Acting
Jerry Lewis
Born 1926-03-16
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jerry Lewis
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The Simpsons
1989
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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The Nutty Professor
1996
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The King of Comedy
1982
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Raw
1993
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Saturday Night Live
1975
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The View
1997
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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (264 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 | |
 | Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | From Darkness to Light | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze | Self (Archival Footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy | Self - Comedian (archive footage) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe | Self - actor | TV Series | 2022 |
| Mystery Reel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 | |
 | The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Kreka: Dreamcatcher | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | TV Story Superstar | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Dying Laughing | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Max Rose | Max Rose | Movie | 2016 |
 | Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Trust | Jim's Father | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Last Laugh | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Clown | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
| Inside Rupert Pupkin | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 | |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Till Luck Do Us Part 2 | Bellboy | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Self | Movie | 2011 |
| Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Executive Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Pierre Étaix, un destin animé | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Stationmaster (voice) | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love | Movie | 2008 |
| The Nutty Professor | Characters | Movie | 2008 |
| Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis | Self | Movie | 2006 | |
| Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime | Self | Movie | 2005 |
| Hollywood Legenden | Self | Movie | 2004 | |
| A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Dean Martin: The One and Only | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Cher: The Farewell Tour | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2003 |
 | A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Executive Producer | Movie | 2000 |
| Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Characters | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andrew Munch | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
| Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Self | Movie | 1996 | |
 | The Nutty Professor | Executive Producer | Movie | 1996 |
| The Nutty Professor | Original Film Writer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1996 |
 | Funny Bones | George Fawkes | Movie | 1995 |
 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1995 |
 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Raw | Jerry Lewis (archive footage) | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Arizona Dream | Leo Sweetie | Movie | 1993 |
 | Mr. Saturday Night | Jerry Lewis | Movie | 1992 |
 | Mad About You | Freddy Statler | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Boy | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Boy | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team | Self | Movie | 1992 |
| Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy | Self | TV Series | 1992 | |
 | How Are The Kids? | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
| How Are The Kids? | Director | Movie | 1992 |
 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self | Movie | 1991 |
 | Super Force | Director | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Cookie | Arnold Ross | Movie | 1989 |
 | An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | Téléthon | Self | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Wiseguy | Eli Sternberg | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Sacrée soirée | Self | TV Series | 1987 |
| Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Fight for Life | Dr. Bernard Abrams | Movie | 1987 |
 | Rickles... On the Loose | Self | Movie | 1986 |
 | Classic Comedy Teams | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1986 |
 | How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | Clovis Blaireau | Movie | 1984 |
 | Brothers | Director | TV Series | 1984 |
| Goldene Kamera | Self | TV Series | 1984 | |
 | The Defective Detective | Jerry Logan | Movie | 1984 |
| Bonjour Mr Lewis | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1983 | |
 | Smorgasbord | Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter | Movie | 1983 |
| Smorgasbord | Director | Movie | 1983 |
| Smorgasbord | Writer | Movie | 1983 |
 | The King of Comedy | Jerry Langford | Movie | 1982 |
 | Slapstick of Another Kind | Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain | Movie | 1982 |
 | Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1982 |
 | Rascal Dazzle | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1981 |
 | Pink Lady | Jerry Lewis | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Hardly Working | Bo Hooper | Movie | 1980 |
| Hardly Working | Director | Movie | 1980 |
| Hardly Working | Screenplay | Movie | 1980 |
 | Gay, Gay Hollywood | Self | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Hollywood Clowns | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1979 |
 | Rire et sourire : Le Splendid | Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Ciné regards | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
| Please Turn the Page | Self | TV Series | 1977 | |
 | Auf los geht's los | Self | TV Series | 1977 |
 | NBC: The First Fifty Years | Self | Movie | 1976 |
 | Donny & Marie | Self | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV Series | 1975 |
| Saturday Night Live | Writer | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Cher | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1975 |
| Cher | Self | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV Series | 1975 |
| Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy | Self | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1974 |
| Der große Preis | Self | TV Series | 1974 | |
 | Klimbim | Self / Bobby Zischer | TV Series | 1973 |
| Klimbim | Self | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! | Self | Movie | 1972 |
 | Medicine Ball Caravan | Self | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
| V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | Which Way to the Front? | Brendan Byers III | Movie | 1970 |
| Which Way to the Front? | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| Which Way to the Front? | Producer | Movie | 1970 |
 | One More Time | Bandleader (voice) | Movie | 1970 |
| One More Time | Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Director | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Hook, Line and Sinker | Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs | Movie | 1969 |
| Hook, Line and Sinker | Producer | Movie | 1969 |
