Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self - Guest Host

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Andrew Munch

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 • as Self

Filmography

2025

From Darkness to Light
From Darkness to Light
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/20/2025

2024

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
TV - Released: 11/20/2024

2022

Movie
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/23/2022
Movie
Mystery Reel
Movie - Released: 8/19/2022
Rat Pack
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/11/2022

2021

Dean Martin: King of Cool
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/14/2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/16/2021

2020

Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
as Himself
Movie - Released: 4/7/2020
TV Story Superstar
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/23/2020

2019

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/22/2019

2017

Dying Laughing
Dying Laughing
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/24/2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/11/2017

2016

Max Rose
Max Rose
as Max Rose
Movie - Released: 9/2/2016
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/18/2016
The Trust
The Trust
as Jim's Father
Movie - Released: 4/29/2016
The Clown
The Clown
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/3/2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/2/2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/4/2016

2014

Movie
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/14/2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
Movie - Released: 12/27/2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Movie - Released: 8/23/2013

2012

Close Up
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/30/2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
TV - Released: 7/19/2012

2011

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/17/2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/25/2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/28/2011

2009

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/7/2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV - Released: 9/29/2009

2008

The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
Movie - Released: 11/24/2008

2006

Movie
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/15/2006
Movie
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/15/2006

2005

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Movie - Released: 3/8/2005

2004

I Know A Riddle
I Know A Riddle
Movie - Released: 4/1/2004
Movie
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/28/2004
Movie
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2002

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/17/2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/26/2002

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Andrew Munch
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1997

Movie
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/16/1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/19/1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Himself
Movie - Released: 8/18/1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

Funny Bones
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
Movie - Released: 9/20/1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 8/24/1995

1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994

1993

Arizona Dream
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
Movie - Released: 1/6/1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993
Raw
Raw
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/11/1993

1992

Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night
as Himself
Movie - Released: 9/23/1992
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Mad About You
Mad About You
as Freddy Statler
TV - Released: 9/23/1992
TV
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1992

1991

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

Movie
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/4/1990

1989

Cookie
Cookie
as Arnold Ross
Movie - Released: 8/2/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Movie - Released: 11/5/1988

1987

Fight for Life
Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
Movie - Released: 3/23/1987
Wiseguy
Wiseguy
TV - Released: 9/16/1987
Téléthon
Téléthon
as Self
TV - Released: 12/4/1987
Sacrée soirée
Sacrée soirée
as Self
TV - Released: 9/2/1987
Sacrée soirée
Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/2/1987

1986

Rickles... On the Loose
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/23/1986

1984

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
Movie - Released: 11/18/1984
The Defective Detective
The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
Movie - Released: 10/31/1984
TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1983

Smorgasbord
Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
Movie - Released: 4/13/1983
Bonjour Mr Lewis
Bonjour Mr Lewis
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 7/3/1983

1982

The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
Movie - Released: 12/18/1982
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
Movie - Released: 12/9/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1982
Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self
TV - Released: 1/16/1982

1981

Rascal Dazzle
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981

1980

Hardly Working
Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper
Movie - Released: 1/30/1980
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie - Released: 1/1/1980
Pink Lady
Pink Lady
as Jerry Lewis
TV - Released: 3/1/1980

1979

The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/23/1979

1978

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
TV - Released: 11/19/1978

1977

Auf los geht's los
Auf los geht's los
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1977
TV
Please Turn the Page
as Self
TV - Released: 4/20/1977

1976

Donny & Marie
Donny & Marie
as Self
TV - Released: 1/23/1976

1975

Cher
Cher
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 2/16/1975
Cher
Cher
as Self
TV - Released: 2/16/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
TV - Released: 1/12/1975

1974

Movie
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/21/1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
TV - Released: 12/4/1974
Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/25/1974
TV
Der große Preis
as Self
TV - Released: 9/5/1974

1973

Klimbim
Klimbim
as Self
TV - Released: 7/24/1973
Klimbim
Klimbim
as Self / Bobby Zischer
TV - Released: 7/24/1973

1972

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/26/1972

1971

Medicine Ball Caravan
Medicine Ball Caravan
Movie - Released: 9/20/1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV - Released: 8/1/1971
TV
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
TV - Released: 5/9/1971

