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.
Known For
The Simpsons
Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Andrew Munch
The King of Comedy
Jerry Langford
Arizona Dream
Leo Sweetie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
The Trust
Jim's Father
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Nutty Professor
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Acting History
2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
as Self (Archival Footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TVas Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
TVas Jerry Lewis
2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2020
TV Story Superstar
TVas Self (archive footage)
2019
2018
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TVas Self• 1 eps
2017
Dying Laughing
as Self
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)
The Last Laugh
as Self
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Executive Producer
2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
2008
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
The Nutty Professor
Characters
2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Andrew Munch• 1 eps
2005
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
I Know A Riddle
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2003
The Simpsons
TVas Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)• 1 eps
2002
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Executive Producer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Characters
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The View
TVas Self
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
TVas Self
The Nutty Professor
Executive Producer
The Nutty Professor
Original Film Writer
1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self
1993
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
Mad About You
TVas Freddy Statler• 1 eps
Raw
TVas Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
as Jerry Lewis
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Boy
Director
Boy
Writer
How Are The Kids?
Writer
How Are The Kids?
Director
1990
Super Force
TVDirector• 1 eps
1989
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
1988
Wiseguy
TVas Eli Sternberg• 5 eps
1987
1986
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1984
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
Brothers
TVDirector
1983
Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Bonjour Mr Lewis
TVas Self (archive footage)
Smorgasbord
Director
Smorgasbord
Writer
1982
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1981
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
Pink Lady
TVas Jerry Lewis
Hardly Working
Director
Hardly Working
Screenplay
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TVas Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
1977
Please Turn the Page
TVas Self
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Auf los geht's los
TVas Self
1976
NBC: The First Fifty Years
as Self
Donny & Marie
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
1974
Der große Preis
TVas Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TVas Self
1973
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
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
1970
One More Time
as Bandleader (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III
One More Time
Director
Which Way to the Front?
Director
Which Way to the Front?
Producer
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TVDirector• 1 eps
1969
Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
Producer
1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 3 eps
1967
The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson
The Jerry Lewis Show
TVas Self - Host
The Big Mouth
Screenplay
The Big Mouth
Producer
The Big Mouth
Director
1966
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
Three on a Couch
Director
Three on a Couch
Producer
1965
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
Ben Casey
TVas Dr. Dennis Green• 1 eps
The Family Jewels
Director
The Family Jewels
Writer
The Family Jewels
Producer
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)
The Jerry Lewis Show
TVas Self - Host
The Nutty Professor
Director
The Nutty Professor
Writer
1962
It's Only Money
as Lester March
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self - Guest Host• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
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
The Joey Bishop Show
TVas Self (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
Director
The Ladies Man
Writer
The Ladies Man
Producer
The Errand Boy
Director
The Errand Boy
Writer
1960
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Cinderfella
Producer
The Bellboy
Director
The Bellboy
Producer
The Bellboy
Writer
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
The Jazz Singer
as Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz
The David Susskind Show
TVas Self
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
The Geisha Boy
Producer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Producer
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
The Delicate Delinquent
Producer
1956
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
What's My Line?
TVas Self / Self - Panelist• 1 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
Nightmare
Director
1955
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
1954
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)
Come Back Little Shiksa
Director
An Eye for an Eye
Director of Photography
1951
That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
The Re-Inforcer
Director
Fairfax Avenue
Writer
Fairfax Avenue
Cinematography
Fairfax Avenue
Director
1950
At War with the Army
as Alvin Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self