| The Jack Benny Birthday Special | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 | |
 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | George Lester | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Jerry Lewis Show | Self - Host | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The Big Mouth | Gerald Clamson | Movie | 1967 |
| The Big Mouth | Director | Movie | 1967 |
| The Big Mouth | Screenplay | Movie | 1967 |
| The Big Mouth | Producer | Movie | 1967 |
 | Way... Way Out | Pete Mattemore | Movie | 1966 |
 | Three on a Couch | Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather | Movie | 1966 |
| Three on a Couch | Director | Movie | 1966 |
| Three on a Couch | Producer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Boeing, Boeing | Robert Reed | Movie | 1965 |
 | Red Line 7000 | Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Family Jewels | Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton | Movie | 1965 |
| The Family Jewels | Director | Movie | 1965 |
| The Family Jewels | Writer | Movie | 1965 |
| The Family Jewels | Producer | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Disorderly Orderly | Jerome Littlefield | Movie | 1964 |
| The Disorderly Orderly | Executive Producer | Movie | 1964 |
 | Soap Opera | Self in Commercial (archive footage) | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Patsy | Stanley Belt | Movie | 1964 |
| The Patsy | Director | Movie | 1964 |
| The Patsy | Writer | Movie | 1964 |
 | Who's Minding the Store? | Norman Phiffer | Movie | 1963 |
 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited) | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Jerry Lewis Show | Self - Host | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Nutty Professor | Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp | Movie | 1963 |
| The Nutty Professor | Director | Movie | 1963 |
| The Nutty Professor | Writer | Movie | 1963 |
 | It's Only Money | Lester March | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self - Guest Host | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Errand Boy | Morty S. Tashman | Movie | 1961 |
| The Errand Boy | Director | Movie | 1961 |
| The Errand Boy | Writer | Movie | 1961 |
 | Ben Casey | Dr. Dennis Green | TV Series | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Director | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Joey Bishop Show | Self (uncredited) | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Ladies Man | Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert | Movie | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Director | Movie | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Writer | Movie | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Producer | Movie | 1961 |
 | Cinderfella | Cinderfella | Movie | 1960 |
| Cinderfella | Producer | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Bellboy | Stanley / Jerry Lewis | Movie | 1960 |
| The Bellboy | Director | Movie | 1960 |
| The Bellboy | Producer | Movie | 1960 |
| The Bellboy | Writer | Movie | 1960 |
 | Visit to a Small Planet | Kreton | Movie | 1960 |
 | Li'l Abner | Cameo / Itchy McGrathy | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Jazz Singer | Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz | Movie | 1959 |
 | Startime | Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Don't Give Up the Ship | John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII | Movie | 1959 |
 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
| The Music Shop | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 | |
 | The Geisha Boy | Gilbert Wooley | Movie | 1958 |
| The Geisha Boy | Producer | Movie | 1958 |
 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Clayton Poole | Movie | 1958 |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby | Producer | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Sad Sack | Private Meredith C. Bixby | Movie | 1957 |
 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV Series | 1957 |
| Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self - Guest Host | TV Series | 1957 |
 | The Delicate Delinquent | Sidney L. Pythias | Movie | 1957 |
| The Delicate Delinquent | Producer | Movie | 1957 |
 | Hollywood or Bust | Malcolm Smith | Movie | 1956 |
 | Pardners | Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr. | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Show | Self - Cameo | TV Series | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Show | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
| Nightmare | Director | Movie | 1956 | |
 | Artists and Models | Eugene Fullstack | Movie | 1955 |
 | You're Never Too Young | Wilbur Hoolick | Movie | 1955 |
 | 3 Ring Circus | Jerry Hotchkiss | Movie | 1954 |
 | Living It Up | Homer Flagg | Movie | 1954 |
 | Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Money from Home | Virgil Yokum | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Caddy | Harvey Miller | Movie | 1953 |
 | Scared Stiff | Myron Mertz | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Road to Bali | Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited) | Movie | 1952 |
 | Jumping Jacks | Hap Smith | Movie | 1952 |
 | Sailor Beware | Melvin Jones | Movie | 1952 |
| An Eye for an Eye | Director of Photography | Movie | 1952 | |
| An Eye for an Eye | Director | Movie | 1952 | |
 | Come Back Little Shiksa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
| Come Back Little Shiksa | Director | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Stooge | Ted Rogers | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Re-Inforcer | Director | Movie | 1951 |
| The Re-Inforcer | Screenplay | Movie | 1951 |
| The Re-Inforcer | Producer | Movie | 1951 |
| The Re-Inforcer | Director of Photography | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Red Skelton Show | Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot | TV Series | 1951 |
 | That's My Boy | 'Junior' Jackson | Movie | 1951 |
| Fairfax Avenue | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 | |
| Fairfax Avenue | Director | Movie | 1951 | |
| Fairfax Avenue | Cinematography | Movie | 1951 | |
| Fairfax Avenue | Writer | Movie | 1951 | |
| A Spot In The Shade | Director | Movie | 1951 | |
| A Spot In The Shade | Producer | Movie | 1951 | |
| A Spot In The Shade | Director of Photography | Movie | 1951 | |
| Nightmare | Director | Movie | 1951 | |
| Nightmare | Producer | Movie | 1951 | |
| Nightmare | Director of Photography | Movie | 1951 | |
| Watch On The Lime | Director | Movie | 1951 | |
| Watch On The Lime | Writer | Movie | 1951 | |
| Watch On The Lime | Director of Photography | Movie | 1951 | |
 | At War with the Army | Private Korwin | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Jack Benny Program | Lewis | TV Series | 1950 |
 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Host | TV Series | 1950 |
 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Seymour | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | My Friend Irma | Seymour | Movie | 1949 |
 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
| How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | Director | Movie | 1949 |
| How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | Writer | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Day the Clown Cried | Helmut Doork | Movie | — |
| A Suite at the Sands | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| The Day the Clown Cried | Director | Movie | — |
| The Day the Clown Cried | Screenplay | Movie | — |
| A Suite at the Sands | Director | Movie | — |