Jerry Lewis

Q: Did Jerry Lewis win any awards during his career?

Yes, Jerry Lewis received several awards, including a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Comedy Awards.

Q: What was Jerry Lewis's first film?

Jerry Lewis's first film was 'My Friend Irma' released in 1949, where he starred alongside Dean Martin.

Q: Which films are Jerry Lewis's most successful?

Some of Jerry Lewis's most successful films include 'The Nutty Professor,' 'The Bellboy,' and 'Cinderfella,' which showcased his unique comedic talent.

Q: What is known about Jerry Lewis's personal life?

Jerry Lewis had a complex personal life, including multiple marriages and a large family. He was married to Patricia Lewis for 36 years and had six children.

Q: What is Jerry Lewis's estimated net worth?

Jerry Lewis's estimated net worth was around $50 million at the time of his passing, reflecting his successful career in entertainment.

Q: What are some milestones in Jerry Lewis's filmography?

Milestones in Jerry Lewis's filmography include his directorial debut with 'The Bellboy' and his iconic role in 'The Nutty Professor,' which solidified his status in Hollywood.

Q: How did Jerry Lewis influence comedy?

Jerry Lewis influenced comedy through his innovative use of physical humor, character-driven performances, and his work in developing the telethon format for fundraising.

Known for

The King of Comedy (1982)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

1982 / Comedy, Crime / 109 min

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own...

The Nutty Professor (1963)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

1963 / Comedy / 107mins

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game...

Name

Jerry Lewis

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

7 March 1916, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Spouses

Patricia Lewis (1944–1980)

Children

6 children: Gary Lewis, Ronald Lewis, Anthony Lewis, Christopher Lewis, Joseph Lewis, and Danielle Lewis

