Jerry Lewis

Jerome Joseph Levitch | Joseph Levitch | The King of Comedy

About the person

Career:

Acting

Date of birth:

1926-03-16

Place of birth:

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

Date of death

2017-08-20

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.

Filmography

Rating by year

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Self (archive footage)
2025-10-03
0.00
From Darkness to Light
Self
2025-04-20
6.73
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Self (Archival Footage)
2024-11-26
0.00
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2024-11-20
0.00
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
2024-03-15
7.219
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Self (archive footage)
2022-02-23
0.00
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022-01-11
9.02
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021-11-14
7.614
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Self
2021-05-16
10.01
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Self
2020-04-07
0.00
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019-03-22
6.716
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
2017-09-11
6.99
Dying Laughing
Self
2017-02-24
6.419
Max Rose
Max Rose
2016-09-02
5.69
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Self (archive footage)
2016-09-02
7.018
The Trust
Jim's Father
2016-04-29
5.2543
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016-04-18
7.021
The Clown
Self
2016-02-03
8.02
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
Self (archive footage)
2016-01-04
0.00
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self (archive footage)
2014-05-14
0.00
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Bellboy
2013-12-27
5.8266
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
2013-08-23
7.120
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012-09-30
9.52
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012-05-15
7.25
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
2011-12-28
7.719
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011-12-17
5.610
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self
2011-10-25
7.52
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Self
2011-01-01
5.73
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Stationmaster (voice)
2009-08-07
6.6127
The Nutty Professor
Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2008-11-24
4.819
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Self
2006-03-15
0.00
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Self (archive footage)
2006-03-15
6.01
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Self
2005-03-08
8.01
Hollywood Legenden
Self
2004-01-01
4.52
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
2004-01-01
9.02
Dean Martin: The One and Only
Self
2004-01-01
0.00
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Self (archive footage)
2002-12-17
9.01
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2002-11-26
7.73
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Andrew Munch
1999-09-20
7.94,259
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997-11-01
5.114
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997-03-16
9.02
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996-08-21
8.280
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Self
1996-08-18
6.01
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
1996-05-19
6.45
Funny Bones
George Fawkes
1995-09-20
6.651
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995-08-24
5.810
Arizona Dream
Leo Sweetie
1993-01-06
7.2769
Mr. Saturday Night
Jerry Lewis
1992-09-23
5.962
Mad About You
Freddy Statler
1992-09-23
6.7252
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Self
1992-01-01
9.01
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
Self
1992-01-01
0.00
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1991-01-01
8.01
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990-02-04
8.76
The Simpsons
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
1989-12-17
8.010,842
Cookie
Arnold Ross
1989-08-02
5.627
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Self
1988-11-05
10.01
Wiseguy
Eli Sternberg
1987-09-16
6.637
Fight for Life
Dr. Bernard Abrams
1987-03-23
6.06
Rickles... On the Loose
Self
1986-08-23
7.01
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
1986-01-01
7.01
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Clovis Blaireau
1984-11-18
5.86
The Defective Detective
Jerry Logan
1984-01-11
7.32
Bonjour Mr Lewis
Self (archive footage)
1983-07-03
0.00
Smorgasbord
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1983-04-13
6.021
The King of Comedy
Jerry Langford
1982-12-18
7.82,591
Slapstick of Another Kind
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1982-12-09
3.022
