Richard Lewis Filmography

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 06

Actors: Larry David, Cheryl Hines

The Aristocrats

Synopsis: "A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up Read More

Sledge: The Untold Story

Actors: David Leitch, Holmes Osborne, Nathan Lee Graham, Chris Palermo, Lin Shaye

Alias: A Dark Turn

Synopsis: Evidence found on a victim in an elevator accident leads to the elusive Sloane (Ron Rifkin), who is poised to steal yet another precious Rambaldi manuscript. Irina (Lena Olin) suggests that a sting operation be set up to capture Sloane, thereby enabling her daughter, Sydney (Jennifer Garner), to Read More

Curb Your Enthusiasm [TV Series]

Actors: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Mel Brooks, Richard Lewis

Synopsis: Seinfeld producer/creator Larry David has often claimed that the character of George Costanza, the abrasive, neurotic, spectacularly luckless Seinfeld supporting player so brilliantly played by Jason Alexander, was based on David himself. Small wonder, then, that most of the plotlines of the Read More

Game Day

Actors: Richard Lewis

Synopsis: In this comedy, a coach turns a team of losers into winners...but can he do the same thing for himself? Steve Adler (Richard Lewis) was once the head coach of the basketball team for a prestigious Division One university, but after a long and disastrous losing streak, Adler was fired, and after Read More

Rude Awakening

Actors: Sherilyn Fenn, Lynn Redgrave, Jonathan Penner, Rain Pryor, Richard Lewis

Synopsis: This TV comedy series, an attempt to find humor in 1990s self-help, rehab and recovery programs, focuses on hard-drinking, former actress Billie Frank (Sherilyn Fenn), once the teen queen of primetime soaps, who now works for lowlife "B"-movie producer Harve Schwartz (Richard Lewis). Johnny (Michael Rapaport Read More

Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: The Golden Goose

Synopsis: This installment of the popular HBO Happily Ever After children's series employs the talents of Sinbad, Robert Guillaume, and Richard Lewis in a modern retelling of the classic Grimm's fairy tale. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

Drunks

Actors: Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Calista Flockhart, Spalding Gray, George Martin

Synopsis: An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting brings together a disparate group of people struggling with addiction to drugs and liquor in this film based on Gary Lennon's play "Blackout." Jim (Richard Lewis) is in a bad mood as he sits in on an AA meeting in the basement of a church in New York City; he's Read More

Hugo Pool

Actors: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Cathy Moriarty

Synopsis: Cult figure Robert Downey, Sr. directed this offbeat comedy set in the eccentric environs of Los Angeles. Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) is a young woman who makes her living cleaning swimming pools when she isn't busy looking after her mother Minerva (Cathy Moriarty), who's hooked on gambling, and Read More

A Weekend in the Country

Actors: Faith Ford, Christine Lahti, Jack Lemmon, Richard Lewis, Dudley Moore

Synopsis: Rita Rudner was both co-writer and co-star of this multi-plotted romantic comedy, set in a bed and breakfast in the middle of Southern California's wine country. In the course of the film's 90 minutes, a number of curiously matched couples will find true romance -- and sometimes even true Read More

Richard Lewis: Magical Misery Tour - At the Bottom Line

Synopsis: This Rhino Video release features Richard Lewis' Magical Misery Tour, an HBO special filmed before a live audience at the Bottom Line in New York City. A maestro at twisting neuroses and emotional dysfunction into comedy, Lewis received rave notices for this performance, his fourth cable special. Read More

Comedy Club Superstars

Synopsis: Ten of America's most famous stand-up comics gather to let comedy fans take a peek behind the curtains as they discuss their experiences, influences, and how they got their big break in this release featuring Paul Reiser, Bill Mahr, Carol Liefer, Larry Miller, George Wallace, and more. Early Read More

7th Heaven [TV Series]

Actors: Tyler Hoechlin, George Stults, Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher, MacKenzie Rosman

Synopsis: One of the most atypical weekly series to emerge from the Aaron Spelling TV factory, 7th Heaven, created by Spelling and Brenda Hampton, has eschewed the sex-and-sin shenanigans of such series as Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place in favor of honest, three-dimensional family values, with Read More

Leaving Las Vegas

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Valeria Golino

Synopsis: Mike Figgis' grim drama documents a romantic triangle of sorts involving prostitute Sera (Elisabeth Shue), failed Hollywood screenwriter Ben (Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage), and the constant flow of booze which he loves more dearly than life itself. Arriving in Las Vegas with the intention of drinking Read More

Wagons East!

Actors: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: Comedian John Candy, who died during the making of this poorly received comic western, plays James Harlow, a 19th century wagon master who is heading back east with a wagon train full of oddball characters who have had their fill of Western life. They include ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Richard Lewis) Read More

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland

Synopsis: The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Life Behind Larry

Synopsis: The network is preparing a new show to follow The Larry Sanders Show in the late-night lineup, and everyone and their brother seems to have an opinion on who should serve as host. Despite all the hoopla surrounding Larry's follow-up act, however, our gracious host seems more concerned with the Read More

The Last Party

Actors: Robert Downey, Sr., Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Robert Downey, Jr.

Synopsis: In this humorous documentary, Robert Downey, Jr. shares his views of politics, attitudes and himself while travelling across the country in 1992. He spends a special amount of time at the Democratic and Republican conventions. Downey includes brief interviews by such luminaries as Oliver Stone, Spike Lee Read More

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Actors: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Tracey Ullman, Dave Chappelle

Synopsis: Mel Brooks directed and co-wrote this satiric comedy which lampoons a number of cinematic treatments of the legend of Sherwood Forest, including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Adventures of Robin Hood. Robin Hood (Cary Elwes) comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble Read More

Once Upon a Crime

Actors: John Candy, Cybill Shepherd, James Belushi, Giancarlo Giannini, Sean Young, Richard Lewis

Synopsis: The murder of a millionaire has unexpectedly humorous results in this farcical comedy. When Phoebe (Sean Young) and Julian (Richard Lewis), two Americans on a tour of Europe, discover a lost dachshund, they learn that a $5,000 reward has been posted for the dog's return. Phoebe and Julian head to Read More

The Return of Spinal Tap

Actors: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, June Chadwick, Bob Geldof

Synopsis: The mock heavy-metal band Spinal Tap (actually comedians Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer) return to duty in this made-for-TV sequel to Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, filmed to promote the group's album Break Like the Wind. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Danger of Love

Actors: Joe Penny, Jenny Robertson, Joseph Bologna, Richard Lewis, Fairuza Balk

Synopsis: In this drama, based on a true story, a New York educator has an affair with a manipulative peer and subsequently finds himself implicated in his wife's murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The A-List: Hosted by Richard Lewis

Synopsis: This 1997 Rhino Video release features comedian Richard Lewis hosting two episodes of Comedy Central's standup comedy series The A-List. Winner of the Cable Ace Award, The A-List roster always includes top performers in the field. Episode one stars Ellen DeGeneres and comedic actor Larry Miller. Read More

Anything But Love: Season 04

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, Ann Magnuson, Holly Fulger

Anything But Love: Season 03

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, Ann Magnuson, Holly Fulger

Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Lewis

Anything But Love: Season 02

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, Ann Magnuson, Holly Fulger

Anything But Love: Season 01

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis

That's Adequate

Actors: Tony Randall, James Coco, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ina Balin

Synopsis: Fans of movie industry satire will want to see That's Adequate, an all-star production which spoofs the popular series of documentary films honoring MGM's musical comedies, That's Entertainment. Narrated by Tony Randall, this mock-history chronicles the film output of the second-rate "Adequate Read More

The Wrong Guys

Actors: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye, Tim Thomerson

Synopsis: In this comedy, a group of former Cub Scouts (Louie Anderson, Richard Belzer, and Richard Lewis) get together for a reunion over twenty years later and land themselves in a mess of trouble when a deranged convict (John Goodman) takes them for FBI agents. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

An All-Star Toast to the Improv

Synopsis: Fans of the syndicated 1980s TV series An Evening at the Improv will get a kick out of this commemorative TV special. Budd Friedman, overseer of the Improv comedy club in Los Angeles, takes a back seat to host Robert Klein this time out. Offering their considerable talents to the occasion are such Read More

An All-Star Salute to the Improv

Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted

Actors: Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis: I'm in Pain

Actors: Richard Lewis

History of the World -- Part I

Actors: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman

Synopsis: Mel Brooks produced, directed, wrote, and starred in this episodic comedy in the spirit of Monty Python and the 1957 studio travesty The Story of Mankind. The film is divided into five sequences that play like blue-toned Eddie Cantor vaudeville sketches -- "The Dawn of Man," "The Stone Age," The Read More

Diary of a Young Comic

Synopsis: The eponymous young comic is Richard Lewis, Mr. Jewish Angst himself. Lewis agonizes over moving from his native New York to Los Angeles. No matter how successful he becomes, he is never satisfied. Fortunately, he is able to channel his inner demons into his morbidly hilarious nightclub act. Read More