Parents

Daniel Lewis, Rachel Lewis

Estimated Net Worth

$50 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet The film explores the personal and professional life of Stella Stevens, one of Hollywood's last starlets. Her career spanned from...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2025	Movie From Darkness to Light Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze The following video essay, written and narrated for the Criterion Collection by Peter Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette, considers Moze and...	Self (Archival Footage)	Not rated
2024	TV Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy Born over a century ago in the United States, stand-up comedy has conquered the world, spreading via the internet to...	Self - Comedian (archive footage)	Not rated
2024	Movie Remembering Gene Wilder This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	TV Marilyn Monroe, la célébrité à tout prix	Self - actor	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	Movie Mystery Reel A look into the subconscious of the 20th century.	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	Movie The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon Jerry Lewis’s patented form of slapstick made him a 20th-century comedic icon. But former co-stars directors say he was a...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2022	Movie Rat Pack In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2021	Movie Dean Martin: King of Cool Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie Kreka: Dreamcatcher The career of the famous production designer Miljen Kljaković – Kreka and reveals all the beauty and importance of film...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo A showcase of 3-D Kodachrome slides taken between the 40's and 70s.	Self	Not rated
2020	TV TV Story Superstar	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2019	Movie What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2017	Movie Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2017	Movie Dying Laughing The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Max Rose An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.	Max Rose	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2016	Movie Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Trust A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.	Jim's Father	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Last Laugh Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Clown A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried Jewish comedian David Schneider presents a look at some exclusive behind the scenes material from the notorious unseen Jerry Lewis...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2014	Movie Inside Rupert Pupkin Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Till Luck Do Us Part 2 After all the trouble in the first film, Tino and Jane have more fun adventures. Still tasting bitter failure, they...	Bellboy	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie The Trials of Muhammad Ali Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2012	Movie Close Up More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	TV Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2012	Movie Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous and adored icons of the 20th century. Like no other Hollywood star,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	Movie Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2011	Movie Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis It will surprise few to discover that star of stage and screen Jerry Lewis has sought to amuse others since...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2011	Movie A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy Documentary about Laurel & Hardy	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	Movie Pierre Étaix, un destin animé A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2009	TV Joy Behar: Say Anything! Joy Behar: Say Anything! was a news program and talk show hosted by Emmy-award winning talk show host Joy Behar....	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! The film chronicles George's adventures as he befriends Kayla, a baby elephant, at a magic circus show and helps her...	Stationmaster (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie The Nutty Professor To impress a beautiful girl, Harold Kelp, the grandson of professor Julius Kelp, who created a potion to transform his...	Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2006	Movie Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten A documentary about Jerry Lewis directed by Eckhart Schmidt.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime Classic Dean Martin performances, including "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On", "King of the Road", and others.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Hollywood Legenden Documentary about Hollywood.	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2004	Movie A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli Documentary which aired on television in 2004, about the two daughters of Judy Garland and their relationship.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Dean Martin: The One and Only He was a beloved American icon. Dean Martin, the coolest, the most debonair, the smoothest. This film is a loving...	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's story of a man willing to go to any length for a shot...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	Movie Edith Head: The Paramount Years A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Andrew Munch	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1997	Movie The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Sports on the Silver Screen HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	Movie Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown Jerry Lewis biography	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Funny Bones Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool...	George Fawkes	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	Movie Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with...	Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Raw A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.	Jerry Lewis (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1993	Movie Arizona Dream Rebellious young Axel Blackmar gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul, coaxes him to come...	Leo Sweetie	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1992	TV Mad About You Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in...	Freddy Statler	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie Mr. Saturday Night Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like...	Jerry Lewis	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	TV Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy Follows the careers of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from their first performance together at the 500 Club in Atlantic...	Self	Not rated
1992	Movie The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the hottest act in America in the 1950's & the highest paid comedy team...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1991	Movie Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Professor John Frink, Sr. (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Cookie Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being...	Arnold Ross	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jerry Lewis perform at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas.	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1987	TV Téléthon	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1987	TV Wiseguy Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the...	Eli Sternberg	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1987	TV Sacrée soirée	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1987	TV Sacrée soirée	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1987	Movie Fight for Life Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA...	Dr. Bernard Abrams	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	Movie Rickles... On the Loose Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Classic Comedy Teams Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1984	Movie How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave Clovis Blaireau is a private detective. It is charged by Nadège de Courtaboeuf wife knew wealthy industrialist Prosper de Courtaboeuf,...	Clovis Blaireau	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1984	TV Goldene Kamera	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1984	Movie The Defective Detective Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of...	Jerry Logan	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1983	TV Bonjour Mr Lewis Robert Benayoun’s reverence for the uncrowned king of slapstick and unfettered silliness has maybe something to do with his own...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
1983	Movie Smorgasbord Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to...	Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1982	Movie The King of Comedy Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host...	Jerry Langford	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1982	Movie Slapstick of Another Kind A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids...	Wilbur Swain / Caleb Swain	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1982	TV Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1982	TV Champs-Elysées	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1982	Movie Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1981	Movie Rascal Dazzle The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By Jerry Lewis, Music by Nelson...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1980	TV Pink Lady Pink Lady is an American variety show that aired for five weeks on NBC in 1980, starring the Japanese musical...	Jerry Lewis	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1980	Movie Hardly Working In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to...	Bo Hooper	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1980	Movie Gay, Gay Hollywood The short shows various clips from Hollywood feature films that, like the title of the film, are full of double...	Self	Not rated
