Jack Lemmon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-02-08
Day of Death
2001-06-27 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Jack Lemmon
Biography
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.
Acting
(2023)
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self (voice)/(archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2008)
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2004)
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as Self
(2003)
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
(2000)
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Narrator
(2000)
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
(2000)
On Cukor
as Self
(2000)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Morrie Schwartz
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
(1998)
The Odd Couple II
as Felix Ungar
(1998)
The Long Way Home
as Tom Gerrin
(1998)
(1998)
(1998)
(1998)
(1997)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 8
(1997)
Out to Sea
as Herb Sullivan
(1997)
(1996)
Hamlet
as Marcellus
(1996)
My Fellow Americans
as President Russell P. Kramer
(1996)
The Grass Harp
as Dr. Morris Ritz
(1996)
(1996)
Getting Away with Murder
as Mueller / Luger
(1996)
A Weekend in the Country
as Bud Bailey
(1996)
(1996)
(1995)
Grumpier Old Men
as John Gustafson
(1995)
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
(1993)
Grumpy Old Men
as John Gustafson
(1993)
Short Cuts
as Paul Finnigan
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
A Life in the Theatre
as Robert
(1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Shelley Levene
(1992)
The Player
as Jack Lemmon
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1992)
For Richer, for Poorer
as Aram Katourian
(1992)
(1991)
JFK
as Jack Martin
(1991)
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
(1990)
The Earth Day Special
as Coach Stewart
(1990)
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
as Self - Host
(1990)
(1990)
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1989)
Dad
as Jake Tremont
(1989)
(1988)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
The Best of Max Headroom
as Himself
(1987)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
(1986)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
(1986)
That's Life!
as Harvey Fairchild
(1986)
(1986)
Debonair Dancers
as Narrator
(1985)
Macaroni
as Robert Traven
(1985)
(1984)
Mass Appeal
as Father Tim Farley
(1982)
Missing
as Ed Horman
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Buddy Buddy
as Victor Clooney
(1981)
(1981)
Musical Comedy Tonight II
as Self
(1980)
Tribute
as Scottie Templeton
(1979)
The China Syndrome
as Jack Godell
(1977)
Airport '77
as Don Gallagher
(1976)
Alex & the Gypsy
as Alexander Main
(1976)
The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
(1976)
The Gentleman Tramp
as Narrator
(1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Mel Edison
(1975)
Killer Cop
as Narrator (voice)
(1974)
The Front Page
as Hildebrand Johnson
(1974)
Wednesday
as Jerry Murphy
(1973)
Save the Tiger
as Harry Stoner
(1972)
Avanti!
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
(1972)
The War Between Men and Women
as Peter Wilson
(1972)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self - Host
(1971)
Kotch
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1970)
The Out-of-Towners
as George Kellerman
(1969)
The April Fools
as Howard Brubaker
(1968)
The Odd Couple
as Felix Ungar
(1968)
Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
(1967)
Luv
as Harry Berlin
(1966)
The Fortune Cookie
as Harry Hinkle
(1965)
The Great Race
as Professor Fate
(1965)
How to Murder Your Wife
as Stanley Ford
(1964)
Good Neighbor Sam
as Sam Bissel
(1963)
Irma la Douce
as Nestor Patou
(1963)
Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay
(1963)
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Hogan
(1962)
The Notorious Landlady
as Bill Gridley
(1962)
(1960)
The Apartment
as C.C. Baxter
(1960)
Pepe
as Jack Lemmon
(1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Rip Crandall
(1959)
Some Like It Hot
as Jerry (Daphne)
(1959)
It Happened to Jane
as George Denham
(1958)
Bell, Book and Candle
as Nicky Holroyd
(1958)
Cowboy
as Frank Harris
(1957)
Operation Mad Ball
as Pvt. Hogan
(1957)
Fire Down Below
as Tony
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as Peter Warne
(1955)
Mister Roberts
as Ensign Frank Pulver
(1955)
My Sister Eileen
as Bob Baker
(1955)
Three for the Show
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
(1954)
It Should Happen to You
as Pete Sheppard
(1954)
Phffft
as Robert Tracey
(1950)
Once Too Often
as Mike (uncredited)
(1949)
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Plasterer (uncredited)
Crew
(1996)
A Weekend in the Country
Executive Producer
(1991)
(1973)
Save the Tiger
Executive Producer
(1972)
Avanti!
Executive Producer
(1972)
The War Between Men and Women
Executive Producer
(1971)
Kotch
Director