Jerry Lewis
Known for: Acting
Born: March 16, 1926
Died: August 20, 2017
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
132 movies · 62 TV shows, newest first
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100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2026
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Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
6.7
From Darkness to Light
2025
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Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
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Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
7.3
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
7.5
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022NR
Mystery Reel
2022
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The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
7.4
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
10.0
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
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Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020
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TV Story Superstar
2020
6.7
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
6.4
Dying Laughing
2017
5.6
Max Rose
2016
6.9
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016
5.2
The Trust
2016
7.0
The Last Laugh
2016
8.0
The Clown
2016
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The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016NR
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.8
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013
7.1
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013
9.5
Close Up
2012
7.1
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
7.2
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
7.5
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
5.6
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
7.5
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
5.7
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
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Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
6.6
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
4.8
The Nutty Professor
2008NR
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
20066.0
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
8.0
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
20054.5
Hollywood Legenden
20049.0
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
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Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
9.0
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002
7.7
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
5.0
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.3
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
4.3
The View
1997
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
19966.0
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
5.6
The Nutty Professor
1996
6.4
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
6.6
Funny Bones
1995
5.8
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.8
Raw
1993
7.1
Arizona Dream
1993
5.9
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
6.8
Mad About You
1992
6.3
Boy
1992
9.0
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992NR
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
8.0
How Are The Kids?
1992
8.0
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
6.1
Super Force
1990
8.7
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
5.6
Cookie
1989
10.0
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
5.0
Téléthon
1987
6.6
Wiseguy
1987
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.0
Fight for Life
1987
7.0
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
5.8
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984
6.7
Brothers
19845.7
Goldene Kamera
1984
7.3
The Defective Detective
1984NR
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
5.7
Smorgasbord
1983
7.8
The King of Comedy
1982
3.1
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
8.0
Rascal Dazzle
1981
7.0
Pink Lady
1980
4.5
Hardly Working
1980
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Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
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The Hollywood Clowns
1979
8.0
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
19786.0
Please Turn the Page
1977
8.0
Auf los geht's los
1977
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NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
6.8
Donny & Marie
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
Cher
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975NR
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
19747.3
Der große Preis
1974
6.1
Klimbim
1973
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Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
7.3
Medicine Ball Caravan
1971
6.7
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
19718.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
4.7
Which Way to the Front?
1970
5.0
One More Time
1970
4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
4.4
Hook, Line and Sinker
19699.0
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
6.6
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
5.5
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
5.3
The Big Mouth
1967
5.9
Way... Way Out
1966
5.4
Three on a Couch
1966
6.4
Boeing, Boeing
1965
5.4
Red Line 7000
1965
6.5
The Family Jewels
1965
6.3
The Disorderly Orderly
1964
NR
Soap Opera
1964
6.2
The Patsy
1964
6.9
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
8.0
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
6.5
The Nutty Professor
1963
6.2
It's Only Money
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.2
The Errand Boy
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
6.0
The Joey Bishop Show
1961
6.3
The Ladies Man
1961
6.1
Cinderfella
1960
6.2
The Bellboy
1960
5.3
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
6.2
Li'l Abner
1959
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The Jazz Singer
1959
6.8
Startime
1959
6.4
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
7.0
The David Susskind Show
1959NR
The Music Shop
1959
6.4
The Geisha Boy
1958
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
6.8
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
5.7
The Sad Sack
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.4
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
6.2
Hollywood or Bust
1956
6.7
Pardners
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956NR
Nightmare
1956
6.7
Artists and Models
1955
6.6
You're Never Too Young
1955
5.6
3 Ring Circus
1954
6.5
Living It Up
1954
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Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
6.0
Money from Home
1953
6.4
The Caddy
1953
6.5
Scared Stiff
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.2
Road to Bali
1952
6.5
Jumping Jacks
1952
6.3
Sailor Beware
1952NR
An Eye for an Eye
1952
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Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
6.7
The Stooge
1951
5.5
The Re-Inforcer
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
5.9
That's My Boy
1951NR
Fairfax Avenue
1951NR
A Spot In The Shade
1951NR
Nightmare
1951NR
Watch On The Lime
1951
5.3
At War with the Army
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
6.2
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
My Friend Irma
1949
8.0
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
9.0
The Day the Clown Cried
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A Suite at the Sands
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