Jack Lemmon

Personal Info

Birthday

February 8, 1925

Day of Death

2001-06-27

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

John "Jack" Lemmon

John Lemmon

John Uhler Lemmon III

ジャック・レモン

Jack Lemmon

Biography

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III 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

The Simpsons

Studio One

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Alcoa Theatre

Some Like It Hot

Lux Video Theatre

The Apartment

JFK

Filmography

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