Jack Lemmon
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Frank Ormand (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cass Kendall
1956
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
Studio One
Fred Stevens
1948
Series
Studio One
Charlie Bemis
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Pianist
1956
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Film
The Apartment
C.C. Baxter
1960
Film
Some Like It Hot
Jerry (Daphne)
1959
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Ashley
1957
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Lux Video Theatre
Alfred Fishkettle
1950
Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Film
JFK
Jack Martin
1991
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 8
1998
Film
The Player
Jack Lemmon
1992
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Glengarry Glen Ross
Shelley Levene
1992
Film
Airport '77
Don Gallagher
1977
Film
Grumpy Old Men
John Gustafson
1993
Film
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Narrator (voice)
2000
Film
Irma la Douce
Nestor Patou
1963
Film
The China Syndrome
Jack Godell
1979
Series
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
Film
Short Cuts
Paul Finnigan
1993
Series
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Film
The Odd Couple
Felix Ungar
1968
Film
Hamlet
Marcellus
1996
Film
Grumpier Old Men
John Gustafson
1995
Series
The Hollywood Greats
Self (archive footage)
1977
Film
Out to Sea
Herb Sullivan
1997
Film
Dad
Jake Tremont
1989
Film
Avanti!
Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
1972
Film
The Great Race
Professor Fate
1965
Film
The Front Page
Hildebrand Johnson
1974
Film
How to Murder Your Wife
Stanley Ford
1965
Film
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Luv
Harry Berlin
1967
Series
Flick Flack
1974
Film
The Fortune Cookie
Harry Hinkle
1966
Series
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Gov. John Slaton
1988
Series
Un film et son époque
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000
Film
My Fellow Americans
President Russell P. Kramer
1996
Film
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Film
The Odd Couple II
Felix Ungar
1998
Film
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
1963
Film
Mister Roberts
Ensign Frank Pulver
1955
Film
You Can't Run Away from It
Peter Warne
1956
Film
Buddy Buddy
Victor Clooney
1981
Film
Bell, Book and Candle
Nicky Holroyd
1958
Film
Missing
Ed Horman
1982
Film
The April Fools
Howard Brubaker
1969
Film
The Grass Harp
Dr. Morris Ritz
1996
Film
Good Neighbor Sam
Sam Bissel
1964
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Film
The Earth Day Special
Coach Stewart
1990
Film
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
2011
Film
Inherit the Wind
Henry Drummond
1999
Film
My Sister Eileen
Bob Baker
1955
Film
The Out-of-Towners
George Kellerman
1970
Film
The Notorious Landlady
Bill Gridley
1962
Film
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mel Edison
1975
Heaven for Betsy
Peter Bell
1952
Film
Tuesdays with Morrie
Morrie Schwartz
1999
Film
Cowboy
Frank Harris
1958
Film
Fire Down Below
Tony
1957
Film
It Should Happen to You
Pete Sheppard
1954
Film
Pepe
Jack Lemmon
1960
Film
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
Self (archive footage)
2008
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Self
1981
Film
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
Film
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Film
The Entertainer
Archie Rice
1976
Film
Save the Tiger
Harry Stoner
1973
Film
The War Between Men and Women
Peter Wilson
1972
Film
It Happened to Jane
George Denham
1959
Film
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Hogan
1963
Film
Long Day's Journey Into Night
James Tyrone
1987
Film
Getting Away with Murder
Mueller / Luger
1996
Film
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Rip Crandall
1960
Film
That's Life!
Harvey Fairchild
1986
Film
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
1996
Film
For Richer, for Poorer
Aram Katourian
1992
Film
Operation Mad Ball
Pvt. Hogan
1957
Film
Mass Appeal
Father Tim Farley
1984
Film
Phffft
Robert Tracey
1954
Film
Three for the Show
Marty Stewart
1955
Film
James Cagney: Top of the World
Self
1992
Film
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
Film
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
1991
Film
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009
Film
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
1995
Film
The Long Way Home
Tom Gerrin
1998
Film
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
Film
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
1998
Film
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
1998
Film
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Self
1989
Film
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
1997
Film
Tribute
Scottie Templeton
1980
Film
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self
1996
Film
Kotch
Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1971
Film
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Self
1982
Film
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993
Film
A Weekend in the Country
Bud Bailey
1996
Film
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
Self
1982
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Self - Host
1972
Film
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1962
Film
Killer Cop
Narrator (voice)
1975
Film
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
Film
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
1996
Film
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
Tweedledum
1950
Film
Macaroni
Robert Traven
1985
Film
The Gentleman Tramp
Narrator
1976
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
Self (archive footage)
2002
Puppies for Sale
1998
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Self
1998
Film
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
1990
Film
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
Self
1985
Film
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Plasterer (uncredited)
1949
Film
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Self
1981
Film
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
2004
Film
On Cukor
Self
2000
Film
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
The Mystery of Thirteen
Dr. Billy Palmer
1957
Film
A Life in the Theatre
Robert
1993
Film
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Self - Host
1990
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Alex & the Gypsy
Alexander Main
1976
Jack Benny's Bag
Self
1968
Film
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
Film
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Self
1982
The Marilyn Files
self
1992
Once Too Often
Mike (uncredited)
1950
Film
Wednesday
Jerry Murphy
1974
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
Self
1974
That Wonderful Guy
Harold
1950
Film
Debonair Dancers
Narrator
1986