Jerry Lewis
Department: Acting
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
The King of Comedy
1982
Arizona Dream
1993
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Pardners
1956
The Patsy
1964
At War with the Army
1950
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
Scared Stiff
1953
I Know A Riddle
2004
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Li'l Abner
1959
Hollywood Legenden
2004
The Ladies Man
1961
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
The Errand Boy
1961
It's Only Money
1962
Funny Bones
1995
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Smorgasbord
1983
The Sad Sack
1957
Hollywood or Bust
1956
Artists and Models
1955
Jumping Jacks
1952
The Geisha Boy
1958
The Caddy
1953
3 Ring Circus
1954
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
The Bellboy
1960
Boeing, Boeing
1965
Three on a Couch
1966
Close Up
2012
Sailor Beware
1952
Living It Up
1954
The Nutty Professor
2008
The Nutty Professor
1963
Cinderfella
1960
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Family Jewels
1965
You're Never Too Young
1955
Money from Home
1953
That's My Boy
1951
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
The Stooge
1951
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005
Cookie
1989
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
My Friend Irma
1949
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
Way... Way Out
1966
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
The Big Mouth
1967
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
Hardly Working
1980
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Max Rose
2016
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006
The Last Laugh
2016
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Fight for Life
1987
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
Mystery Reel
2022
The Defective Detective
1984
Rat Pack
2022
Soap Opera
1964
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Red Line 7000
1965
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
The Trust
2016
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
Dying Laughing
2017
The Clown
2016
One More Time
1970
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
Road to Bali
1952
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
Rascal Dazzle
1981
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
From Darkness to Light
2025
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
The Jazz Singer
1959
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
Mad About You
1992
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Simpsons
1989
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
The View
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The David Susskind Show
1959
Donny & Marie
1976
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Wiseguy
1987
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Pink Lady
1980
Ben Casey
1961
The Music Shop
1959
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Cher
1975
The Oscars
1953
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
Cher
1975
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
Saturday Night Live
1975
Raw
1993
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Klimbim
1973
Klimbim
1973
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
TV Story Superstar
2020
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Spécial cinéma
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
Goldene Kamera
1984
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Auf los geht's los
1977
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
What's My Line?
1950
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Champs-Elysées
1982
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Please Turn the Page
1977
Téléthon
1987
Der große Preis
1974
What's My Line?
1950
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Sacrée Soirée
1987
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
2022
Late Night with David Letterman
1982