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Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Acting1926Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

Acting History

2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2020
TV Story Superstar
TVas Self (archive footage)
2018
2017
2016
Max Rose
as Max Rose
The Clown
as Self
The Trust
as Jim's Father
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
2014
2013
2012
2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
2009
2008
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Andrew Munch• 1 eps
2005
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2003
The Simpsons
TVas Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)• 1 eps
2000
1997
The View
TVas Self
1996
The Nutty Professor
Executive Producer
The Nutty Professor
Original Film Writer
1994
1993
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
Mad About You
TVas Freddy Statler• 1 eps
Raw
TVas Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
as Jerry Lewis
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Boy
Director
Boy
Writer
1991
1990
Super Force
TVDirector• 1 eps
1989
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
1988
Wiseguy
TVas Eli Sternberg• 5 eps
1987
Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Champs-Elysées
TVas Self• 1 eps
Téléthon
TVas Self• 1 eps
1986
1985
Brothers
TVDirector• 1 eps
1983
Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Smorgasbord
Director
1982
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1981
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
1977
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
1976
Donny & Marie
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Cher
TVas Self / Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1974
1973
Klimbim
TVas Self / Bobby Zischer / Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1971
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Kraft Music Hall
TVas Self• 1 eps
1970
One More Time
as Bandleader (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III
1969
Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 3 eps
1966
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1965
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Ben Casey
TVas Dr. Dennis Green• 1 eps
Ben Casey
TVDirector• 1 eps
1964
Soap Opera
as Self in Commercial (archive footage)
The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield
The Patsy
as Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly
Executive Producer
The Patsy
Director
The Patsy
Writer
1963
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1962
It's Only Money
as Lester March
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self - Guest Host• 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TVas Self - Guest Host / Self
1961
The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self - Co-Host / Self
1960
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella
Producer
The Bellboy
Director
The Bellboy
Producer
1959
Li'l Abner
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
1957
The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias
The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Guest / Self / Self - Cameo• 2 eps
1956
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self / Self - Panelist• 1 eps
1955
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
1954
Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
The Jack Benny Program
TVas Self• 1 eps
1953
The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self - Host• 2 eps
1952
Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1951
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
1950
1949
My Friend Irma
as Seymour
1948

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/16/1926
Day of Death
8/20/2017
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA