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Jerry Lewis · PopcornQueue

Jerry Lewis

Actor

Born: March 16, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: August 20, 2017 (age 91)

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

The King of Comedy
December 18, 1982
Arizona Dream
January 6, 1993
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
The Trust
April 29, 2016
The Nutty Professor
June 4, 1963
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
December 27, 2013
The Ladies Man
June 21, 1961
Artists and Models
November 7, 1955
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
August 7, 2009
The Bellboy
July 20, 1960
Cinderfella
December 18, 1960
Boeing, Boeing
December 22, 1965

Acting124

2026100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2025Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self (archive footage)
2025From Darkness to Light as Self
2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze as Self (archive footage)
2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
2022Mystery Reel
2022The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2021Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
2021

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

as Self

2020Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo as Self

2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self

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2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
2017Dying Laughing as Self
2016Max Rose as Max Rose
2016Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown as Self (archive footage)
2016The Trust as Jim's Father
2016The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016The Clown as Self
2016The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried as Self (archive footage)
2014The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas as Self
2014Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
2013Till Luck Do Us Part 2 as Bellboy
2013The Trials of Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
2012Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage)
2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
2011A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self
2011Pierre Étaix, un destin animé as Self
2009Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Stationmaster (voice)
2008The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2006Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis as Self
2006Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten as Self (archive footage)
2005Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime as Self
2004Hollywood Legenden as Self
2004A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
2004Dean Martin: The One and Only as Self
2003Cher: The Farewell Tour as Self (archive footage)
2002A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' as Self (archive footage)
2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
1996Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Self
1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
1995Funny Bones as George Fawkes
1995Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993Arizona Dream as Leo Sweetie
1992Mr. Saturday Night as Jerry Lewis
1992The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self
1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1989Cookie as Arnold Ross
1988An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis as Self
1987Fight for Life as Dr. Bernard Abrams
1986Rickles... On the Loose as Self
1986Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
1984How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave as Clovis Blaireau
1984The Defective Detective as Jerry Logan
1983Smorgasbord as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1982The King of Comedy as Jerry Langford
1982Slapstick of Another Kind as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1981Rascal Dazzle as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980Hardly Working as Bo Hooper
1980Gay, Gay Hollywood as Self
1979The Hollywood Clowns as Self (archive footage)
1976NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self
1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Self
1972Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self
1971Medicine Ball Caravan as Self
1970Which Way to the Front? as Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
1970One More Time as Bandleader (voice)
1969Hook, Line and Sinker as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1969The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self (uncredited)
1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as George Lester
1967The Big Mouth as Gerald Clamson
1966Way... Way Out as Pete Mattemore
1966Three on a Couch as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1965Boeing, Boeing as Robert Reed
1965Red Line 7000 as Driver (uncredited)
1965The Family Jewels as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1964The Disorderly Orderly as Jerome Littlefield
1964Soap Opera as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
1964The Patsy as Stanley Belt
1963Who's Minding the Store? as Norman Phiffer
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1963The Nutty Professor as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
1962It's Only Money as Lester March
1961The Errand Boy as Morty S. Tashman
1961The Ladies Man as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
1960Cinderfella as Cinderfella
1960The Bellboy as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
1960Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton
1959Li'l Abner as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
1959The Jazz Singer as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
1959Don't Give Up the Ship as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1958The Geisha Boy as Gilbert Wooley
1958Rock-a-Bye Baby as Clayton Poole
1957The Sad Sack as Private Meredith C. Bixby
1957The Delicate Delinquent as Sidney L. Pythias
1956Hollywood or Bust as Malcolm Smith
1956Pardners as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
1955Artists and Models as Eugene Fullstack
1955You're Never Too Young as Wilbur Hoolick
19543 Ring Circus as Jerry Hotchkiss
1954Living It Up as Homer Flagg
1954Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1953Money from Home as Virgil Yokum
1953The Caddy as Harvey Miller
1953Scared Stiff as Myron Mertz
1952Road to Bali as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1952Jumping Jacks as Hap Smith
1952Sailor Beware as Melvin Jones
1952Come Back Little Shiksa
1951The Stooge as Ted Rogers
1951That's My Boy as 'Junior' Jackson
1951Fairfax Avenue
1950At War with the Army as Private Korwin
1950My Friend Irma Goes West as Seymour
1949My Friend Irma as Seymour
1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
TBAThe Day the Clown Cried as Helmut Doork
TBAA Suite at the Sands

Behind the camera36

2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis Executive Producer
2008The Nutty Professor Characters
2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Executive Producer, Characters
1996The Nutty Professor Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
1992Boy Director, Writer
1992How Are The Kids? Writer, Director
1983Smorgasbord Director, Writer
1980Hardly Working Director, Screenplay
1970Which Way to the Front? Director, Producer
1970One More Time Director
1969Hook, Line and Sinker Producer
1967The Big Mouth Screenplay, Producer, Director

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1966Three on a Couch Director, Producer
1965The Family Jewels Director, Writer, Producer
1964The Disorderly Orderly Executive Producer
1964The Patsy Director, Writer
1963The Nutty Professor Director, Writer
1961The Errand Boy Director, Writer
1961The Ladies Man Director, Writer, Producer
1960Cinderfella Producer
1960The Bellboy Director, Producer, Writer
1960Raymie Theme Song Performance

1958The Geisha Boy Producer

1958Rock-a-Bye Baby Producer

1957The Delicate Delinquent Producer

1956Nightmare Director

1952An Eye for an Eye Director of Photography, Director

1952Come Back Little Shiksa Director

1951The Re-Inforcer Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography

1951Fairfax Avenue Writer, Cinematography, Director

1951A Spot In The Shade Director, Producer, Director of Photography

1951Nightmare Director, Producer, Director of Photography

1951Watch On The Lime Director, Writer, Director of Photography

1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border Writer, Director

TBAThe Day the Clown Cried Director, Screenplay

TBAA Suite at the Sands Director