Jerry Lewis

from Newark, New Jersey, USA

Artwork for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldImage of 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.

Timeline

2026Aged 100

2025Aged 99

  • Poster for From Darkness to Light

    Self

  • Poster for Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

    Self (archive footage)

2024Aged 98

  • Poster for Remembering Gene Wilder

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

    Self (archive footage)

2022Aged 96

  • Poster for Rat Pack

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon

    Self (archive footage)

  • Mystery Reel

    (Unknown)

2021Aged 95

  • Poster for Kreka: Dreamcatcher

    Self

  • Poster for Dean Martin: King of Cool

    Self

2020Aged 94

  • Poster for Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo

    Self

2019Aged 93

  • Poster for What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    Self

2017Aged 91

  • Poster for Dying Laughing

    Self

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

    Self

2016Aged 90

  • Poster for The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Clown

    Self

  • Poster for The Last Laugh

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Trust

    Jim's Father

  • Poster for Max Rose

    Max Rose

  • Poster for Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 88

2013Aged 87

  • Poster for The Trials of Muhammad Ali

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Till Luck Do Us Part 2

    Bellboy

2012Aged 86

  • Poster for Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Close Up

    Self (archive footage)

2011Aged 85

  • Poster for Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

    Self

  • Poster for A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

    Self

  • Poster for Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Self

  • Poster for Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

    Self (archive footage)

2009Aged 83

  • Poster for Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

    Stationmaster (voice)

2008Aged 82

  • Poster for The Nutty Professor

    Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

2006Aged 80

2005Aged 79

  • Poster for Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

    Self

2004Aged 78

2003Aged 77

  • Poster for Cher: The Farewell Tour

    Self (archive footage)

2002Aged 76

  • Poster for Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 74

  • Poster for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

    Characters

1997Aged 71

  • Poster for Sports on the Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    Self (archive footage)

1996Aged 70

1995Aged 69

  • Poster for Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

    Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Funny Bones

    George Fawkes

1993Aged 67

  • Poster for Arizona Dream

    Leo Sweetie

1992Aged 66

  • Poster for The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team

    Self

  • Poster for Mr. Saturday Night

    Jerry Lewis

  • Poster for How Are The Kids?

    Writer

  • Poster for Boy

    Writer

1991Aged 65

  • Poster for Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    Self

1990Aged 64

  • Poster for Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Self

1989Aged 63

  • Poster for Cookie

    Arnold Ross

1988Aged 62

  • Poster for An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis

    Self

1987Aged 61

  • Poster for Fight for Life

    Dr. Bernard Abrams

1986Aged 60

  • Poster for Classic Comedy Teams

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Rickles... On the Loose

    Self

1984Aged 58

  • Poster for The Defective Detective

    Jerry Logan

  • Poster for How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave

    Clovis Blaireau

1983Aged 57

  • Poster for Smorgasbord

    Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter

1982Aged 56

  • Poster for Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Slapstick of Another Kind

    Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain

  • Poster for The King of Comedy

    Jerry Langford

1981Aged 55

  • Poster for Rascal Dazzle

    Self - Narrator (voice)

1980Aged 54

  • Poster for Gay, Gay Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Hardly Working

    Bo Hooper

1979Aged 53

  • Poster for The Hollywood Clowns

    Self (archive footage)

1976Aged 50

  • Poster for NBC: The First Fifty Years

    Self

1974Aged 48

1972Aged 46

  • Poster for Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !

    Self

  • Poster for The Day the Clown Cried

    Helmut Doork

1971Aged 45

  • Poster for Medicine Ball Caravan

    Self

1970Aged 44

  • Poster for One More Time

    Bandleader (voice)

  • Poster for Which Way to the Front?

    Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring

1969Aged 43

1968Aged 42

  • Poster for Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

    George Lester

1967Aged 41

  • Poster for The Big Mouth

    Gerald Clamson

1966Aged 40

  • Poster for Three on a Couch

    Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather

  • Poster for Way... Way Out

    Pete Mattemore

1965Aged 39

  • Poster for The Family Jewels

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

  • Poster for Red Line 7000

    Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for Boeing, Boeing

    Robert Reed

1964Aged 38

  • Poster for The Patsy

    Stanley Belt

  • Poster for Soap Opera

    Self in Commercial (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Disorderly Orderly

    Jerome Littlefield

1963Aged 37

  • Poster for The Nutty Professor

    Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp

  • Poster for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

  • Poster for Who's Minding the Store?

    Norman Phiffer

1962Aged 36

  • Poster for It's Only Money

    Lester March

1961Aged 35

  • Poster for The Ladies Man

    Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert

  • Poster for The Errand Boy

    Morty S. Tashman

1960Aged 34

  • Poster for Visit to a Small Planet

    Kreton

  • Poster for The Bellboy

    Stanley / Jerry Lewis

  • Poster for Cinderfella

    Cinderfella

  • Poster for Raymie

    Theme Song Performance

1959Aged 33

  • Poster for Don't Give Up the Ship

    John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

  • Poster for The Jazz Singer

    Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz

  • Poster for Li'l Abner

    Cameo / Itchy McGrathy

1958Aged 32

  • Poster for Rock-a-Bye Baby

    Clayton Poole

  • Poster for The Geisha Boy

    Gilbert Wooley

1957Aged 31

  • Poster for The Delicate Delinquent

    Sidney L. Pythias

  • Poster for The Sad Sack

    Private Meredith C. Bixby

1956Aged 30

  • Poster for Pardners

    Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

  • Poster for Hollywood or Bust

    Malcolm Smith

  • Nightmare

    Director

1955Aged 29

  • Poster for You're Never Too Young

    Wilbur Hoolick

  • Poster for Artists and Models

    Eugene Fullstack

1954Aged 28

  • Poster for Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Living It Up

    Homer Flagg

  • Poster for 3 Ring Circus

    Jerry Hotchkiss

1953Aged 27

  • Poster for Scared Stiff

    Myron Mertz

  • Poster for The Caddy

    Harvey Miller

  • Poster for Money from Home

    Virgil Yokum

1952Aged 26

  • Poster for Come Back Little Shiksa

    Director

  • Poster for Sailor Beware

    Melvin Jones

  • Poster for Jumping Jacks

    Hap Smith

  • Poster for Road to Bali

    Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)

  • An Eye for an Eye

    Director

1951Aged 25

1950Aged 24

  • Poster for My Friend Irma Goes West

    Seymour

  • Poster for At War with the Army

    Private Korwin

1949Aged 23

  • Poster for How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

    Writer

  • Poster for My Friend Irma

    Seymour

Year unknown

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