Jack Lemmon
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John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Known for
Credits
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Jerry (Daphne)
The Player (1992)
as Jack Lemmon
The Apartment (1960)
as C.C. Baxter
JFK (1991)
as Jack Martin
Dad (1989)
as Jake Tremont
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Avanti! (1972)
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
12 Angry Men (1997)
as Juror 8
The China Syndrome (1979)
as Jack Godell
Irma la Douce (1963)
as Nestor Patou
Luv (1967)
as Harry Berlin
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
as Felix Ungar
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
as Shelley Levene
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
as John Gustafson
The Entertainer (1976)
as Archie Rice
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
as John Gustafson
Christmas from Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Odd Couple (1968)
as Felix Ungar
The Great Race (1965)
as Professor Fate
Hamlet (1996)
as Marcellus
Airport '77 (1977)
as Don Gallagher
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Short Cuts (1993)
as Paul Finnigan
Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
as Joe Clay
The Front Page (1974)
as Hildebrand Johnson
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
as Stanley Ford
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as Nicky Holroyd
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
as Sam Bissel
My Sister Eileen (1955)
as Bob Baker
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Out to Sea (1997)
as Herb
Mister Roberts (1955)
as Frank Pulver
Missing (1982)
as Ed Horman
The April Fools (1969)
as Howard Brubaker
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Mel Edison
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
as George Kellerman
It Should Happen to You (1954)
as Pete Sheppard
My Fellow Americans (1996)
as President Russell P. Kramer
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Harry Hinkle
Cowboy (1958)
as Frank Harris
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982)
as Self
It Happened to Jane (1959)
as George Denham
Buddy Buddy (1981)
as Victor Clooney
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Pepe (1960)
as Jack Lemmon
For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
as Aram Katourian
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
as Hogan
Phffft (1954)
as Robert Tracey
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
as Bill Gridley
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Dr. Morris Ritz
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
as Rip Crandall
The Best of Max Headroom (1987)
as Self
Fire Down Below (1957)
as Tony
Kotch (1971)
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The One, the Only... Groucho (1991)
as Self
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
as Pvt. Hogan
Three for the Show (1955)
as Marty Stewart
Macaroni (1985)
as Robert Traven
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
as Peter Warne
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Save the Tiger (1973)
as Harry Stoner
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
as Self
Inherit the Wind (1999)
as Henry Drummond
The Mystery of Thirteen (1957)
as Dr. Billy Palmer
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland (1950)
as Tweedledum
Marilyn at the Movies (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
as Morrie Schwartz
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
as Mueller / Luger
Mass Appeal (1984)
as Father Tim Farley
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996)
as Self
Killer Cop (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Coach Stewart
James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
as Self
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
as Peter Wilson
Tribute (1980)
as Scottie Templeton
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
as Self
The Long Way Home (1998)
as Tom Gerrin
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self
Puppies for Sale (1998)
Actor
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
as Plasterer (uncredited)
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
as Self
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981)
as Self
That's Life! (1986)
as Harvey Fairchild
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)
as Self
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
as Self
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1982)
as Self
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974)
as Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
as Self
On Cukor (2000)
as Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years (1985)
as Self
A Weekend in the Country (1996)
as Bud Bailey
Uta Hagen's Acting Class (2004)
as Self
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)
as Self
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
as Self - Host
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
A Life in the Theatre (1993)
as Robert
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
as Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
as James Tyrone
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
as Alexander Main
The Gentleman Tramp (1976)
as Narrator
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
as Self
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
as Self
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Marilyn Files (1992)
as self
Inside 'The Apartment' (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self
Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)
as Self
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall (1990)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
as Self - Host
Wednesday (1974)
as Jerry Murphy
Once Too Often (1950)
as Mike (uncredited)
Debonair Dancers (1986)
as Narrator