Acting

Jerry Lewis

Born 1926-03-16 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died 2017-08-20

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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100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
as Self (archive footage)
2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self
2025
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
as Self - actor
2022
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
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
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 (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Clown
as Self
2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Carsony Brothers – Von Simmering nach Las Vegas
as Self
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
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
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
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
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Executive Producer
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as Self
2011
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
2009
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2008
The Nutty Professor
Characters
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
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
Cher: The Farewell Tour
as Self (archive footage)
2003
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Executive Producer
2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Characters
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Andrew Munch
1999
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self
1996
The Nutty Professor
Executive Producer
1996
The Nutty Professor
Original Film Writer
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Raw
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
1993
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
1993
Mr. Saturday Night
as Jerry Lewis
1992
Mad About You
as Freddy Statler
1992
Boy
Director
1992
Boy
Writer
1992
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
as Self
1992
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
as Self
1992
How Are The Kids?
Writer
1992
How Are The Kids?
Director
1992
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
1991
Super Force
Director
1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1990
The Simpsons
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
1989
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
1989
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
as Self
1988