Personal Info
Birthday
March 16, 1926
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Acting
Jerry Lewis
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.
Directed Movies (22)
No Backdrop
6.3
Boy
Movie1992
No Backdrop
8.0
How Are The Kids?
Movie1992
5.9
Super Force
TV Series1990
6.7
Brothers
TV Series1984
6.0
Smorgasbord
Movie1983
4.7
Hardly Working
Movie1980
9.0
The Day the Clown Cried
Movie1972
4.8
Which Way to the Front?
Movie1970
5.0
One More Time
Movie1970
No Backdrop
4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV Series1969
5.3
The Big Mouth
Movie1967
5.4
Three on a Couch
Movie1966
6.5
The Family Jewels
Movie1965
6.2
The Patsy
Movie1964
6.5
The Nutty Professor
Movie1963
6.2
The Errand Boy
Movie1961
5.9
Ben Casey
TV Series1961
6.3
The Ladies Man
Movie1961
6.2
The Bellboy
Movie1960
No Backdrop
0.0
Come Back Little Shiksa
Movie1952
No Backdrop
5.5
The Re-Inforcer
Movie1951
No Backdrop
8.0
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Movie1949
Acting Filmography (159)
0.0
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie2025
6.7
From Darkness to Light
Movie2025
0.0
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Movie2024
0.0
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV Series2024
7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie2024
8.0
Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix
TV Series2022
0.0
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Movie2022
9.0
Rat Pack
Movie2022
7.6
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie2021
10.0
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
Movie2020
0.0
TV Story Superstar
TV Series2020
6.7
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie2019
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie2017
6.4
Dying Laughing
Movie2017
5.6
Max Rose
Movie2016
7.0
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Movie2016
5.2
The Trust
Movie2016
7.0
The Last Laugh
Movie2016
8.0
The Clown
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
Movie2016
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series2014
5.8
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Movie2013
7.1
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Movie2013
No Backdrop
9.5
Close Up
Movie2012
7.1
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV Series2012
7.2
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie2012
7.7
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie2011
5.6
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie2011
No Backdrop
7.5
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie2011
No Backdrop
5.7
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV Series2009
6.6
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Movie2009
4.8
The Nutty Professor
Movie2008
No Backdrop
8.0
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Dean Martin: The One and Only
Movie2004
No Backdrop
9.0
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Movie2002
No Backdrop
7.7
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie2002
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
5.1
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Movie1997
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie1997
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
No Backdrop
6.4
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie1996
6.6
Funny Bones
Movie1995
5.8
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie1995
7.6
Inside the Actors Studio
TV Series1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV Series1993
6.8
Raw
TV Series1993
7.1
Arizona Dream
Movie1993
5.9
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie1992
6.7
Mad About You
TV Series1992
9.0
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Movie1992
No Backdrop
8.0
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie1991
8.7
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie1990
8.0
The Simpsons
TV Series1989
5.6
Cookie
Movie1989
No Backdrop
10.0
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
Movie1988
No Backdrop
5.0
Téléthon
TV Series1987
6.6
Wiseguy
TV Series1987
5.7
Sacrée soirée
TV Series1987
6.0
Fight for Life
Movie1987
7.0
Rickles... On the Loose
Movie1986
No Backdrop
7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie1986
5.8
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Movie1984
7.3
The Defective Detective
Movie1984
6.0
Smorgasbord
Movie1983
7.8
The King of Comedy
Movie1982
3.0
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie1982
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
TV Series1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie1982
8.0
Rascal Dazzle
Movie1981
7.0
Pink Lady
TV Series1980
4.7
Hardly Working
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie1979
8.0
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
0.0
Ciné regards
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
8.0
Auf los geht's los
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
0.0
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie1976
6.8
Donny & Marie
TV Series1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
7.0
Cher
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV Series1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
TV Series1974
6.1
Klimbim
TV Series1973
No Backdrop
0.0
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Movie1972
9.0
The Day the Clown Cried
Movie1972
7.3
Medicine Ball Caravan
Movie1971
6.7
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV Series1971
4.8
Which Way to the Front?
Movie1970
5.0
One More Time
Movie1970
4.4
Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie1969
6.7
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
TV Series1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
5.5
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV Series1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
TV Series1967
5.3
The Big Mouth
Movie1967
5.9
Way... Way Out
Movie1966
5.4
Three on a Couch
Movie1966
6.3
Boeing, Boeing
Movie1965
5.4
Red Line 7000
Movie1965
6.5
The Family Jewels
Movie1965
6.3
The Disorderly Orderly
Movie1964
No Backdrop
0.0
Soap Opera
Movie1964
6.2
The Patsy
Movie1964
6.8
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie1963
8.0
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV Series1963
6.5
The Nutty Professor
Movie1963
6.2
It's Only Money
Movie1962
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
6.2
The Errand Boy
Movie1961
5.9
Ben Casey
TV Series1961
6.3
The Ladies Man
Movie1961
6.1
Cinderfella
Movie1960
6.2
The Bellboy
Movie1960
5.3
Visit to a Small Planet
Movie1960
6.2
Li'l Abner
Movie1959
No Backdrop
0.0
The Jazz Singer
Movie1959
No Backdrop
6.8
Startime
TV Series1959
6.4
Don't Give Up the Ship
Movie1959
7.0
The David Susskind Show
TV Series1959
6.3
The Geisha Boy
Movie1958
No Backdrop
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
TV Series1958
6.8
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie1958
5.7
The Sad Sack
Movie1957
6.4
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie1957
6.2
Hollywood or Bust
Movie1956
6.7
Pardners
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
6.7
Artists and Models
Movie1955
6.6
You're Never Too Young
Movie1955
5.6
3 Ring Circus
Movie1954
6.5
Living It Up
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Movie1954
6.0
Money from Home
Movie1953
6.4
The Caddy
Movie1953
6.5
Scared Stiff
Movie1953
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
6.2
Road to Bali
Movie1952
6.5
Jumping Jacks
Movie1952
6.3
Sailor Beware
Movie1952
No Backdrop
0.0
Come Back Little Shiksa
Movie1952
6.7
The Stooge
Movie1951
5.9
That's My Boy
Movie1951
5.3
At War with the Army
Movie1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
TV Series1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV Series1950
6.2
My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
6.8
My Friend Irma
Movie1949
No Backdrop
8.0
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Movie1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948