Jack Lemmon
Acting1925Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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
Acting History
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
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)
2003
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Narrator (voice)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Morrie Schwartz
1998
The Long Way Home
as Tom Gerrin
The Odd Couple II
as Felix Ungar
1997
Out to Sea
as Herb Sullivan
12 Angry Men
as Juror 8
The Simpsons
TVas Frank Ormand (voice)• 1 eps
Scene by Scene
TVas Self
1996
My Fellow Americans
as President Russell P. Kramer
Hamlet
as Marcellus
Getting Away with Murder
as Mueller / Luger
The Grass Harp
as Dr. Morris Ritz
A Weekend in the Country
as Bud Bailey
The Kennedy Center Honors
TVas Self• 1 eps
A Weekend in the Country
Executive Producer
1995
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self
1993
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
The Player
as Jack Lemmon
Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Shelley Levene
For Richer, for Poorer
as Aram Katourian
1991
JFK
as Jack Martin
1990
1989
Dad
as Jake Tremont
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan
TVas Gov. John Slaton
1987
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
1986
That's Life!
as Harvey Fairchild
Debonair Dancers
as Narrator
1985
1984
Mass Appeal
as Father Tim Farley
1982
Missing
as Ed Horman
1981
Buddy Buddy
as Victor Clooney
1980
Tribute
as Scottie Templeton
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee / Presenter• 1 eps
1979
The China Syndrome
as Jack Godell
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Nominee / Performer• 1 eps
1977
Airport '77
as Don Gallagher
1976
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Mel Edison
Killer Cop
as Narrator (voice)
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1974
Wednesday
as Jerry Murphy
The Front Page
as Hildebrand Johnson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 4 eps
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self - Host
Avanti!
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
The War Between Men and Women
as Peter Wilson
Avanti!
Executive Producer
The War Between Men and Women
Executive Producer
1970
The Out-of-Towners
as George Kellerman
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
1969
The April Fools
as Howard Brubaker
1968
The Odd Couple
as Felix Ungar
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 3 eps
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
1962
The Notorious Landlady
as Bill Gridley
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Jerry (Daphne)
It Happened to Jane
as George Denham
1958
Cowboy
as Frank Harris
Bell, Book and Candle
as Nicky Holroyd
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Pianist• 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TVas Ashley• 1 eps
1957
Fire Down Below
as Tony
Operation Mad Ball
as Pvt. Hogan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Cass Kendall• 1 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest / Self• 4 eps
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
as Peter Warne
The Oscars
TVas Self• 10 eps
1955
Mister Roberts
as Ensign Frank Pulver
My Sister Eileen
as Bob Baker
Three for the Show
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
1954
It Should Happen to You
as Pete Sheppard
Phffft
as Robert Tracey
1950
1949
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self