Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Acting

Born March 16, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

24 films as director · Active 1949–1992

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, recor…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Raw

Raw

1993

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Directed(24)

Boy

How Are The Kids?

1992How Are The Kids?★ 8.0

Smorgasbord

1983Smorgasbord★ 6.0

Hardly Working

1980Hardly Working★ 4.7

The Day the Clown Cried

1972The Day the Clown Cried★ 9.0

One More Time

1970One More Time★ 5.0

Which Way to the Front?

1970Which Way to the Front?★ 4.8

The Big Mouth

1967The Big Mouth★ 5.3

Three on a Couch

1966Three on a Couch★ 5.4

The Family Jewels

1965The Family Jewels★ 6.5

The Patsy

1964The Patsy★ 6.2

The Nutty Professor

1963The Nutty Professor★ 6.5

The Ladies Man

1961The Ladies Man★ 6.3

The Errand Boy

1961The Errand Boy★ 6.2

The Bellboy

1960The Bellboy★ 6.2

Come Back Little Shiksa

1952Come Back Little Shiksa

The Re-Inforcer

1951The Re-Inforcer★ 5.5

1951Fairfax Avenue

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border★ 8.0

Acting(178)

2025Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf (archive footage)

2025From Darkness to LightSelf

2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and MozeSelf (Archival Footage)

2024Stand-Up: The Laughing TherapySelf - Comedian (archive footage)

2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)

2022Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prixSelf - actor

2022Mystery Reel

2022The Dark Side of a Hollywood IconSelf (archive footage)

2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)

2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf

2021Kreka: DreamcatcherSelf

2020Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome StereoSelf

2020TV Story SuperstarSelf (archive footage)

2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelSelf

2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf

2017Dying LaughingSelf

2016Max RoseMax Rose

2016Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the ClownSelf (archive footage)

2016The TrustJim's Father

2016The Last LaughSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016The ClownSelf

2016The Story of... The Day the Clown CriedSelf (archive footage)

2014Inside Rupert PupkinSelf (archive footage)

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2013Till Luck Do Us Part 2Bellboy

2013The Trials of Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)

2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)

2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf

2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage)

2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and MagicSelf (archive footage)

2011Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf

2011A Tribute to Laurel & HardySelf

2011Pierre Étaix, un destin animéSelf

2009Joy Behar: Say Anything!

2009Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!Stationmaster (voice)

2008The Nutty ProfessorProfessor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

2006Happy Birthday, Jerry LewisSelf

2006Jerry Lewis - König der KomödiantenSelf (archive footage)

2005Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody SometimeSelf

2004Hollywood LegendenSelf

2004A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza MinnelliSelf (archive footage)

2004Dean Martin: The One and OnlySelf

2002A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'Self (archive footage)

2002Edith Head: The Paramount YearsSelf (archive footage)

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAndrew Munch

1997The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderSelf (archive footage)

1997The ViewSelf

1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)

1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf

1996Jerry Lewis: The Last American ClownSelf

1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf (archive footage)

1995Funny BonesGeorge Fawkes

1995Theremin: An Electronic OdysseySidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993RawJerry Lewis (archive footage)

1993Arizona DreamLeo Sweetie

1992Mr. Saturday NightJerry Lewis

1992Mad About YouFreddy Statler

1992The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy TeamSelf

1992Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of ComedySelf

1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Self

1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary CelebrationSelf

1989The SimpsonsProfessor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

1989CookieArnold Ross

1988An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry LewisSelf

1987TéléthonSelf

1987WiseguyEli Sternberg

1987Sacrée soiréeSelf

1987Fight for LifeDr. Bernard Abrams

1986Rickles... On the LooseSelf

1986Classic Comedy TeamsSelf (archive footage)

1984How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You LeaveClovis Blaireau

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1984The Defective DetectiveJerry Logan

1983Bonjour Mr LewisSelf (archive footage)

1983SmorgasbordWarren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

1982The King of ComedyJerry Langford

1982Slapstick of Another KindWilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1982Champs-ElyséesSelf

1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage)

1981Rascal DazzleSelf - Narrator (voice)

1980Pink LadyJerry Lewis

1980Hardly WorkingBo Hooper

1980Gay, Gay HollywoodSelf

1979The Hollywood ClownsSelf (archive footage)

1978Rire et sourire : Le SplendidLe Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1977Please Turn the PageSelf

1977Auf los geht's losSelf

1976NBC: The First Fifty YearsSelf

1976Donny & MarieSelf

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975CherSelf - Guest

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. HardySelf

1974Tony Orlando and DawnSelf

1974Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage)

1974Der große PreisSelf

1973KlimbimSelf / Bobby Zischer

1972Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !Self

1972The Day the Clown CriedHelmut Doork

1971Medicine Ball CaravanSelf

1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy HourSelf

1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf

1970Which Way to the Front?Brendan Byers III

1970One More TimeBandleader (voice)

1969Hook, Line and SinkerPeter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf (uncredited)

1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the RiverGeorge Lester

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)

1967The Jerry Lewis ShowSelf - Host

1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf

1967The Big MouthGerald Clamson

1966Way... Way OutPete Mattemore

1966Three on a CouchChristopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

1965Boeing, BoeingRobert Reed

1965Red Line 7000Driver (uncredited)

1965The Family JewelsWillard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

1964The Disorderly OrderlyJerome Littlefield

1964Soap OperaSelf in Commercial (archive footage)

1964The PatsyStanley Belt

1963Who's Minding the Store?Norman Phiffer

1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldDriver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

1963The Jerry Lewis ShowSelf - Host

1963The Nutty ProfessorProfessor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

1962It's Only MoneyLester March

1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Host

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961The Errand BoyMorty S. Tashman

1961Ben CaseyDr. Dennis Green

1961The Joey Bishop ShowSelf (uncredited)

1961The Ladies ManHerbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

1960CinderfellaCinderfella

1960The BellboyStanley / Jerry Lewis

1960Visit to a Small PlanetKreton

1959Li'l AbnerCameo / Itchy McGrathy

1959The Jazz SingerJoey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz

1959StartimeJoey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin

1959Don't Give Up the ShipJohn Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

1959The David Susskind ShowSelf

1959The Music Shop

1958The Geisha BoyGilbert Wooley

1958Kraft Music HallSelf

1958Rock-a-Bye BabyClayton Poole

1957The Sad SackPrivate Meredith C. Bixby

1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf

1957The Delicate DelinquentSidney L. Pythias

1956Hollywood or BustMalcolm Smith

1956PardnersWade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest

1955Artists and ModelsEugene Fullstack

1955You're Never Too YoungWilbur Hoolick

19543 Ring CircusJerry Hotchkiss

1954Living It UpHomer Flagg

1954Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

1953Money from HomeVirgil Yokum

1953The CaddyHarvey Miller

1953Scared StiffMyron Mertz

1953The OscarsSelf

1952Road to BaliWoman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

1952Jumping JacksHap Smith

1952Sailor BewareMelvin Jones

1952Come Back Little Shiksa

1951The StoogeTed Rogers

1951That's My Boy'Junior' Jackson

1951Fairfax Avenue

1950At War with the ArmyPrivate Korwin

1950The Jack Benny ProgramLewis

1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf

1950My Friend Irma Goes WestSeymour

1950What's My Line?Self

1949My Friend IrmaSeymour

1949How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

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