
Jack Lemmon
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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
Credits

Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Jerry (Daphne)

The Player (1992)
as Jack Lemmon

The Apartment (1960)
as C.C. Baxter

JFK (1991)
as Jack Martin

12 Angry Men (1997)
as Juror 8

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
as Shelley Levene

Grumpy Old Men (1993)
as John Gustafson

The Great Race (1965)
as Professor Fate

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Narrator (voice)

The China Syndrome (1979)
as Jack Godell

Grumpier Old Men (1995)
as John Gustafson

The Odd Couple (1968)
as Felix Ungar

The Odd Couple II (1998)
as Felix Ungar

The Front Page (1974)
as Hildebrand Johnson

Short Cuts (1993)
as Paul Finnigan

Dad (1989)
as Jake Tremont

Irma la Douce (1963)
as Nestor Patou

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as Nicky Holroyd

Hamlet (1996)
as Marcellus

Avanti! (1972)
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

The Out-of-Towners (1970)
as George Kellerman

Airport '77 (1977)
as Don Gallagher

How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
as Stanley Ford

The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Harry Hinkle

Out to Sea (1997)
as Herb

Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
as Joe Clay

Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self

The Grass Harp (1996)
as Dr. Morris Ritz

It Should Happen to You (1954)
as Pete Sheppard

The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Mel Edison

The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Coach Stewart

Inherit the Wind (1999)
as Henry Drummond

My Fellow Americans (1996)
as President Russell P. Kramer

Mister Roberts (1955)
as Frank Pulver

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Buddy Buddy (1981)
as Victor Clooney

Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self

It Happened to Jane (1959)
as George Denham

Missing (1982)
as Ed Horman

The Best of Max Headroom (1987)
as Self

Luv (1967)
as Harry Berlin

For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
as Aram Katourian

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
as Hogan

The April Fools (1969)
as Howard Brubaker

The War Between Men and Women (1972)
as Peter Wilson

The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
as Rip Crandall

Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)

Save the Tiger (1973)
as Harry Stoner

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
as Sam Bissel

My Sister Eileen (1955)
as Bob Baker

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
as Peter Warne

Getting Away with Murder (1996)
as Mueller / Luger

The Entertainer (1976)
as Archie Rice

Three for the Show (1955)
as Marty Stewart

Cowboy (1958)
as Frank Harris

The Notorious Landlady (1962)
as Bill Gridley

The Long Way Home (1998)
as Tom Gerrin

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
as Self

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self

Phffft (1954)
as Robert Tracey

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
as Self

Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self

That's Life! (1986)
as Harvey Fairchild

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
as Self

Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)

A Weekend in the Country (1996)
as Bud Bailey

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
as Self

Mass Appeal (1984)
as Father Tim Farley

The One, the Only... Groucho (1991)
as Self

Fire Down Below (1957)
as Tony

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self

James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
as Self

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)
as Pvt. Hogan

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996)
as Self

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)
as Self

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self

Pepe (1960)
as Jack Lemmon

Killer Cop (1975)
as Narrator (voice)

On Cukor (2000)
as Self

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
as Self

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)
as Self

Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)
as Self

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
as Self

Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self

Marilyn at the Movies (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981)
as Self

The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
as Plasterer (uncredited)

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

A Life in the Theatre (1993)
as Robert
The Mystery of Thirteen (1957)
as Dr. Billy Palmer

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
as Self

The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland (1950)
as Tweedledum

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1982)
as Self

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years (1985)
as Self

Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
as Morrie Schwartz

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
as Self

Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982)
as Self
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
as Self - Host

Uta Hagen's Acting Class (2004)
as Self

Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (2008)
as Self (archive footage)

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self

Tribute (1980)
as Scottie Templeton

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
as James Tyrone

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Self

Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
as Alexander Main

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

Christmas from Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Macaroni (1985)
as Robert Traven
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974)
as Self

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
as Self - Host

Kotch (1971)
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall (1990)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Gentleman Tramp (1976)
as Narrator
Puppies for Sale (1998)
Actor

Inside 'The Apartment' (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Too Often (1950)
as Mike (uncredited)
The Marilyn Files (1992)
as self

Wednesday (1974)
as Jerry Murphy

Debonair Dancers (1986)
as Narrator





