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