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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 16, 1926
Died
August 20, 2017
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Jerome Joseph Levitch
- Joseph Levitch
- The King of Comedy
- Martin & Lewis
- Τζέρι Λιούις
- Τζερόμ Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς
- Τζόζεφ Λέβιτς
- Μάρτιν & Λιούις
- Ο Βασιλιάς της Κωμωδίας
- Τζερόμ Λέβιτς
- 杰瑞·刘易斯
- جری لوئیس
Jerry Lewis
1.5 Popularity
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
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Self
From Darkness to Light
2025
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Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
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Mystery Reel
2022
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Himself (archive footage)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.5
Self
Dean Martin: El Rey del Cool
2021
10.0
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
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Himself
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
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Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
2020
6.6
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
Credits
From Darkness to Light
as Self
2025
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Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
2024
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🎬
Mystery Reel
2022
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🎬
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
2022
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Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Dean Martin: El Rey del Cool
as Self
2021
7.5
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
2021
10.0
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
as Himself
2020
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TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2020
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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
2019
6.6
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
2017
6.9
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
6.3
Max Rose
as Max Rose
2016
5.6
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.0
The Trust
as Jim's Father
2016
5.2
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
6.9
The Clown
as Self
2016
8.0
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
as Self (archive footage)
2016
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2014
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.8
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
as Bellboy
2013
5.7
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
7.1
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
9.0
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
7.2
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
2011
7.8
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
6.0
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
2011
7.5
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
as Self
2011
5.7
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
as Stationmaster (voice)
2009
6.6
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
2008
4.8
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Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
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Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
as Self
2006
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Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
2004
7.6
I Know A Riddle
2004
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Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
2.0
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A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
2004
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A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
7.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Andrew Munch
1999
7.9
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
5.2
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
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Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
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E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Himself
1996
6.0
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
1996
6.4
Funny Bones
as George Fawkes
1995
6.5
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
5.4
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Raw
as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)
1993
6.8
Arizona Dream
as Leo Sweetie
1993
7.2
Mad About You
as Freddy Statler
1992
6.7
Mr. Saturday Night
as Himself
1992
5.7
🎬
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
as Self
1992
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The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
as Self
1992
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
1991
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1990
8.8
The Simpsons
as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)
1989
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Cookie
as Arnold Ross
1989
5.2
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
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Téléthon
as Self
1987
5.0
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
Sacrée soirée
as Self
1987
6.5
Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.5
Fight for Life
as Dr. Bernard Abrams
1987
5.5
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
1986
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How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
as Clovis Blaireau
1984
5.5
The Defective Detective
as Jerry Logan
1984
7.5
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Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
1984
3.5
Bonjour Mr Lewis
as Self (archive footage)
1983
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Smorgasbord
as Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter
1983
5.8
The King of Comedy
as Jerry Langford
1982
7.8
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain
1982
2.7
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
Rascal Dazzle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1981
7.0
Pink Lady
as Jerry Lewis
1980
5.0
Hardly Working
as Bo Hooper
1980
4.6
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
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The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
1979
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Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques
1978
8.0
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Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977
6.0
Auf los geht's los
as Self
1977
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Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
6.9
Cher
as Self - Guest
1975
6.2
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
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Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself
1974
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Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
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Der große Preis
as Self
1974
6.0
Klimbim
as Self / Bobby Zischer
1973
6.5
Klimbim
as Self
1973
6.5
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as Self
1972
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Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
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V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
6.0
Which Way to the Front?
as Brendan Byers III
1970
4.8
One More Time
as Bandleader (voice)
1970
4.3
Hook, Line and Sinker
as Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs
1969
4.1
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The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self (uncredited)
1969
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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as George Lester
1968
6.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.5
🎬
The Jerry Lewis Show
as Host
1967
5.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Big Mouth
as Gerald Clamson
1967
5.3
Way... Way Out
as Pete Mattemore
1966
5.7
Three on a Couch
as Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather
1966
5.4
Boeing, Boeing
as Robert Reed
1965
6.3
Red Line 7000
as Driver (uncredited)
1965
5.4
The Family Jewels
as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton
1965
6.4
The Disorderly Orderly
as Jerome Littlefield
1964
6.3
Soap Opera
as Himself (Archive footage)
1964
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The Patsy
as Stanley Belt
1964
6.2
Who's Minding the Store?
as Norman Phiffer
1963
6.9
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
1963
7.0
The Jerry Lewis Show
as Himself
1963
7.0
The Nutty Professor
as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
1963
6.5
It's Only Money
as Lester March
1962
6.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Errand Boy
as Morty S. Tashman
1961
6.1
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
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The Joey Bishop Show
as Self (uncredited)
1961
5.8
The Ladies Man
as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
1961
6.3
Cinderfella
as Cinderfella
1960
6.1
The Bellboy
as Stanley / Jerry Lewis
1960
6.2
Visit to a Small Planet
as Kreton
1960
5.3
Li'l Abner
as Cameo / Itchy McGrathy
1959
6.0
Don't Give Up the Ship
as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
1959
6.4
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
🎬
The Music Shop
1959
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The Geisha Boy
as Gilbert Wooley
1958
6.4
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Clayton Poole
1958
6.8
The Sad Sack
as Private Meredith C. Bixby
1957
5.6
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
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🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
1957
7.0
The Delicate Delinquent
as Sidney L. Pythias
1957
6.4
Hollywood or Bust
as Malcolm Smith
1956
6.1
Pardners
as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
1956
6.7
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Cameo
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
Artists and Models
as Eugene Fullstack
1955
6.7
You're Never Too Young
as Wilbur Hoolick
1955
6.5
3 Ring Circus
as Jerry Hotchkiss
1954
5.5
Living It Up
as Homer Flagg
1954
6.4
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
0.0
Money from Home
as Virgil Yokum
1953
5.8
The Caddy
as Harvey Miller
1953
6.4
Scared Stiff
as Myron Mertz
1953
6.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Road to Bali
as Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
1953
6.3
Jumping Jacks
as Hap Smith
1952
6.3
Sailor Beware
as Melvin Jones
1952
6.2
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
0.0
The Stooge
as Ted Rogers
1951
6.6
That's My Boy
as 'Junior' Jackson
1951
5.8
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Fairfax Avenue
1951
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At War with the Army
as Alvin Korwin
1950
5.3
The Jack Benny Program
as Self
1950
7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
6.8
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Seymour
1950
6.1
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
My Friend Irma
as Seymour
1949
6.8
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Day the Clown Cried
as Helmut Doork
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