Jack Lemmon
Known for Acting · 167 credits
- Born
- 1925-02-08
- Died
- 2001-06-27
- Place of birth
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known 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.
Known For
TV Shows (37)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Frank Ormand (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Mystery Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cass Kendall
Studio One
1948
as Fred Stevens / Charlie Bemis
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self - Most Promising Newcomer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Pianist
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Ashley
Suspense
1949
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Alfred Fishkettle
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self
The Max Headroom Show
1985
as Self
Un film et son époque
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Gov. John Slaton
Flick Flack
1974
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Heaven for Betsy
1952
as Peter Bell
Movies (130)
Some Like It Hot
1959
as Jerry (Daphne)
The Apartment
1960
as C.C. Baxter
JFK
1991
as Jack Martin
The Player
1992
as Jack Lemmon
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 8
The Great Race
1965
as Professor Fate
Airport '77
1977
as Don Gallagher
Grumpy Old Men
1993
as John Gustafson
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as Shelley Levene
Short Cuts
1993
as Paul Finnigan
Hamlet
1996
as Marcellus
Chaplin
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Irma la Douce
1963
as Nestor Patou
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
as Narrator (voice)
The China Syndrome
1979
as Jack Godell
Cowboy
1958
as Frank Harris
Mister Roberts
1955
as Ensign Frank Pulver
Grumpier Old Men
1995
as John Gustafson
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Odd Couple
1968
as Felix Ungar
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Coach Stewart
How to Murder Your Wife
1965
as Stanley Ford
Dad
1989
as Jake Tremont
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Front Page
1974
as Hildebrand Johnson
Out to Sea
1997
as Herb Sullivan
Missing
1982
as Ed Horman
Avanti!
1972
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
The Odd Couple II
1998
as Felix Ungar
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
as Mel Edison
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999
as Morrie Schwartz
The Grass Harp
1996
as Dr. Morris Ritz
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Nicky Holroyd
Luv
1967
as Harry Berlin
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
as Joe Clay
My Fellow Americans
1996
as President Russell P. Kramer
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
as Sam Bissel
Inherit the Wind
1999
as Henry Drummond
Pepe
1960
as Jack Lemmon
The Notorious Landlady
1962
as Bill Gridley
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
That's Life!
1986
as Harvey Fairchild
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
It Happened to Jane
1959
as George Denham
Macaroni
1985
as Robert Traven
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
as Self
Phffft
1954
as Robert Tracey
The Long Way Home
1998
as Tom Gerrin
It Should Happen to You
1954
as Pete Sheppard
The April Fools
1969
as Howard Brubaker
Kotch
1971
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Rip Crandall
Save the Tiger
1973
as Harry Stoner
For Richer, for Poorer
1992
as Aram Katourian
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Harry Hinkle
The Out-of-Towners
1970
as George Kellerman
Fire Down Below
1957
as Tony
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Mass Appeal
1984
as Father Tim Farley
Buddy Buddy
1981
as Victor Clooney
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001
as Self
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963
as Hogan
Tribute
1980
as Scottie Templeton
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Peter Warne
The War Between Men and Women
1972
as Peter Wilson
Getting Away with Murder
1996
as Mueller / Luger
A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Bud Bailey
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as Pvt. Hogan
My Sister Eileen
1955
as Bob Baker
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
as Self
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
as Self
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
Three for the Show
1955
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
as Narrator
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as Self
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
2008
as Self (archive footage)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
as Self - Host
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
as Alexander Main
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1987
as James Tyrone
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
as Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
as Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
The Entertainer
1976
as Archie Rice
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny's Bag
1968
as Self
On Cukor
2000
as Self
Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981
as Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
as Self
Puppies for Sale
1998
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
as Self
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Plasterer (uncredited)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
A Life in the Theatre
1993
as Robert
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as archive footage
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
as Self
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
1998
as Self
James Cagney: Top of the World
1992
as Self
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
Killer Cop
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989
as Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
as Self
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985
as Self
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
as Self - Host
About Jack Lemmon
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… With 167 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Jack Lemmon has appeared in 130 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Lemmon Movies
- Some Like It Hot (1959) — as Jerry (Daphne)
- The Apartment (1960) — as C.C. Baxter
- JFK (1991) — as Jack Martin
- The Player (1992) — as Jack Lemmon
- 12 Angry Men (1997) — as Juror 8
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