Acting
Jerry Lewis
Born March 16, 1926 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.
Directed Films
6.3
Boy
1992
8.0
How Are The Kids?
1992·Documentary
6.0
Smorgasbord
1983·Comedy
4.7
Hardly Working
1980·Comedy
9.0
The Day the Clown Cried
1972·Drama
4.8
Which Way to the Front?
1970·Comedy
5.0
One More Time
1970·Comedy
5.3
The Big Mouth
1967·Comedy
5.4
Three on a Couch
1966·Comedy
6.5
The Family Jewels
1965·Comedy
6.2
The Patsy
1964·Comedy
6.5
The Nutty Professor
1963·Comedy
6.2
The Errand Boy
1961·Comedy
6.3
The Ladies Man
1961·Comedy
6.2
The Bellboy
1960·Comedy
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Come Back Little Shiksa
1952·Comedy
5.5
The Re-Inforcer
1951·Comedy
8.0
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949·Comedy
Also Appeared In
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Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025·Documentary
6.7
From Darkness to Light
2025·Documentary
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Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024·Documentary
7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024·Documentary
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The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022·Documentary
9.0
Rat Pack
2022·Documentary
7.6
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021·Documentary
10.0
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021·Documentary
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Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020·Documentary
6.7
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019·Documentary
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017·Documentary
6.4
Dying Laughing
2017·Documentary