1979	Movie The Hollywood Clowns Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
1978	TV Rire et sourire : Le Splendid	Le Zinzin d'Hollywood, Jerry chez les cinoques	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1977	TV Please Turn the Page	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1977	TV Auf los geht's los	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1976	Movie NBC: The First Fifty Years A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airwaves on 15...	Self	Not rated
1976	TV Donny & Marie Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Cher A weekly hour-long program hosted by Cher, featuring music, comedy sketches, and a different female guest star each week, with...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	TV Cher A weekly hour-long program hosted by Cher, featuring music, comedy sketches, and a different female guest star each week, with...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	TV Les Rendez-vous du dimanche A talk show presented by Michel Drucker	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1974	Movie Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary is about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and...	Self	Not rated
1974	TV Tony Orlando and Dawn CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher...	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1974	TV Spécial cinéma Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1974	TV Der große Preis	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1973	TV Klimbim A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1973	TV Klimbim A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.	Self / Bobby Zischer	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1972	Movie Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! Jeanne Moreau, filmed by Jacques Rozier, meets with Jerry Lewis, Barbet Schroeder and Orson Welles, among others.	Self	Not rated
1972	Movie The Day the Clown Cried A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths. Lost movie.	Helmut Doork	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1971	Movie Medicine Ball Caravan Documentary of a 154-person bus and truck tour that set out to spread the gospel of flower power to the...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1971	TV The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono....	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1971	TV V.I.P. Schaukel V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1970	Movie Which Way to the Front? Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in...	Brendan Byers III	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1970	Movie One More Time London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.	Bandleader (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1969	Movie Hook, Line and Sinker Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was...	Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1969	Movie The Jack Benny Birthday Special A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1968	Movie Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his...	George Lester	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	TV The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1968	TV Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1967	TV The Jerry Lewis Show The Jerry Lewis Show is the second version of the series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1967 to...	Self - Host	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1967	TV The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner,...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1967	Movie The Big Mouth A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where...	Gerald Clamson	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1966	Movie Way... Way Out A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.	Pete Mattemore	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1966	Movie Three on a Couch An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist...	Christopher Pride / Warren / Ringo / Rutherford / Heather	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1965	Movie Boeing, Boeing Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything...	Robert Reed	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1965	Movie Red Line 7000 The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.	Driver (uncredited)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1965	Movie The Family Jewels A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm...	Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1964	Movie The Disorderly Orderly Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're...	Jerome Littlefield	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1964	Movie Soap Opera Soap Opera, starring Baby Jane Holzer and Lester Persky, among Factory regulars, intercuts television commercials of its day with silent...	Self in Commercial (archive footage)	Not rated
1964	Movie The Patsy Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become...	Stanley Belt	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1963	Movie Who's Minding the Store? Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is...	Norman Phiffer	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1963	Movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the...	Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1963	TV The Jerry Lewis Show The Jerry Lewis Show is an American variety series hosted by Jerry Lewis that aired on ABC from September 21,...	Self - Host	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1963	Movie The Nutty Professor A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The...	Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1962	Movie It's Only Money Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he...	Lester March	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self - Guest Host	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self - Co-Host	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	Movie The Errand Boy Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty...	Morty S. Tashman	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1961	TV Ben Casey	Dr. Dennis Green	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1961	TV The Joey Bishop Show The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring entertainer Joey Bishop. The series premiered in September 1961 on NBC...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1961	Movie The Ladies Man After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally...	Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie Cinderfella When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons...	Cinderfella	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1960	Movie The Bellboy Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a...	Stanley / Jerry Lewis	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1960	Movie Visit to a Small Planet The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against...	Kreton	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1959	Movie Li'l Abner A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified...	Cameo / Itchy McGrathy	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1959	Movie The Jazz Singer A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a...	Joey Robin / Joey Rabinowitz	Not rated
1959	TV Startime Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.	Joey Rabinowitz / Joey Robin	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1959	Movie Don't Give Up the Ship The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.	John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1959	TV The David Susskind Show The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1959	TV The Music Shop	Unknown character	Not rated
1958	Movie The Geisha Boy Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in...	Gilbert Wooley	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	TV Kraft Music Hall Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1958	Movie Rock-a-Bye Baby An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her...	Clayton Poole	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1957	Movie The Sad Sack Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has...	Private Meredith C. Bixby	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1957	TV Tonight Starring Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957...	Self - Guest Host	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1957	TV Tonight Starring Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1957	Movie The Delicate Delinquent Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from...	Sidney L. Pythias	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1956	Movie Hollywood or Bust The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley...	Malcolm Smith	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	Movie Pardners Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to...	Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1956	TV The Steve Allen Show	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	TV The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	TV The Steve Allen Show	Self - Cameo	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1955	Movie Artists and Models A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates...	Eugene Fullstack	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1955	Movie You're Never Too Young When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as...	Wilbur Hoolick	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1954	Movie 3 Ring Circus Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working...	Jerry Hotchkiss	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1954	Movie Living It Up Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an...	Homer Flagg	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1954	Movie Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood Miss Glucksman, teacher of Englewood Liberty school, visits Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, and Jerry Lewis to make a short film...	Unknown character	Not rated
