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Jerry Lewis born Joseph Levitch ; [ a ] March 16, — August 20, was an American comedian, filmmaker, actor, humanitarian and singer, famously nicknamed as "The King of Comedy". His career kicked off in with the year act of Martin and Lewis , after first meeting with singer Dean Martin in 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.

Since after the team's split in , Lewis became a highly popular solo movie star in twenty-eight motion pictures from to , including his well-known hits of The Bellboy and The Nutty Professor While Lewis did six more comedic features in the s, one of them was Martin Scorsese 's The King of Comedy , in which he played the role of a talk show host, earning a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination and one of an earliest users of video assist.

The two met around and performed together into the s. Lewis performed in concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings and appeared in at least film and television productions. Census , and the U. Census all named him as Jerome. In his teenage years, Lewis was known for pulling pranks in his neighborhood, including sneaking into kitchens to steal fried chicken and pies.

He was expelled from Weequahic High School in the ninth grade and dropped out of Irvington High School in the tenth grade. Lewis and Joe Louis.