Joe E. Lewis was born on January 12, 1902 in New York City, New York, USA as Joseph Klewan. He was an actor, known for Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (1948), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and Private Buckaroo (1942). He was married to Martha Stewart. He died on June 4, 1971 in New York City.
Ed Sullivan was a man who could brighten a room simply by leaving it.
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Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.
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Fact
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His biography The Joker Is Wild was published October 31, 1955 by Random House. It was made into the film The Joker Is Wild (1957) starring Frank Sinatra .
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Victim of a botched mob hit in 1927, after refusing a request by Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn, an Al Capone lieutenant. McGurn asked Lewis to renew a contract that would bind him to performing at Chicago's Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. The Lounge (on Broadway and Lawrence, still operating in 2008) was partly owned by Capone. Lewis refused, because he had been offered more money by a rival gang to appear at their own club, The Rendezvous. He was assaulted in his hotel room, mutilated in an attempt to slit his throat and left for dead. It took him a few years to learn to speak and sing again. The story was the basis for The Joker Is Wild (1957) starring Frank Sinatra as Lewis.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Buckaroo
1942
Lancelot Pringle McBiff
The Holy Terror
1937
Pelican Beek
Private Number
1936
Smiley Watson (as Joe Lewis)
Too Many Husbands
1931
Short
Joe Smith
The Big Show
1926
Abie (as Joe Lewis)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Waltz Across Texas
1982
writer: "Don't Let It Go to Your Heart"
The Ed Sullivan Show
1958
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Private Buckaroo
1942
performer: "I Love the South" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lady in Cement
1968
Himself (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1964-1968
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1951-1967
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Comedian
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Jack Paar Program
1964
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1963
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
Here's Hollywood
1962
TV Series
Himself
What's My Line?
1955-1961
TV Series
Himself - Mystery Guest
The David Susskind Show
1961
TV Series
Himself
Playboy's Penthouse
1959
TV Series
Himself
Person to Person
1956
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Jimmy Durante Show
1956
TV Series
Himself
Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas
1956
Short
Himself
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1954
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
The George Jessel Show
1954
TV Series
Himself
Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel
1948
Short
Himself - Speaker
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kidnapped by the Mob
2016
Short
Himself
Biography
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
American Justice: Target - Mafia
1993
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (1948) as Himself - Speaker
The Ed Sullivan Show (1951-1967) as Himself / Himself - Comedian
Private Buckaroo (1942) as Lancelot Pringle McBiff
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964-1968) as Himself - Guest
$7 Million
