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Singers · 1926–2017

Jerry Lewis

American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)

Born: 16 March 1926
Newark
Died: 20 August 2017
Las Vegas
Country: United States
Active: 1945–2017
Record labels: Decca
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Jerry Lewis was a jazz musician who played voice. Jerry Lewis was born on 16 March 1926 in Newark and died on 20 August 2017 in Las Vegas. The music is usually filed under jazz, pop music and swing. Record labels: Decca. Honours include New Jersey Hall of Fame (2009), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2009) and Trustees Award (2010).

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Known as "The King of Comedy", "The Total Filmmaker" and in France as "Le Roi du Crazy" across his seven-decade career, Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. Rising to prominence with singer Dean Martin, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946, the two did a series of sixteen buddy-comedy films, their televised run on The Colgate Comedy Hour, live stage performances, guest spots on other shows and a radio series until their split in 1956. Lewis went into filmmaking while continuing on his own in thirty-five motion pictures from 1957 to 1984, guest hosted The Tonight Show a record fifty-two times, while helming his own nightly series and from 1950 to 1989, performed closely with Sammy Davis Jr.

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