Jerry Lewis
Acting
Born March 16, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
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 (19)
Boy
1992
How Are The Kids?
1992
Smorgasbord
1983
Hardly Working
1980
Which Way to the Front?
1970
One More Time
1970
The Big Mouth
1967
Three on a Couch
1966
The Family Jewels
1965
The Patsy
1964
The Nutty Professor
1963
The Errand Boy
1961
The Ladies Man
1961
The Bellboy
1960
Nightmare
1956
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Fairfax Avenue
1951
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Acting (120)
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
From Darkness to Light
2025
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
Mystery Reel
2022
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
Rat Pack
2022
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Dying Laughing
2017
Max Rose
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
The Trust
2016
The Last Laugh
2016
The Clown
2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
Close Up
2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
