Jerry Lewis
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.
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Movies (41)
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
as Self (archive footage)
2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self
2025
Mystery Reel
2022
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
2021
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
as Self
2020
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
2019
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
2017
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
Max Rose
as Max Rose
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Trust
as Jim's Father
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
The Clown
as Self
2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as Self
2011
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
2009
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2008
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
as Self
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2004
I Know A Riddle
as (archive footage)
2004
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Dean Martin: The One and Only
as Self
2004
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Executive Producer (Production)
2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
TV Shows (9)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2024
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
as Jerry Lewis
2022
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Andrew Munch
1999
The View
as Self
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996