Jerry Lewis
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1926-03-16 – 2017-08-20
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known for
The King of Comedy
1982Jerry Langford
Arizona Dream
1993Leo Sweetie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Pardners
1956Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
The Patsy
1964Stanley Belt
At War with the Army
1950Alvin Korwin
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002Self (archive footage)
Scared Stiff
1953Myron Mertz
I Know A Riddle
2004(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979Self (archive footage)
Li'l Abner
1959Cameo / Itchy McGrathyHollywood Legenden
2004Self
The Ladies Man
1961Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
The Disorderly Orderly
1964Jerome Littlefield
The Errand Boy
1961Morty S. Tashman
It's Only Money
1962Lester March
Funny Bones
1995George Fawkes
Who's Minding the Store?
1963Norman Phiffer
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021Self