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