Jerry Lewis - Actor Profile

Jerry Lewis

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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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 From Darkness to Light Self ★ 6.7 HIT
2022 Rat Pack Self (archive footage) ★ 9.0 HIT
2021 Dean Martin: King of Cool Self ★ 7.6 HIT
2021 Kreka: Dreamcatcher Self ★ 10.0 HIT
2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Self ★ 6.7 HIT
2017 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me Self ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 Dying Laughing Self ★ 6.4 FLOP
2016 Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
2016 The Last Laugh Self ★ 6.9 HIT
2016 The Clown Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2013 The Trials of Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) ★ 7.1 HIT
2012 Close Up Self (archive footage) ★ 9.5 HIT
2012 Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
2011 Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic Self (archive footage) ★ 7.7 HIT
2011 A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy Self ★ 7.5 HIT
2009 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Stationmaster (voice) ★ 6.6 HIT
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage) ★ 7.6 HIT
2004 A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli Self (archive footage) ★ 9.0 HIT
2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
1997 Sports on the Silver Screen Self (archive footage) ★ 10.0 HIT
1996 Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels Self (archive footage) ★ 6.4 FLOP
1995 Funny Bones George Fawkes ★ 6.5 HIT
1993 Arizona Dream Leo Sweetie ★ 7.2 HIT
1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration Self ★ 8.8 HIT
1984 The Defective Detective Jerry Logan ★ 7.5 HIT
1982 The King of Comedy Jerry Langford ★ 7.8 HIT
1981 Rascal Dazzle Self - Narrator (voice) ★ 7.0 HIT
1965 Boeing, Boeing Robert Reed ★ 6.3 FLOP
1965 The Family Jewels Willard Woodward / James Peyton / Everett Peyton / Julius Peyton / Eddie Peyton / Skylock Peyton / Bugs Peyton ★ 6.5 HIT
1964 The Disorderly Orderly Jerome Littlefield ★ 6.3 FLOP
1964 The Patsy Stanley Belt ★ 6.2 FLOP
1963 Who's Minding the Store? Norman Phiffer ★ 6.9 HIT
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited) ★ 7.0 HIT
1963 The Nutty Professor Professor Julius F. Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp ★ 6.5 HIT
1961 The Ladies Man Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert ★ 6.3 FLOP
1960 The Bellboy Stanley / Jerry Lewis ★ 6.2 FLOP
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII ★ 6.3 FLOP
1958 The Geisha Boy Gilbert Wooley ★ 6.2 FLOP
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby Clayton Poole ★ 6.8 HIT
1957 The Delicate Delinquent Sidney L. Pythias ★ 6.4 FLOP
1956 Pardners Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr. ★ 6.7 HIT
1955 Artists and Models Eugene Fullstack ★ 6.6 HIT
1955 You're Never Too Young Wilbur Hoolick ★ 6.6 HIT
1954 Living It Up Homer Flagg ★ 6.4 FLOP
1953 The Caddy Harvey Miller ★ 6.4 FLOP
1953 Scared Stiff Myron Mertz ★ 6.4 FLOP
1952 Jumping Jacks Hap Smith ★ 6.4 FLOP
1952 Sailor Beware Melvin Jones ★ 6.2 FLOP
1951 The Stooge Ted Rogers ★ 6.6 HIT
1949 My Friend Irma Seymour ★ 6.8 HIT