1970

Which Way to the Front?
Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III
Movie - Released: 9/3/1970
One More Time
One More Time
as Bandleader (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/1/1970

1969

Movie
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/17/1969
Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
Movie - Released: 6/6/1969

1968

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
Movie - Released: 7/12/1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1967

The Big Mouth
The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson
Movie - Released: 7/12/1967
TV
The Jerry Lewis Show
as Host
TV - Released: 9/12/1967
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/1967

1966

Three on a Couch
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
Movie - Released: 3/1/1966
Way... Way Out
Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
Movie - Released: 10/26/1966

1965

Boeing, Boeing
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
Movie - Released: 12/22/1965
The Family Jewels
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
Movie - Released: 7/1/1965
Red Line 7000
Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/9/1965

1964

The Patsy
The Patsy
as Stanley Belt
Movie - Released: 6/24/1964
The Disorderly Orderly
The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield
Movie - Released: 12/16/1964
Soap Opera
Soap Opera
as Himself (Archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/27/1964

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/7/1963
Who's Minding the Store?
Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
Movie - Released: 11/28/1963
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Movie - Released: 6/4/1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
The Jerry Lewis Show
as Himself
TV - Released: 9/21/1963

1962

It's Only Money
It's Only Money
as Lester March
Movie - Released: 11/20/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
Movie - Released: 6/21/1961
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman
Movie - Released: 11/28/1961
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
TV - Released: 10/2/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961
TV
The Joey Bishop Show
as Self (uncredited)
TV - Released: 9/20/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

The Bellboy
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Movie - Released: 7/20/1960
Cinderfella
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
Movie - Released: 12/18/1960
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
Movie - Released: 2/4/1960

1959

Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
Movie - Released: 12/11/1959
Don't Give Up the Ship
Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Movie - Released: 7/3/1959
The David Susskind Show
The David Susskind Show
as Self
TV - Released: 1/18/1959
TV
The Music Shop
TV - Released: 1/11/1959

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
Movie - Released: 7/23/1958
The Geisha Boy
The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
Movie - Released: 11/2/1958
Kraft Music Hall
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
TV - Released: 10/8/1958

1957

The Sad Sack
The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
Movie - Released: 11/27/1957
The Delicate Delinquent
The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias
Movie - Released: 6/6/1957
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
TV - Released: 7/29/1957
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
TV - Released: 7/29/1957

1956

Pardners
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Movie - Released: 8/1/1956
Hollywood or Bust
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
Movie - Released: 12/6/1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/24/1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Cameo
TV - Released: 6/24/1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/24/1956

1955

Artists and Models
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
Movie - Released: 11/7/1955
You're Never Too Young
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
Movie - Released: 8/25/1955

1954

3 Ring Circus
3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
Movie - Released: 12/22/1954
Living It Up
Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
Movie - Released: 7/15/1954
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Movie - Released: 4/18/1954

1953

Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
Movie - Released: 4/27/1953
The Caddy
The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
Movie - Released: 8/10/1953
Money from Home
Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
Movie - Released: 12/31/1953
Road to Bali
Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/29/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1952

Jumping Jacks
Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
Movie - Released: 6/11/1952
Sailor Beware
Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
Movie - Released: 2/8/1952
Come Back Little Shiksa
Come Back Little Shiksa
Movie - Released: 1/1/1952

1951

That's My Boy
That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
Movie - Released: 5/31/1951
The Stooge
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
Movie - Released: 11/15/1951
Movie
Fairfax Avenue
Movie - Released: 1/1/1951

1950

At War with the Army
At War with the Army
as Alvin Korwin
Movie - Released: 12/31/1950
My Friend Irma Goes West
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
Movie - Released: 6/25/1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
TV - Released: 9/10/1950
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program
as Self
TV - Released: 10/28/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
TV - Released: 2/2/1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 9/10/1950

1949

My Friend Irma
My Friend Irma
as Seymour
Movie - Released: 10/14/1949
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Movie - Released: 1/1/1949

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

Unknown

The Day the Clown Cried
The Day the Clown Cried
as Helmut Doork
Movie