Actor
Jack Lemmon
127 movies as actor · 1 as director
Born Feb 8, 1925 – Jun 27, 2001 (aged 76)From Newton, Massachusetts, USAAlso known as John "Jack" Lemmon, John Lemmon, John Uhler Lemmon III
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
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Comedy, Romance
The Apartment
1960 · Comedy, Drama
JFK
1991 · Drama, Thriller
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Crime, Drama
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000 · Drama, Romance
The Player
1992 · Mystery, Drama
Grumpy Old Men
1993 · Comedy, Romance
Short Cuts
1993 · Drama, Comedy
The Odd Couple
1968 · Comedy
The China Syndrome
1979 · Drama, Thriller
Hamlet
1996 · Drama
Irma la Douce
1963 · Romance, Comedy
Jack Lemmon movies
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Invasion
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009 · Self
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004 · Self
Christmas from Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Self
On Cukor
2000 · Self
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000 · Narrator (voice)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999 · Morrie Schwartz
Inherit the Wind
1999 · Henry Drummond
Forever Hollywood
1999 · Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998 · Self
The Odd Couple II
1998 · Felix Ungar
Puppies for Sale
Puppies for Sale
1998
The Long Way Home
1998 · Tom Gerrin
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Self
12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 8
Out to Sea
1997 · Herb
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997 · Self
Hamlet
1996 · Marcellus
My Fellow Americans
1996 · President Russell P. Kramer
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996 · Self
The Grass Harp
1996 · Dr. Morris Ritz
A Weekend in the Country
1996 · Bud Bailey
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · Mueller / Luger
Grumpier Old Men
1995 · John Gustafson
Inside the Dream Factory
1995 · Self
Grumpy Old Men
1993 · John Gustafson
A Life in the Theatre
1993 · Robert
Short Cuts
1993 · Paul Finnigan
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993 · Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 · Self
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Shelley Levene
The Marilyn Files
The Marilyn Files
1992 · self
James Cagney: Top of the World
1992 · Self
The Player
1992 · Jack Lemmon
For Richer, for Poorer
1992 · Aram Katourian
JFK
1991 · Jack Martin
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 · Self
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990 · Self - Host
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Coach Stewart
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
1990 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990 · Self
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989 · Self
Dad
1989 · Jake Tremont
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988 · Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1987 · James Tyrone
The Best of Max Headroom
1987 · Self
That's Life!
1986 · Harvey Fairchild
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Self
Debonair Dancers
1986 · Narrator
Macaroni
1985 · Robert Traven
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985 · Self
Mass Appeal
1984 · Father Tim Farley
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982 · Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982 · Self
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Missing
1982 · Ed Horman
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981 · Self
Buddy Buddy
1981 · Victor Clooney
Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981 · Self
Tribute
1980 · Scottie Templeton
The China Syndrome
1979 · Jack Godell
Airport '77
1977 · Don Gallagher
The Gentleman Tramp
1976 · Narrator
Alex & the Gypsy
1976 · Alexander Main
The Entertainer
1976 · Archie Rice
Killer Cop
1975 · Narrator (voice)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Mel Edison
The Front Page
1974 · Hildebrand Johnson
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
1974 · Self
Wednesday
1974 · Jerry Murphy
Save the Tiger
1973 · Harry Stoner
Avanti!
1972 · Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
The War Between Men and Women
1972 · Peter Wilson
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972 · Self - Host
Kotch
1971 · Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Out-of-Towners
1970 · George Kellerman
The April Fools
1969 · Howard Brubaker
Jack Benny's Bag
Jack Benny's Bag
1968 · Self
The Odd Couple
1968 · Felix Ungar
Luv
1967 · Harry Berlin
The Fortune Cookie
1966 · Harry Hinkle
The Great Race
1965 · Professor Fate
How to Murder Your Wife
1965 · Stanley Ford
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · Sam Bissel
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Hogan
Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · Joe Clay
Irma la Douce
1963 · Nestor Patou
The Notorious Landlady
1962 · Bill Gridley
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 · Self
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Rip Crandall
Pepe
1960 · Jack Lemmon
The Apartment
1960 · C.C. Baxter
It Happened to Jane
1959 · George Denham
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Jerry (Daphne)
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Nicky Holroyd
Cowboy
1958 · Frank Harris
The Mystery of Thirteen
The Mystery of Thirteen
1957 · Dr. Billy Palmer
Operation Mad Ball
1957 · Pvt. Hogan
Fire Down Below
1957 · Tony
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Peter Warne
My Sister Eileen
1955 · Bob Baker
Mister Roberts
1955 · Frank Pulver
Three for the Show
1955 · Marty Stewart
Phffft
1954 · Robert Tracey
It Should Happen to You
1954 · Pete Sheppard
Once Too Often
Once Too Often
1950 · Mike (uncredited)
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
1950 · Tweedledum
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 · Plasterer (uncredited)
Directed by Jack Lemmon
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