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982-01-01
6.01
Rascal Dazzle
Self - Narrator (voice)
1981-01-01
8.02
Pink Lady
Jerry Lewis
1980-03-01
7.02
Hardly Working
Bo Hooper
1980-01-30
4.720
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
1980-01-01
0.00
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
1979-03-23
0.00
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
1978-11-19
8.01
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
1976-11-21
0.00
Cher
Self - Guest
1975-02-16
7.05
Cher
Self
1975-02-16
7.05
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self
1974-12-21
0.00
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974-12-04
3.52
Klimbim
Self
1973-07-24
6.18
Klimbim
Self / Bobby Zischer
1973-07-24
6.18
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Self
1972-03-26
0.00
The Day the Clown Cried
Helmut Doork
1972-01-01
9.01
Medicine Ball Caravan
Self
1971-09-20
7.33
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self
1971-08-01
6.716
Which Way to the Front?
Brendan Byers III
1970-09-03
4.834
One More Time
Bandleader (voice)
1970-05-27
5.014
Hook, Line and Sinker
Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1969-06-06
4.429
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self (uncredited)
1969-02-17
9.01
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
George Lester
1968-07-12
6.78
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968-01-22
6.836
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self - Host
1967-09-12
5.56
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967-09-11
7.769
The Big Mouth
Gerald Clamson
1967-07-12
5.331
Way... Way Out
Pete Mattemore
1966-10-26
5.919
Three on a Couch
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1966-03-01
5.427
Boeing, Boeing
Robert Reed
1965-12-22
6.398
Red Line 7000
Driver (uncredited)
1965-11-09
5.435
The Family Jewels
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1965-07-01
6.572
The Disorderly Orderly
Jerome Littlefield
1964-12-16
6.383
Soap Opera
Self in Commercial (archive footage)
1964-06-27
0.00
The Patsy
Stanley Belt
1964-06-24
6.260
Who's Minding the Store?
Norman Phiffer
1963-11-28
6.891
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1963-11-07
7.0691
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self - Host
1963-09-21
8.02
The Nutty Professor
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
1963-06-04
6.5470
It's Only Money
Lester March
1962-11-20
6.223
The Errand Boy
Morty S. Tashman
1961-11-28
6.258
Ben Casey
Dr. Dennis Green
1961-10-02
5.915
The Ladies Man
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
1961-06-21
6.3140
Cinderfella
Cinderfella
1960-12-18
6.1117
The Bellboy
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
1960-07-20
6.2126
Visit to a Small Planet
Kreton
1960-02-04
5.332
Li'l Abner
Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
1959-12-11
6.214
The Jazz Singer
Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
1959-10-13
0.00
Startime
Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin
1959-10-06
6.84
Don't Give Up the Ship
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1959-07-03
6.423
The Geisha Boy
Gilbert Wooley
1958-11-02
6.353
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Clayton Poole
1958-07-23
6.882
The Sad Sack
Private Meredith C. Bixby
1957-11-27
5.633
The Delicate Delinquent
Sidney L. Pythias
1957-06-06
6.439
Hollywood or Bust
Malcolm Smith
1956-12-06
6.277
Pardners
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
1956-08-01
6.764
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956-06-24
6.26
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Cameo
1956-06-24
6.26
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956-06-24
6.26
Artists and Models
Eugene Fullstack
1955-11-07
6.7137
You're Never Too Young
Wilbur Hoolick
1955-08-25
6.652
3 Ring Circus
Jerry Hotchkiss
1954-12-22
5.623
Living It Up
Homer Flagg
1954-08-04
6.536
Money from Home
Virgil Yokum
1953-12-31
6.031
The Caddy
Harvey Miller
1953-08-10
6.461
Scared Stiff
Myron Mertz
1953-04-27
6.544
Road to Bali
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1952-12-05
6.280
Jumping Jacks
Hap Smith
1952-06-11
6.530
Sailor Beware
Melvin Jones
1952-02-08
6.333
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952-01-01
0.00
The Stooge
Ted Rogers
1951-11-15
6.735
That's My Boy
'Junior' Jackson
1951-05-31
5.926
At War with the Army
Alvin Korwin
1950-12-31
5.358
The Jack Benny Program
Lewis
1950-10-28
7.817
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950-09-10
6.913
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host
1950-09-10
6.913
My Friend Irma Goes West
Seymour
1950-06-25
6.218
What's My Line?
Self
1950-02-02
7.029
My Friend Irma
Seymour
1949-10-14
6.824
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949-01-01
8.01