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Jerry Lewis

Acting

Born March 16, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died August 20, 2017

Also known as Jerome Joseph Levitch · Joseph Levitch · The King of Comedy

Biography

Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Known as "The King of Comedy", "The Total Filmmaker" and in France as "Le Roi du Crazy" across his seven-decade career, Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century.

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Awards & recognition

  • Honorary Member of the Order of Australia · 2013
  • Trustees Award · 2010
  • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 2009
  • New Jersey Hall of Fame · 2009
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour
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  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1985 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team

1992as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Andrew Munch

The Simpsons

1989as Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)

The King of Comedy

1982as Jerry Langford

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Lewis

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self

King of Cool

2021as Self

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Magician's Assistant-Silent Spot

Remembering Gene Wilder

2023as Self (archive footage)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

2013as Self (archive footage)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012as Self

Arizona Dream

1993as Leo Sweetie

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

2016as Self (archive footage)

The Last Laugh

2016as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

2017as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958as Clayton Poole

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Raw

1993as Jerry Lewis (archive footage)

Mad About You

1992as Freddy Statler

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self (uncredited)

Who's Minding the Store?

1963as Norman Phiffer

My Friend Irma

1949as Seymour

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2019as Self

Pardners

1956as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

Funny Bones

1995as George Fawkes

Wiseguy

1987as Eli Sternberg

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968as George Lester

You're Never Too Young

1955as Wilbur Hoolick

Artists and Models

1955as Eugene Fullstack

The Stooge

1951as Ted Rogers

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

2009as Stationmaster (voice)

The Family Jewels

1965as Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton

The Nutty Professor

1963as Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

Living It Up

1954as Homer Flagg

Scared Stiff

1953as Myron Mertz

Jumping Jacks

1952as Hap Smith

Dying Laughing

2016as Self

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

1996as Self (archive footage)

Boeing, Boeing

1965as Robert Reed

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

The Delicate Delinquent

1957as Sidney L. Pythias

The Disorderly Orderly

1964as Jerome Littlefield

The Ladies Man

1961as Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert