Jack Lemmon
Birthday
1925/02/08
Day of death
2001/06/27 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
John "Jack" Lemmon, John Lemmon, John Uhler Lemmon III
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
(1959) Some Like It Hot
as Jerry (Daphne)
(1960) The Apartment
as C.C. Baxter
(1988) Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
(1974) The Front Page
as Hildebrand Johnson
(1979) The China Syndrome
as Jack Godell
(1986) Debonair Dancers
as Narrator
(1993) Short Cuts
as Paul Finnigan
(1964) Good Neighbor Sam
as Sam Bissel
(1991) JFK
as Jack Martin
(1996) Hamlet
as Marcellus
(1966) The Fortune Cookie
as Harry Hinkle
(1958) Bell, Book and Candle
as Nicky Holroyd
(2002) Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) Irma la Douce
as Nestor Patou
(1992) The Player
as Jack Lemmon
(2004) The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
as Self (archive footage)
(1954) It Should Happen to You
as Pete Sheppard
(1970) The Out-of-Towners
as George Kellerman
(1989) Dad
as Jake Tremont
(1968) The Odd Couple
as Felix Ungar
(1993) Grumpy Old Men
as John Gustafson
(1965) The Great Race
as Professor Fate
(1977) Airport '77
as Don Gallagher
(1997) 12 Angry Men
as Juror 8
(1963) Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay
(1996) Getting Away with Murder
as Mueller / Luger
(1992) Glengarry Glen Ross
as Shelley Levene
(1998) The Odd Couple II
as Felix Ungar
(1965) How to Murder Your Wife
as Stanley Ford
(1999) Tuesdays with Morrie
as Morrie Schwartz
(1959) It Happened to Jane
as George Denham
(1981) Buddy Buddy
as Victor Clooney
(1985) Macaroni
as Robert Traven
(1957) Operation Mad Ball
as Pvt. Hogan
(1955) My Sister Eileen
as Bob Baker
(1982) Missing
as Ed Horman
(1995) Grumpier Old Men
as John Gustafson
(1963) Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Hogan
(1960) The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Rip Crandall
(1955) Mister Roberts
as Ensign Frank Pulver
(1973) Save the Tiger
as Harry Stoner
(1995) The Grass Harp
as Dr. Morris Ritz
(1958) Cowboy
as Frank Harris
(1997) Out to Sea
as Herb Sullivan
(1996) My Fellow Americans
as President Russell P. Kramer
(1962) The Notorious Landlady
as Bill Gridley
(1954) Phffft
as Robert Tracey
(1975) The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Mel Edison
(1990) The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1986) That's Life!
as Harvey Fairchild
(1960) Pepe
as Jack Lemmon
(1969) The April Fools
as Howard Brubaker
(1957) Fire Down Below
as Tony
(1992) For Richer, for Poorer
as Aram Katourian
(1956) You Can't Run Away from It
as Peter Warne
(2000) On Cukor
as Self
(1999) Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
(1984) Mass Appeal
as Father Tim Farley
(1982) Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
(1988) Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) The Long Way Home
as Tom Gerrin
(1982) Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
as Self
(1980) Tribute
as Scottie Templeton
(1976) Alex & the Gypsy
as Alexander Main
(1976) The Gentleman Tramp
as Narrator
(1967) Luv
as Harry Berlin
(1972) The War Between Men and Women
as Peter Wilson
(1986) Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
(1987) Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
(2006) The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
(1998) Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
(2004) Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as Self
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
(1996) A Weekend in the Country
as Bud Bailey
(1955) Three for the Show
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
(2000) Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
as Self - Host
(2023) Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2018) Always at The Carlyle
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2008) Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
as Self (archive footage)
(1996) Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self
(1971) Kotch
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1993) A Life in the Theatre
as Robert
(2003) Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Puppies for Sale
as ---
(1992) James Cagney: Top of the World
as Self
(1986) Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
(1949) The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Plasterer (uncredited)
(1990) The Earth Day Special
as Coach Stewart
(1990) Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
(1998) Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
(2000) The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Narrator
(1989) Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
as Self
(1975) Killer Cop
as Narrator (voice)
(1999) Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1996) Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) Once Too Often
as Mike (uncredited)
(1991) The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
(1992) Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1972) Avanti!
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
(1974) Wednesday
as Jerry Murphy
(2001) Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
(1993) Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
(1996) Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
(1997) Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
(1981) All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Self
(1995) Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
(1981) Musical Comedy Tonight II
as Self
(1972) S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self - Host
(1993) Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
(2009) Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
as Self
(1998) Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
as Self
(1985) Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
as Self
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1968) Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as Frank Ormand (voice)
(2003) Un film et son époque
as Self (archive footage)
(1948) Studio One
as Fred Stevens
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Alfred Fishkettle
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Cass Kendall
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Pianist
(1977) The Hollywood Greats
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1952) Heaven for Betsy
as Peter Bell
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Ashley
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1988) The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Gov. John Slaton
(1974) Flick Flack
as ---
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Charlie Bemis
(1997) Scene by Scene
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1998) Parkinson
as Self (archive footage)