Up (1954)
as Homer Flagg
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
as Seymour
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as Jerry Hotchkiss
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
as Jerome Littlefield
Artists and Models (1955)
as Eugene Fullstack
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
One More Time (1970)
as Bandleader (voice)
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
as Robert Reed
That's My Boy (1951)
as 'Junior' Jackson
The Ladies Man (1961)
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Bellboy (1960)
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Morty S. Tashman
The Caddy (1953)
as Harvey Miller
Pardners (1956)
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Norman Phiffer
Cookie (1989)
as Arnold Ross
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
as Kreton
The Sad Sack (1957)
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
as Jerry Lewis
The Day the Clown Cried (1972)
as Helmut Doork
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
as Self
Three on a Couch (1966)
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
You're Never Too Young (1955)
as Wilbur Hoolick
The Jazz Singer (1959)
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
Red Line 7000 (1965)
as Driver (uncredited)
Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
as Self
At War with the Army (1950)
as Private Korwin
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Mouth (1967)
as Gerald Clamson
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (1988)
as Self
The Nutty Professor (2008)
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
as George Lester
My Friend Irma (1949)
as Seymour
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
as Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)
as Self
Scared Stiff (1953)
as Myron Mertz
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)
as Self
Smorgasbord (1983)
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Road to Bali (1952)
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
The Defective Detective (1984)
as Jerry Logan
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Sailor Beware (1952)
as Melvin Jones
Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980)
as Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972)
as Self
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self (uncredited)
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
The Stooge (1951)
as Ted Rogers
Way... Way Out (1966)
as Pete Mattemore
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)
as Clovis Blaireau
Jumping Jacks (1952)
as Hap Smith
Dean Martin: The One and Only (2004)
as Self
Dying Laughing (2017)
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
as Sidney L. Pythias
Fight for Life (1987)
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light (2025)
as Self
Come Back Little Shiksa (1952)
Actor
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary (2026)
Actor
Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)
as Bellboy
Max Rose (2016)
as Max Rose
Fairfax Avenue (1951)
Actor
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Self
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Li'l Abner (1959)
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood (1954)
Actor
Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021)
as Self
Hardly Working (1980)
as Bo Hooper
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (2005)
as Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
as Self
Rickles... On the Loose (1986)
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Actor
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)
as Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
as Self
A Suite at the Sands (—)
Actor
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006)
as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Soap Opera (1964)
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
The Clown (2016)
as Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé (2011)
as Self
The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas (2014)
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self
Rascal Dazzle (1981)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mystery Reel (2022)
Actor
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo (2020)
as Self