Actor
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 F ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018 -- Always at The Carlyle | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self
2008 -- Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen | Self (archive footage)
2008 -- Inside 'The Apartment' | Self (archive footage)
2007 -- Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self
2004 -- The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- Uta Hagen's Acting Class | Self
2003 -- Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot | Self
2000 -- On Cukor | Self
2000 -- The Legend of Bagger Vance | Narrator
2000 -- Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor | Self (archive footage)
1999 -- Tuesdays with Morrie | Morrie Schwartz
1999 -- Inherit the Wind | Henry Drummond
1999 -- Forever Hollywood | Self
1998 -- Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau | Self
1998 -- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self
1998 -- The Odd Couple II | Felix Ungar
1998 -- Puppies for Sale |
1998 -- The Long Way Home | Tom Gerrin
1998 -- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self
1997 -- 12 Angry Men | Juror 8
1997 -- Out to Sea | Herb Sullivan
1997 -- Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Self
1996 -- Hamlet | Marcellus
1996 -- My Fellow Americans | President Russell P. Kramer
1996 -- Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door | Self
1996 -- Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self
1996 -- A Weekend in the Country | Bud Bailey
1996 -- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self
1996 -- Getting Away with Murder | Mueller / Luger
1995 -- Grumpier Old Men | John Gustafson
1995 -- Inside the Dream Factory | Self
1995 -- The Grass Harp | Dr. Morris Ritz
1993 -- Grumpy Old Men | John Gustafson
1993 -- A Life in the Theatre | Robert
1993 -- Short Cuts | Paul Finnigan
1993 -- Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self
1993 -- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self
1992 -- Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice)
1992 -- Glengarry Glen Ross | Shelley Levene
1992 -- James Cagney: Top of the World | Self
1992 -- The Player | Jack Lemmon
1992 -- For Richer, for Poorer | Aram Katourian
1991 -- JFK | Jack Martin
1991 -- The One, the Only... Groucho | Self
1990 -- The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | Self - Host
1990 -- The Earth Day Special | Coach Stewart
1990 -- Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Self
1990 -- The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall | Self - Narrator (voice)
1989 -- Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Self
1989 -- Dad | Jake Tremont
1988 -- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage)
1988 -- Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self
1987 -- Long Day's Journey Into Night | James Tyrone
1986 -- That's Life! | Harvey Fairchild
1986 -- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
1986 -- Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self
1986 -- Debonair Dancers | Narrator
1985 -- Macaroni | Robert Traven
1985 -- Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years | Self
1984 -- Mass Appeal | Father Tim Farley
1982 -- Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Self
1982 -- Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | Self
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1982 -- Missing | Ed Horman
1981 -- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Self
1981 -- Buddy Buddy | Victor Clooney
1981 -- Musical Comedy Tonight II | Self
1980 -- Tribute | Scottie Templeton
1979 -- The China Syndrome | Jack Godell
1977 -- Airport '77 | Don Gallagher
1976 -- The Gentleman Tramp | Narrator
1976 -- Alex & the Gypsy | Alexander Main
1976 -- The Entertainer | Archie Rice
1975 -- Killer Cop | Narrator (voice)
1975 -- The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Mel Edison
1974 -- The Front Page | Hildebrand Johnson
1974 -- Wednesday | Jerry Murphy
1973 -- Save the Tiger | Harry Stoner
1972 -- Avanti! | Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
1972 -- The War Between Men and Women | Peter Wilson
1972 -- S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self - Host
1971 -- Kotch | Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1970 -- The Out-of-Towners | George Kellerman
1969 -- The April Fools | Howard Brubaker
1968 -- Jack Benny's Bag | Self
1968 -- The Odd Couple | Felix Ungar
1967 -- Luv | Harry Berlin
1966 -- The Fortune Cookie | Harry Hinkle
1965 -- The Great Race | Professor Fate
1965 -- How to Murder Your Wife | Stanley Ford
1964 -- Good Neighbor Sam | Sam Bissel
1963 -- Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Hogan
1963 -- Irma la Douce | Nestor Patou
1963 -- Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay
1962 -- The Notorious Landlady | Bill Gridley
1962 -- The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self
1960 -- The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Rip Crandall
1960 -- Pepe | Jack Lemmon
1960 -- The Apartment | C.C. Baxter
1959 -- It Happened to Jane | George Denham
1959 -- Some Like It Hot | Jerry (Daphne)
1958 -- Bell, Book and Candle | Nicky Holroyd
1958 -- Cowboy | Frank Harris
1957 -- Operation Mad Ball | Pvt. Hogan
1957 -- Fire Down Below | Tony
1956 -- You Can't Run Away from It | Peter Warne
1955 -- My Sister Eileen | Bob Baker
1955 -- Mister Roberts | Ensign Frank Pulver
1955 -- Three for the Show | Martin 'Marty' Stewart
1954 -- Phffft | Robert Tracey
1954 -- It Should Happen to You | Pete Sheppard
1950 -- Once Too Often | Mike (uncredited)
1949 -- The Lady Takes a Sailor | Plasterer (uncredited)
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