Jerry Lewis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-03-16 (91 years old)

Deathday

2017-08-20

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.

Acting

1982

The King of Comedy

as Jerry Langford

1993

Arizona Dream

as Leo Sweetie

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

1956

Pardners

as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

1964

The Patsy

as Stanley Belt

1950

At War with the Army

as Alvin Korwin

1953

Scared Stiff

as Myron Mertz

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as Self (archive footage)

1959

Li'l Abner

as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

1961

The Ladies Man

as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

1964

The Disorderly Orderly

as Jerome Littlefield

1961

The Errand Boy

as Morty S. Tashman

1962

It's Only Money

as Lester March

1995

Funny Bones

as George Fawkes

1963

Who's Minding the Store?

as Norman Phiffer

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Clayton Poole

1983

Smorgasbord

as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

1957

The Sad Sack

as Private Meredith C. Bixby

1956

Hollywood or Bust

as Malcolm Smith

1955

Artists and Models

as Eugene Fullstack

1952

Jumping Jacks

as Hap Smith

1958

The Geisha Boy

as Gilbert Wooley

1953

The Caddy

as Harvey Miller

1954

3 Ring Circus

as Jerry Hotchkiss

1957

The Delicate Delinquent

as Sidney L. Pythias

1960

The Bellboy

as Stanley / Jerry Lewis

1965

Boeing, Boeing

as Robert Reed

1966

Three on a Couch

as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Sailor Beware

as Melvin Jones

1954

Living It Up

as Homer Flagg

2008

The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

1963

The Nutty Professor

as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

1960

Cinderfella

as Cinderfella

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

1965

The Family Jewels

as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

1955

You're Never Too Young

as Wilbur Hoolick

1953

Money from Home

as Virgil Yokum

1951

That's My Boy

as 'Junior' Jackson

1982

Slapstick of Another Kind

as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

1951

The Stooge

as Ted Rogers

1989

Cookie

as Arnold Ross

1996

1949

My Friend Irma

as Seymour

2022

The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon

as Himself (archive footage)

1966

Way... Way Out

as Pete Mattemore

1969

1967

The Big Mouth

as Gerald Clamson

1970

Which Way to the Front?

as Brendan Byers III

1969

Hook, Line and Sinker

as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

1959

Don't Give Up the Ship

as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

1980

Hardly Working

as Bo Hooper

1995

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Max Rose

as Max Rose

2016

2006

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Fight for Life

as Dr. Bernard Abrams

1984

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1964

Soap Opera

as Himself (Archive footage)

2002

1965

Red Line 7000

as Driver (uncredited)

2016

The Trust

as Jim's Father

2014

Inside Rupert Pupkin

as Self (archive footage)

-

2009

2017

2016

The Clown

as Self

1970

One More Time

as Bandleader (voice)

1953

Road to Bali

as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

2016

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

as Self (archive footage)

2016

1992

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Rascal Dazzle

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Production

1964

The Patsy

as Director

2000

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

as Executive Producer

1996

The Nutty Professor

as Executive Producer

1970

One More Time

as Director

1961

The Ladies Man

as Director

1961

The Errand Boy

as Director

1961

1983

Smorgasbord

as Director

1960

The Bellboy

as Director

1966

Three on a Couch

as Director

1963

1963

1965

1967

The Big Mouth

as Director

1967

The Big Mouth

as Screenplay

1967

The Big Mouth

as Producer

2011

1980

Hardly Working

as Director

1965

1993

1960

The Bellboy

as Producer

1983

Smorgasbord

as Writer

1992

Boy

as Director

1992

Boy

as Writer

1960

The Bellboy

as Writer

1969

1960

Cinderfella

as Producer

1956

Nightmare

as Director

1996

The Nutty Professor

as Original Film Writer

1951

The Re-Inforcer

as Director

1951

Fairfax Avenue

as Director

1951

Fairfax Avenue

as Cinematography

1951

1952

An Eye for an Eye

as Director of Photography

1961

1993

1964

The Patsy

as Writer

1965

1980

Hardly Working

as Screenplay

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Producer

1964

The Disorderly Orderly

as Executive Producer

1966

Three on a Couch

as Producer

1961

The Ladies Man

as Producer

1958

The Geisha Boy

as Producer

2008

The Nutty Professor

as Characters

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