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