Person
Jack Lemmon
Acting · 1925–2001 · Newton, 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
The Simpsons
Frank Ormand (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Great Performances
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Host
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cass Kendall
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Filmography
- 2021The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011Marilyn at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Hollywood Invasionarchive footage
- 2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf
- 2008Starz Inside: Ladies or GentlemenSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Inside 'The Apartment'Self (archive footage)
- 2007Magic Time: The Art of Jack LemmonSelf (archive footage)
- 2006The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'Self (archive footage)
- 2006The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'Self (archive footage)
- 2005Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 2004The China Syndrome: Creating a ControversySelf (archive footage)
- 2004The China Syndrome: A Fusion of TalentSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Uta Hagen's Acting ClassSelf
- 2003Christmas in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Un film et son époqueSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack LemmonSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotSelf
- 2000On CukorSelf
- 2000The Legend of Bagger VanceNarrator (voice)
- 2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
- 1999Tuesdays with MorrieMorrie Schwartz
- 1999Inherit the WindHenry Drummond
- 1999Forever HollywoodSelf
- 1998Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter MatthauSelf
- 1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sSelf
- 1998The Odd Couple IIFelix Ungar
- 1998Puppies for Sale
- 1998The Long Way HomeTom Gerrin
- 1998Billy Wilder: The Human ComedySelf
- 199712 Angry MenJuror 8
- 1997Out to SeaHerb Sullivan
- 1997Scene by SceneSelf
- 1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughSelf
- 1996HamletMarcellus
- 1996My Fellow AmericansPresident Russell P. Kramer
- 1996Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next DoorSelf
- 1996Jack Lemmon: America's EverymanSelf
- 1996The Grass HarpDr. Morris Ritz
- 1996A Weekend in the CountryBud Bailey
- 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf
- 1996Getting Away with MurderMueller / Luger
- 1995Grumpier Old MenJohn Gustafson
- 1995Inside the Dream FactorySelf
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1993Grumpy Old MenJohn Gustafson
- 1993A Life in the TheatreRobert
- 1993Short CutsPaul Finnigan
- 1993Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver CountrySelf
- 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf
- 1992ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)
- 1992Glengarry Glen RossShelley Levene
- 1992The Marilyn Filesself
- 1992James Cagney: Top of the WorldSelf
- 1992The PlayerJack Lemmon
- 1992For Richer, for PoorerAram Katourian
- 1991JFKJack Martin
- 1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierThanks
- 1991The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf
- 1990The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?Self - Host
- 1990The Earth Day SpecialCoach Stewart
- 1990The Life and Legend of Jane GoodallSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the DreamSelf
- 1989The SimpsonsFrank Ormand (voice)
- 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusSelf
- 1989DadJake Tremont
- 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- 1988Gregory Peck: His Own ManSelf
- 1988The Murder of Mary PhaganGov. John Slaton
- 1987Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
- 1987The Best of Max HeadroomSelf
- 1986That's Life!Harvey Fairchild
- 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialSelf
- 1986Debonair DancersNarrator
- 1985MacaroniRobert Traven
- 1985Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 YearsSelf
- 1985The Max Headroom ShowSelf
- 1984Mass AppealFather Tim Farley
- 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original GeniusSelf
- 1982Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy WilderSelf
- 1982Hollywood: The Gift of LaughterSelf
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1982MissingEd Horman
- 1981All-Star Party for Burt ReynoldsSelf
- 1981Buddy BuddyVictor Clooney
- 1981Musical Comedy Tonight IISelf
- 1980TributeScottie Templeton
- 1979The China SyndromeJack Godell
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1977The Hollywood GreatsSelf (archive footage)
- 1977Airport '77Don Gallagher
- 1976The Gentleman TrampNarrator
- 1976Alex & the GypsyAlexander Main
- 1976The EntertainerArchie Rice
- 1975Killer CopNarrator (voice)
- 1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueMel Edison
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974The Front PageHildebrand Johnson
- 1974Oscars, Actors and The ExorcistSelf
- 1974Flick Flack
- 1974WednesdayJerry Murphy
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
- 1973Save the TigerHarry Stoner
- 1972Avanti!Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
- 1972The War Between Men and WomenPeter Wilson
- 1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S GershwinSelf - Host
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971KotchSleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- 1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970The Out-of-TownersGeorge Kellerman
- 1969The April FoolsHoward Brubaker
- 1968Jack Benny's BagSelf
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968The Odd CoupleFelix Ungar
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
- 1967LuvHarry Berlin
- 1966The Fortune CookieHarry Hinkle
- 1965The Great RaceProfessor Fate
- 1965How to Murder Your WifeStanley Ford
- 1964Good Neighbor SamSam Bissel
- 1963Under the Yum Yum TreeHogan
- 1963Days of Wine and RosesJoe Clay
- 1963Irma la DouceNestor Patou
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Notorious LandladyBill Gridley
- 1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyRip Crandall
- 1960PepeJack Lemmon
- 1960The ApartmentC.C. Baxter
- 1959It Happened to JaneGeorge Denham
- 1959Some Like It HotJerry (Daphne)
- 1958Bell, Book and CandleNicky Holroyd
- 1958CowboyFrank Harris
- 1957The Mystery of ThirteenDr. Billy Palmer
- 1957Alcoa TheatreAshley
- 1957Operation Mad BallPvt. Hogan
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1957Fire Down BelowTony
- 1956You Can't Run Away from ItPeter Warne
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreCass Kendall
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Pianist
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
- 1955My Sister EileenBob Baker
- 1955Mister RobertsEnsign Frank Pulver
- 1955Three for the ShowMartin 'Marty' Stewart
- 1954PhffftRobert Tracey
- 1954It Should Happen to YouPete Sheppard
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952Heaven for BetsyPeter Bell
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowSelf
- 1950Once Too OftenMike (uncredited)
- 1950The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in WonderlandTweedledum
- 1950Lux Video TheatreAlfred Fishkettle
- 1950Armstrong Circle Theatre
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1950Robert Montgomery Presents
- 1950That Wonderful GuyHarold
- 1949The Lady Takes a SailorPlasterer (uncredited)
- 1949Suspense
- 1948Studio OneFred Stevens
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter
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