Jerry Lewis (1926 - 2017)

American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director.

* March 16, 1926 Newark, New Jersey, USA
 as Joseph Levitch
 August 20, 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA



Books by Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis, with Herb Gluck
Jerry Lewis, in person
New York, 1982

Jerry Lewis Dean and Me Jerry Lewis
Dean and Me, (A Love Story)
2005

Books on Jerry Lewis

Chris Fujiwara
Jerry Lewis
Urbana, 2009

Shawn Levy
King of comedy, The life and art of Jerry Lewis
New York, 1996

James L. Neibaur and Ted Okuda
The Jerry Lewis films, An analytical filmography of the innovative comic
Jefferson, N.C., 1995

Books with substantial mentioning of Jerry Lewis

David Fantle and Tom Johnson Hollywood heyday David Fantle and Tom Johnson
Hollywood heyday, 75 candid interviews with golden age legends
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

Michelle Vogel
Children of Hollywood, Accounts of growing up as the sons and daughters of stars
Jefferson, N.C., 2005

Peter Bogdanovich Who the Hell's in It Peter Bogdanovich
Who the Hell's in It, Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors
New York, 2004

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Olivier Mongin
Eclats de rire, Variations sur le corps comique: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati, les Marx Brothers, Laurel et Hardy, Jerry Lewis, Louis de Funès, Raymond Devos, Rufus, Pierre Desproges, Philippe Caubere
Paris, 2002

Alan Dale Comedy Is a Man in Trouble Alan Dale
Comedy Is a Man in Trouble, Slapstick in American Movies
Minneapolis - London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Jeffrey Robinson Teamwork Jeffrey Robinson
Teamwork, The Cinema
London/New York, 1982

Frank Manchel
The Box-Office Clowns, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen
New York, 1979

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

Books with an entry on Jerry Lewis

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles on Jerry Lewis

Tim Lucas, Jennifer's secret, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12, 2004 pp. 75

Films

1949
My Friend Irma
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1950
At War with the Army
My Friend Irma Goes West

1951
The Stooge
That's My Boy

1952
Road to Bali
Sailor Beware
Jumping Jacks

1953
The Caddy
Scared Stiff
Money from Home

1954
Living It Up
3 Ring Circus

1955
Artists and Models
You're Never Too Young

1956
Hollywood or Bust
Pardners

1957
The Delicate Delinquent
The Sad Sack

1958
The Geisha Boy
Rock-a-Bye Baby

1959
Don't Give Up the Ship
Li'l Abner

1960
The Bellboy
Cinderfella
Visit to a Small Planet

1961
The Errand Boy
The Ladies Man

1961-1966
Ben Casey

1962
It's Only Money

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Nutty Professor
Who's Minding the Store?

1964
The Patsy
The Disorderly Orderly

1965
The Family Jewels
Boeing, Boeing
Red Line 7000

1966
Three on a Couch
Way... Way Out

1967
The Big Mouth

1968
Silent Treatment
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1969
Hook, Line and Sinker

1970
Which Way to the Front?
One More Time

1972
The Day the Clown Cried

1980
Hardly Working

1982
The King of Comedy
Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

1983
Smorgasbord

1984
Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur!

1989
Cookie

1992
Arizona Dream
Mr. Saturday Night

1994
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

1995
Funny Bones

1996
The Nutty Professor

2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself

2015
Trumbo

2018
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

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