The actor and director Lewis Jerry died

. Thirst for comic performances showed in the childhood. At first during the scenic activity it used a pseudonym Louis Dzhoi, but after replaced it to avoid confusion with the comedian Joe E. and boxer Louis Joe.

B the 1946th to Atlantic City Lewis Jerry meets the singer Dean Skorseze Martin . Together they will make the duet which has acted in 14 movies. Popularity of both stars to United States of America was huge. The publishing house DC even devoted them own series of comics.

"In our collaboration felt magic. In March 1946th we received for performance in club of 250 dollars, and by December of the same year the sum grew to 50 thousand. It occurred so quickly. In three years we earned 4 million dollars" — Lewis Jerry admitted interview .

"Cranky professor"

However ten years later the tandem broke up, and each of actors went the own way. In the 1960th very successful for Lewis Jerry there were movies "Ladies' man" , "Messenger" and "Cranky professor" (in the 1996th the remake with Murphy Eddy came out of the same name ).

Critical for it. For various reasons did not come out removed by it "Day when the clown cried" , the plot anticipated the drama "Life is fine" . The main character — the German clown Helmut Dork who has got to a concentration camp and there trying to make laugh children.

"Day when the clown cried" — perhaps, the most known unissued feature film in the history of world cinema. Lewis Jerry was so disappointed in the turned-out material that many years made efforts that anybody and never saw this cinema: "The movie is very bad" — the comedian spoke a decade later.

However, were people who could examine the finished shooting material in the working assembly version. Among them a star "Simpsonov" Shirer Gary , more than once negatively responded about the seen movie.

nine years Are later than avoided emergence on a screen, preferring to appear on stage. Its movie return "Heavy work" was not pleasant to critics, but was commercially successful. In the 1982nd there is a tape Skorseze Martin "The king of the comedy" in which Lewis Jerry played the veteran of the television pursued by the obsessed admirer performed by de Niro Robert .

further Lewis Jerry acted in such films, as "Arizonian dream" , "Joking aside" , "Max Rose" and "Trust" .

B 2009th it received the Award of a name of Gene Hersholt, that is the so-called honourable "Oscar" which is handed over for a contribution to business of humanity.

on August 20 the 2017th actor did not become.

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