Born on this day – Jerry Lewis:

 

Comedian

Actor

Singer

Director

Humanitarian

March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); Arizona Dream (1993); Artists and Models (1955); At War with the Army (1950); Batman (1966); Ben Casey (1965); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Brothers (1985); Cinderfella (1960); Cookie (1989); Cracking Up (1983); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968); Fight for Life (1987); Funny Bones (1995); Good Grief (1991); Hardly Working (1980); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); How Are the Kids? (1990); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Only Money (1962); Jerry Lewis Live (1984); Jumping Jacks (1952); Komedy Kapers (1956); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006); Li'l Abner (1959); Living It Up (1954); Mad About You (1993); Max Rose (2013); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Money from Home (1953); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); One More Time (1970); Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir (1984); Pardners (1956); Pink Lady (1980); Red Line 7000 (1965); Road to Bali (1952); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sailor Beware (1952); Saturday Night Live (1983); Scared Stiff (1953); Sheriff Who (1967); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Startime (1959); Super Force (1990); That's Life (1979); That's My Boy (1951); The Bellboy (1960); The Big Mouth (1967); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Caddy (1953); The Day the Clown Cried (1972); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Errand Boy (1961); The Family Jewels (1965); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963–1969); The King of Comedy (1982); The Ladies Man (1961); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Nutty Professor (2008); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Sad Sack (1957); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Simpsons (2003); The Stooge (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); The Trust (2016); Three on a Couch (1966); Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013); To Catch a Cop (1984); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Way... Way Out (1966); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970); Wiseguy (1988–1989); You're Never Too Young (1955).

On this day in movie history - The King of Comedy (1983)

The King of Comedy

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul D. Zimmerman,

was released in the United States on February 18, 1983.

Music by Robbie Robertson.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.