Jerry Lewis
- Acting
- March 16, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
- August 20, 2017
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
Filmography
- 100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
- Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet · Self
- From Darkness to Light · Self
- Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze · Self
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy · Self
- Remembering Gene Wilder · Self
- Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- Mystery Reel
- The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon · Self
- Rat Pack · Self
- Dean Martin: King of Cool · Self
- Kreka: Dreamcatcher · Self
- Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo · Self
- TV Story Superstar · Self
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · Self
- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · Self
- Dying Laughing · Self
- Max Rose · Max Rose
- Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown · Self
- The Trust · Jim's Father
- The Last Laugh · Self
- The Clown · Self
- The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried · Self
- The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas · Self
- Inside Rupert Pupkin · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Till Luck Do Us Part 2 · Bellboy
- The Trials of Muhammad Ali · Self
- Close Up · Self
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee · Self
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic · Self
- Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis · Self, Executive producer
- A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy · Self
- Pierre Étaix, un destin animé · Self
- Joy Behar: Say Anything!
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! · Stationmaster (Voice)
- The Nutty Professor · Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love, Characters
- Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis · Self
- Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten · Self
- Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime · Self
- Hollywood Legenden · Self
- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli · Self
- Dean Martin: The One and Only · Self
- Cher: The Farewell Tour · Self
- A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' · Self
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years · Self
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · Executive producer, Characters
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Andrew Munch
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender · Self
- The View · Self
- Sports on the Silver Screen · Self
- E! True Hollywood Story · Self
- Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown · Self
- The Nutty Professor · Executive producer, Original Film Writer
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · Self
- Funny Bones · George Fawkes
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey · Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Raw · Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
- Arizona Dream · Leo Sweetie
- Mr. Saturday Night · Jerry Lewis
- Mad About You · Freddy Statler
- Boy · Director, Writer
- The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team · Self
- Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy · Self
- How Are The Kids? · Writer, Director
- Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' · Self
- Super Force · Director
- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration · Self
- The Simpsons · Professor John Frink, Sr. (Voice)
- Cookie · Arnold Ross
- An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis · Self
- Téléthon · Self
- Wiseguy · Eli Sternberg
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Fight for Life · Dr. Bernard Abrams
- Rickles... On the Loose · Self
- Classic Comedy Teams · Self