Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Known to one and all as "The Killer," mercurial rock & roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis was a child piano prodigy. Lewis was barely out of high school when he was signed by Nashville's Sun Records. Rising rapidly to the top of the charts with such hits as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," Lewis was for many years regarded as the chief rival to Elvis Presley. His fortunes declined spectacularly in 1958 when his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin Myra Brown earned him widespread condemnation. After 12 years of performing in seedy night clubs and saloons, he made a spectacular comeback in 1970, only to suffer another setback when one of his later wives died under mysterious circumstances. He managed to survive this and many other scandals, continuing to chart his own professional course in his own way well into the 1980s. He appeared in a handful of films, notably High School Confidential (1958), and in 1988 was impersonated by Dennis Quaid in a flamboyant biopic, Great Balls of Fire. Jerry Lee Lewis is the cousin of evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and night club entrepreneur Mickey Gilley. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Jerry Lee Lewis:
- The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show, 1969-1971 with Kris Kristofferson , Johnny Cash , June Carter Cash , Louis Armstrong , Chet Atkins , Glen Campbell , Carter Family , Ray Charles , Everly Brothers , Waylon Jennings , Loretta Lynn , Joni Mitchell , Charley Pride , Marty Robbins , Linda Ronstadt , Statler Brothers , Conway Twitty , Bill Walker , Hank Jr. Williams , Tammy Wynette , Neil Diamond , Bob Dylan , Merle Haggard , Bill Monroe , Roy Orbison , Carl Perkins , Pete Seeger , James Taylor , Tony Joe White , Stevie Wonder , Neil Young , George Jones , Roy Clark , Ray Price , Creedence Clearwater Revival , John Carter Cash , Tennessee Three , Derek and the Dominos , Marshall Grant , Penny Lane , Mother Maybelle Carter , Ike Everly , Tommy Cash , Homer and Jethro
- Sweet Toronto with Little Richard , Yoko Ono , Klaus Voormann , Eric Clapton , Bo Diddley , John Lennon , Alan White
- Jamboree with David King-Wood , Jean Martin , Tony Travis , Aaron Schroeder , Frankie Avalon , Paul Carr , Dick Clark , Connie Francis , Chris Howland , Buddy Knox , Kay Medford , Joe Smith , Dick Whittinghill , Joe Williams , Count Basie , Fats Domino , Carl Perkins , Freda Halloway , Robert Pastine , Zenas Sears , Ray Perkins , Jack Jackson , Howard Miller
- High School Confidential with Jan Sterling , John Drew Barrymore , Mamie vanDoren , Diane Jergens , Ray Anthony , Jackie Coogan , Charles Jr. Chaplin , Burt Douglas , Michael Landon , Jody Fair , Phillipa Fallon , Robin Raymond , James Todd , Lyle Talbot , William Jr. Wellman , Diana Darrin , Carl Thayler , Irwin Berke , Gil Perkins , Russ Tamblyn , Pierre Watkin , Ernst R. vonTheumer
- Great Balls of Fire! with Dennis Quaid , Winona Ryder , Alec Baldwin , John Doe , Stephen Tobolowsky , Trey Wilson , Steve Allen , Lisa Blount , Joshua Sheffield , Mojo Nixon , Jimmie Vaughan , David Ferguson , Robert Lesser , Lisa Jane Persky , Paula Person , Valerie Wellington , Booker T. Laury , Tav Falco , Priscilla Harris , Keith McDaniel , David A. Penhale , Michael St. Gerard , Rufus Thomas , John Tordoff , Peter Cook , Ruth Kettlewell , Bonnie Beutler , Ashley Paige Cook , Bert Dedman , Mark W. Johnson , Susan Lonergan , Jody Lynne , John Mulrooney , W.W. Painter , Crystal Robbins , Ryan Rushton , Carol Russell , David Sibley , Linn Sitler , Kim Smith , Chris Solari , Juliette Claire Spirson , Bruce Stuart , Sara vanHorn , Snowy Winters , Joseph Jr. Woodward , Judith Holstra , Joe Bob Briggs , Steven O'Donnell
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