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 King of Comedy
(1982)
Jerry Langford
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
(2009)
Stationmaster (voice)
The Bellboy
(1960)
Stanley / Himself
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Leo Sweetie
The Trust
(2016)
Jim's Father
Artists and Models
(1955)
Eugene Fullstack
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Myron Mertz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pardners
(1956)
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
The Big Mouth
(1967)
Gerald Clamson
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Morty S. Tashman
The Patsy
(1964)
Stanley Belt
The Last Laugh
(2016)
Self
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Jerome Littlefield
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
Full Filmography
Acting
My Friend Irma
(1949)
Seymour
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
(1949)
At War with the Army
(1950)
Alvin Korwin
My Friend Irma Goes West
(1950)
Seymour
That's My Boy
(1951)
'Junior' Jackson
The Stooge
(1951)
Ted Rogers
Fairfax Avenue
(1951)
Jumping Jacks
(1952)
Hap Smith
Sailor Beware
(1952)
Melvin Jones
Come Back Little Shiksa
(1952)
Scared Stiff
(1953)
Myron Mertz
The Caddy
(1953)
Harvey Miller
Money from Home
(1953)
Virgil Yokum
Road to Bali
(1953)
Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
3 Ring Circus
(1954)
Jerry Hotchkiss
Living It Up
(1954)
Homer Flagg
Artists and Models
(1955)
Eugene Fullstack
You're Never Too Young
(1955)
Wilbur Hoolick
Pardners
(1956)
Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Hollywood or Bust
(1956)
Malcolm Smith
The Sad Sack
(1957)
Private Meredith C. Bixby
The Delicate Delinquent
(1957)
Sidney L. Pythias
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Clayton Poole
The Geisha Boy
(1958)
Gilbert Wooley
Li'l Abner
(1959)
Cameo
Don't Give Up the Ship
(1959)
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
The Bellboy
(1960)
Stanley / Himself
Cinderfella
(1960)
Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet
(1960)
Kreton
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Morty S. Tashman
It's Only Money
(1962)
Lester March
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Norman Phiffer
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
The Patsy
(1964)
Stanley Belt
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Jerome Littlefield
Soap Opera
(1964)
Himself (Archive footage)
Boeing, Boeing
(1965)
Robert Reed
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Red Line 7000
(1965)
Driver (uncredited)
Three on a Couch
(1966)
Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Way... Way Out
(1966)
Pete Mattemore
The Big Mouth
(1967)
Gerald Clamson
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
(1968)
George Lester
Hook, Line and Sinker
(1969)
Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
(1969)
Self (uncredited)
Which Way to the Front?
(1970)
Brendan Byers III
One More Time
(1970)
Bandleader (voice)
We Have Come for Your Daughters
(1971)
Vive le cinema!
(1972)
The Day the Clown Cried
(1972)
Helmut Doork
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
(1974)
Himself
The Hollywood Clowns
(1979)
Self (archive footage)
Hardly Working
(1980)
Bo Hooper
Gay, Gay Hollywood
(1980)
Rascal Dazzle
(1981)
Self (Voice)
The King of Comedy
(1982)
Jerry Langford
Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
(1982)
Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(1982)
Self (archive footage)
Smorgasbord
(1983)
Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
(1984)
Clovis Blaireau
The Defective Detective
(1984)
Jerry Logan
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Myron Mertz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rickles... On the Loose
(1986)
Self
Fight for Life
(1987)
Dr. Bernard Abrams
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
(1988)
Cookie
(1989)
Arnold Ross
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
(1990)
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
(1991)
Self
Mr. Saturday Night
(1992)
Himself
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
(1992)
Self
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Leo Sweetie
Funny Bones
(1995)
George Fawkes
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
(1995)
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
(1996)
Himself
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(2002)
(archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
I Know A Riddle
(2004)
Hollywood Legenden
(2004)
Self
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
(2005)
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
(2006)
Self
The Nutty Professor
(2008)
Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
(2009)
Stationmaster (voice)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
(2011)
Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
(2011)
Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
(2011)
Self
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
(2013)
Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
(2013)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Max Rose
(2016)
Max Rose
The Clown
(2016)
Self
The Trust
(2016)
Jim's Father
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The story of... The Day The Clown Cried
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The Last Laugh
(2016)
Self
Dying Laughing
(2017)
Himself
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
(2017)
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
(2019)
Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
(2020)
Himself
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
(2021)
Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
(2021)
Self
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
(2022)
Himself (archive footage)
Mystery Reel
(2022)
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
(1949)
Director
The Re-Inforcer
(1951)
Director
Fairfax Avenue
(1951)
Director
Come Back Little Shiksa
(1952)
Director
The Bellboy
(1960)
Director
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Director
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Director
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Director
The Patsy
(1964)
Director
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Director
Three on a Couch
(1966)
Director
The Big Mouth
(1967)
Director
One More Time
(1970)
Director
Which Way to the Front?
(1970)
Director
The Day the Clown Cried
(1972)
Director
Hardly Working
(1980)
Director
Smorgasbord
(1983)
Director
Boy
(1992)
Director
How Are The Kids?
(1993)
Director
Writing
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
(1949)
Writer
Fairfax Avenue
(1951)
Writer
The Bellboy
(1960)
Writer
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Writer
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Writer
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Writer
The Patsy
(1964)
Writer
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Writer
The Big Mouth
(1967)
Screenplay
The Day the Clown Cried
(1972)
Writer
Hardly Working
(1980)
Screenplay
Smorgasbord
(1983)
Writer
Boy
(1992)
Writer
How Are The Kids?
(1993)
Writer
The Nutty Professor
(1996)
Original Film Writer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
(2000)
Characters
The Nutty Professor
(2008)
Characters
Docteur Alil et Mister Vardar
(2022)
Writer
Crew
Production
The Delicate Delinquent
(1957)
Producer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Producer
The Geisha Boy
(1958)
Producer
The Bellboy
(1960)
Producer
Cinderfella
(1960)
Producer
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Producer
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Executive Producer
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Producer
Three on a Couch
(1966)
Producer
The Big Mouth
(1967)
Producer
Hook, Line and Sinker
(1969)
Producer
Which Way to the Front?
(1970)
Producer
The Nutty Professor
(1996)
Executive Producer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
(2000)
Executive Producer
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
(2011)
Executive Producer