Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis Joseph Levitch (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017), known worldwide as Jerry Lewis, was an American comedian, director, actor, producer, singer, screenwriter and humanitarian, whose career spanned eight decades and was nicknamed "The King of Comedy". He was known for his partnership with Dean Martin as the groundbreaking act of Martin and Lewis. Lewis went on to star in, write, produce and direct many motion pictures, such as "The Delicate Delinquent", "The Sad Sack", "Rock-A-Bye Baby", "The Geisha Boy", "Don't Give Up The Ship", "Visit to a Small Planet", "Cinderfella", "The Bellboy", "The Ladies' Man", "The Errand
Jerry Lewis appeared on "The Red Skelton Show", then contributed to some scripts for the Filmation animated series "Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down". He later guest hosted "The Mike Douglas Show" and then directed an episode of "The Bold Ones". He made guest appearances on "The Hollywood Palace", "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show", "The Irv Kupcinet Show", "The Linkletter Show", "The Real Tom Kennedy Show" and "A Christmas Night with the Stars". For United Artists, Lewis directed and made his first offscreen voice performance as a bandleader in "One More Time" (1970), a sequel to the 1968 film "Salt and