1953	Movie Money from Home Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so...	Virgil Yokum	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1953	Movie The Caddy Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous...	Harvey Miller	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1953	Movie Scared Stiff A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a...	Myron Mertz	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	Movie Road to Bali Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as...	Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1952	Movie Jumping Jacks Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely...	Hap Smith	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1952	Movie Sailor Beware Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but...	Melvin Jones	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1952	Movie Come Back Little Shiksa A Jerry Lewis directed home movie remake of the Burt Lancaster drama Come Back Little Sheba. Dean Martin stars as...	Unknown character	Not rated
1951	Movie The Stooge Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers,...	Ted Rogers	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1951	Movie That's My Boy Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his only son Junior is an uncoordinated,...	'Junior' Jackson	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1951	Movie Fairfax Avenue Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the...	Unknown character	Not rated
1950	Movie At War with the Army Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class...	Alvin Korwin	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1950	TV The Jack Benny Program Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1950	TV The Colgate Comedy Hour The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1950	TV The Colgate Comedy Hour The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1950	Movie My Friend Irma Goes West Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures...	Seymour	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1950	TV What's My Line? Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1949	Movie My Friend Irma Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate...	Seymour	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1949	Movie How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border is a 1949 American short comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1948	TV The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2011	Movie Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis It will surprise few to discover that star of stage and screen Jerry Lewis has sought to amuse others since...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	Movie The Nutty Professor To impress a beautiful girl, Harold Kelp, the grandson of professor Julius Kelp, who created a potion to transform his...	Characters Writing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2000	Movie Nutty Professor II: The Klumps The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie Nutty Professor II: The Klumps The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1996	Movie The Nutty Professor When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame...	Original Film Writer Writing	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1996	Movie The Nutty Professor When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	Movie Boy Jerry Lewis short film, part of the 1992 omnibus film "How Are the Kids?". It tells the story of a...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie Boy Jerry Lewis short film, part of the 1992 omnibus film "How Are the Kids?". It tells the story of a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie How Are The Kids? A UNICEF-sponsored six-film anthology depicting childhood horrors around the world. "Hassane" - a malnourished child in Niger needs help from...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie How Are The Kids? A UNICEF-sponsored six-film anthology depicting childhood horrors around the world. "Hassane" - a malnourished child in Niger needs help from...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	TV Super Force Super Force is an action-adventure TV series about a former astronaut who uses an advanced combat suit and motorcycle to...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1984	TV Brothers Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1983	Movie Smorgasbord Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1983	Movie Smorgasbord Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1980	Movie Hardly Working In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1980	Movie Hardly Working In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1972	Movie The Day the Clown Cried A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths. Lost movie.	Director Directing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1972	Movie The Day the Clown Cried A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths. Lost movie.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1970	Movie Which Way to the Front? Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1970	Movie Which Way to the Front? Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1970	Movie One More Time London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1969	TV The Bold Ones: The New Doctors The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1969	Movie Hook, Line and Sinker Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1967	Movie The Big Mouth A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1967	Movie The Big Mouth A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1967	Movie The Big Mouth A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1966	Movie Three on a Couch An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1966	Movie Three on a Couch An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1965	Movie The Family Jewels A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1965	Movie The Family Jewels A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1965	Movie The Family Jewels A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1964	Movie The Disorderly Orderly Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1964	Movie The Patsy Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1964	Movie The Patsy Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1963	Movie The Nutty Professor A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1963	Movie The Nutty Professor A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1961	Movie The Errand Boy Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1961	Movie The Errand Boy Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1961	TV Ben Casey	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1961	Movie The Ladies Man After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	Movie The Ladies Man After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	Movie The Ladies Man After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie Cinderfella When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1960	Movie The Bellboy Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1960	Movie The Bellboy Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1960	Movie The Bellboy Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1958	Movie The Geisha Boy Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	Movie Rock-a-Bye Baby An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1957	Movie The Delicate Delinquent Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1956	Movie Nightmare 10-minute short Nightmare, with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.	Director Directing	Not rated
1952	Movie An Eye for an Eye An Eastman Color short with Leigh and Curtis as a couple dealing with suspicions of infidelity.	Director of Photography Camera	Not rated
1952	Movie Come Back Little Shiksa A Jerry Lewis directed home movie remake of the Burt Lancaster drama Come Back Little Sheba. Dean Martin stars as...	Director Directing	Not rated
1951	Movie The Re-Inforcer A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1951	Movie The Re-Inforcer A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1951	Movie The Re-Inforcer A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1951	Movie The Re-Inforcer A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1951	Movie Fairfax Avenue Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the...	Director Directing	Not rated
1951	Movie Fairfax Avenue Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the...	Cinematography Crew	Not rated
1951	Movie Fairfax Avenue Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the...	Writer Writing	Not rated
1949	Movie How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border is a 1949 American short comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1949	Movie How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border is a 1949 American short comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10

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The King of Comedy (1982)

The Nutty Professor (1963)

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