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Jerry Lewis

Acting · Born 1926-03-16 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

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From Darkness to Light

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy

2024 · Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

2022 · Self - actor

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

TV Story Superstar

2020 · Self (archive footage)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

2016 · Max Rose

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

2016 · Self (archive footage)

2016 · Jim's Father

2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Till Luck Do Us Part 2

2013 · Bellboy

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

2013 · Self (archive footage)

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

2009 · Stationmaster (voice)

The Nutty Professor

2008 · Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

Hollywood Legenden

Hollywood Legenden

A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli

A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli

2004 · Self (archive footage)

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000 · Executive Producer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Andrew Munch

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997 · Self (archive footage)

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997 · Self (archive footage)

E! True Hollywood Story

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

The Nutty Professor

1996 · Executive Producer

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

1996 · Self (archive footage)

1995 · George Fawkes

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

1995 · Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

Inside the Actors Studio

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

1993 · Jerry Lewis (archive footage)

1993 · Leo Sweetie

Mr. Saturday Night

1992 · Jerry Lewis

1992 · Freddy Statler

1992 · Director

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team

Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy

Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy

How Are The Kids?

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

1990 · Director

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

1989 · Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

1989 · Arnold Ross

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis

1987 · Eli Sternberg

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Dr. Bernard Abrams

Rickles... On the Loose

Classic Comedy Teams

1986 · Self (archive footage)

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave

1984 · Clovis Blaireau

1984 · Director

The Defective Detective

1984 · Jerry Logan

Bonjour Mr Lewis

Bonjour Mr Lewis

1983 · Self (archive footage)

1983 · Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

The King of Comedy

1982 · Jerry Langford

Slapstick of Another Kind

1982 · Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

Late Night with David Letterman

1982 · Self - Guest

Champs-Elysées

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982 · Self (archive footage)

1981 · Self - Narrator (voice)

1980 · Jerry Lewis

1980 · Bo Hooper

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

1978 · Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

Please Turn the Page

Please Turn the Page

Auf los geht's los

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

1975 · Self - Guest

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self (archive footage)

Der große Preis

Der große Preis

Medicine Ball Caravan

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

Which Way to the Front?

1970 · Brendan Byers III

1970 · Bandleader (voice)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969 · Director

Hook, Line and Sinker

1969 · Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

1969 · Self (uncredited)

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968 · George Lester

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 · Self (uncredited)

The Jerry Lewis Show

1967 · Self - Host

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 · Gerald Clamson

1966 · Pete Mattemore

Three on a Couch

1966 · Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

1965 · Robert Reed

1965 · Driver (uncredited)

The Family Jewels

1965 · Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

The Disorderly Orderly

1964 · Jerome Littlefield

1964 · Stanley Belt

Who's Minding the Store?

1963 · Norman Phiffer

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

1963 · Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

The Jerry Lewis Show

1963 · Self - Host

The Nutty Professor

1963 · Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

It's Only Money

1962 · Lester March

The Merv Griffin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self - Guest Host

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Morty S. Tashman

1961 · Dr. Dennis Green

The Joey Bishop Show

1961 · Self (uncredited)

1961 · Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

1960 · Cinderfella

1960 · Stanley / Jerry Lewis

Visit to a Small Planet

1959 · Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

1959 · Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959 · John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

The David Susskind Show

1958 · Gilbert Wooley

Kraft Music Hall

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958 · Clayton Poole

1957 · Private Meredith C. Bixby

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Delicate Delinquent

1957 · Sidney L. Pythias

Hollywood or Bust

1956 · Malcolm Smith

1956 · Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self - Guest

Artists and Models

1955 · Eugene Fullstack

You're Never Too Young

1955 · Wilbur Hoolick

1954 · Jerry Hotchkiss

1954 · Homer Flagg

Money from Home

1953 · Virgil Yokum

1953 · Harvey Miller

1953 · Myron Mertz

1952 · Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

1952 · Hap Smith

1952 · Melvin Jones

1951 · Ted Rogers

The Re-Inforcer

1951 · Director

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot

1951 · 'Junior' Jackson

At War with the Army

1950 · Private Korwin

The Jack Benny Program

The Colgate Comedy Hour

My Friend Irma Goes West

1950 · Seymour

What's My Line?

1949 · Seymour

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1949 · Director

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Day the Clown Cried

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