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Jack Lemmon
Actor · Director · Producer· Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
77 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot | Self | Film |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Morrie Schwartz | Film |
| 1999 | Inherit the Wind | Henry Drummond | Film |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II | Felix Ungar | Film |
| 1998 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | Film |
| 1998 | The Long Way Home | Tom Gerrin | Film |
| 1998 | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | Film |
| 1998 | Puppies for Sale | Film | |
| 1997 | Out to Sea | Herb Sullivan | Film |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 8 | Film |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | President Russell P. Kramer | Film |
| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder | Mueller / Luger | Film |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Dr. Morris Ritz | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Marcellus | Film |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | John Gustafson | Film |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | John Gustafson | Film |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Paul Finnigan | Film |
| 1993 | A Life in the Theatre | Robert | Film |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | Film |
| 1992 | For Richer, for Poorer | Aram Katourian | Film |
| 1992 | The Marilyn Files | self | Film |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Shelley Levene | Film |
| 1991 | JFK | Jack Martin | Film |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Coach Stewart | Film |
| 1989 | Dad | Jake Tremont | Film |
| 1985 | Macaroni | Robert Traven | Film |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Father Tim Farley | Film |
| 1982 | Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius | Self | Film |
| 1982 | Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Self | Film |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Victor Clooney | Film |
| 1980 | Tribute | Scottie Templeton | Film |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Jack Godell | Film |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Don Gallagher | Film |
| 1976 | The Gentleman Tramp | Narrator | Film |
| 1976 | Alex & the Gypsy | Alexander Main | Film |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Mel Edison | Film |
| 1975 | Killer Cop | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Hildebrand Johnson | Film |
| 1973 | Save the Tiger | Harry Stoner | Film |
| 1973 | Save the Tiger | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Wendell Armbruster, Jr. | Film |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Peter Wilson | Film |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1971 | Kotch | Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited) | Film |
| 1971 | Kotch | Director | Film |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | George Kellerman | Film |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Howard Brubaker | Film |
| 1968 | The Odd Couple | Felix Ungar | Film |
| 1967 | Luv | Harry Berlin | Film |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Harry Hinkle | Film |
| 1965 | How to Murder Your Wife | Stanley Ford | Film |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Professor Fate | Film |
| 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Sam Bissel | Film |
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay | Film |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Nestor Patou | Film |
| 1963 | Under the Yum Yum Tree | Hogan | Film |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Bill Gridley | Film |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Rip Crandall | Film |
| 1960 | Pepe | Jack Lemmon | Film |
| 1960 | The Apartment | C.C. Baxter | Film |
| 1959 | It Happened to Jane | George Denham | Film |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Jerry (Daphne) | Film |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Nicky Holroyd | Film |
| 1958 | Cowboy | Frank Harris | Film |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Pvt. Hogan | Film |
| 1957 | Fire Down Below | Tony | Film |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Peter Warne | Film |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Bob Baker | Film |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Ensign Frank Pulver | Film |
| 1954 | Phffft | Robert Tracey | Film |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Pete Sheppard | Film |
| 1952 | Heaven for Betsy | Peter Bell | TV |
| 1950 | That Wonderful Guy | Harold | TV |
| 1949 | The Lady Takes a Sailor | Plasterer (uncredited) | Film |
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