Image: Wikimedia CommonsJerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)
- Born March 16, 1926
- 3 movies
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer and filmmaker, known across a seven-decade career as The King of Comedy. He rose to prominence in 1946 with singer Dean Martin, billed as Martin and Lewis, and the pair made sixteen buddy-comedy films before splitting in 1956. Lewis then moved into filmmaking, and appeared in thirty-five motion pictures from 1957 to 1984.
Jerry Lewis appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1952 to 1982. That includes 1 title as director. Most of that work is in comedy, drama and satire. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Martin Scorsese (2).
Known for
- The Nutty Professor (1963), Director. One of the films he made as a filmmaker after the Martin and Lewis split.
- The King of Comedy (1982). Part of the cast of this 1982 film.
- The Colgate Comedy Hour. The televised run of the Martin and Lewis act.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Jerry Lewis been in?
- Jerry Lewis appears in The King of Comedy (1982), The Nutty Professor (1963) and Road to Bali (1952) on The Remote.
- When was Jerry Lewis born?
- Jerry Lewis was born on 16 March 1926.
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