Jack Lemmon

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Great Performances

All Movies (129)

• The Real Charlie Chaplin2021 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Marilyn at the Movies2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Invasion2011 · as archive footage
• Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me2009 · as Self
• Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inside 'The Apartment'2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Uta Hagen's Acting Class2004 · as Self
• Christmas in Hollywood2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot2001 · as Self
• On Cukor2000 · as Self
• The Legend of Bagger Vance2000 · as Narrator (voice)
• Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Altman on His Own Terms2000 · as Self
• Tuesdays with Morrie1999 · as Morrie Schwartz
• Inherit the Wind1999 · as Henry Drummond
• Forever Hollywood1999 · as Self
• Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau1998 · as Self
• Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's1998 · as Self
• The Odd Couple II1998 · as Felix Ungar
• Puppies for Sale1998
• The Long Way Home1998 · as Tom Gerrin
• Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy1998 · as Self
• 12 Angry Men1997 · as Juror 8
• Out to Sea1997 · as Herb Sullivan
• Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough1997 · as Self
• Hamlet1996 · as Marcellus
• My Fellow Americans1996 · as President Russell P. Kramer
• Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door1996 · as Self
• Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman1996 · as Self
• The Grass Harp1996 · as Dr. Morris Ritz
• A Weekend in the Country1996 · as Bud Bailey
• Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels1996 · as Self
• Getting Away with Murder1996 · as Mueller / Luger
• Grumpier Old Men1995 · as John Gustafson
• Inside the Dream Factory1995 · as Self
• Grumpy Old Men1993 · as John Gustafson
• A Life in the Theatre1993 · as Robert
• Short Cuts1993 · as Paul Finnigan
• Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country1993 · as Self
• Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · as Self
• Chaplin1992 · as Self (archive footage)
• Earth and the American Dream1992 · as Reader (voice)
• Glengarry Glen Ross1992 · as Shelley Levene
• The Marilyn Files1992 · as self
• James Cagney: Top of the World1992 · as Self
• The Player1992 · as Jack Lemmon
• For Richer, for Poorer1992 · as Aram Katourian
• JFK1991 · as Jack Martin
• The One, the Only... Groucho1991 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?1990 · as Self - Host
• The Earth Day Special1990 · as Coach Stewart
• The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall1990 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream1990 · as Self
• Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius1989 · as Self
• Dad1989 · as Jake Tremont
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Gregory Peck: His Own Man1988 · as Self
• Long Day's Journey Into Night1987 · as James Tyrone
• The Best of Max Headroom1987 · as Self
• That's Life!1986 · as Harvey Fairchild
• Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special1986 · as Self
• Debonair Dancers1986 · as Narrator
• Macaroni1985 · as Robert Traven
• Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years1985 · as Self
• Mass Appeal1984 · as Father Tim Farley
• Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius1982 · as Self
• Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder1982 · as Self
• Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter1982 · as Self
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Missing1982 · as Ed Horman
• All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds1981 · as Self
• Buddy Buddy1981 · as Victor Clooney
• Musical Comedy Tonight II1981 · as Self
• Tribute1980 · as Scottie Templeton
• The China Syndrome1979 · as Jack Godell
• Airport '771977 · as Don Gallagher
• The Gentleman Tramp1976 · as Narrator
• Alex & the Gypsy1976 · as Alexander Main
• The Entertainer1976 · as Archie Rice
• Killer Cop1975 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Prisoner of Second Avenue1975 · as Mel Edison
• The Front Page1974 · as Hildebrand Johnson
• Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist1974 · as Self
• Wednesday1974 · as Jerry Murphy
• Save the Tiger1973 · as Harry Stoner
• Avanti!1972 · as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
• The War Between Men and Women1972 · as Peter Wilson
• S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin1972 · as Self - Host
• Kotch1971 · as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
• The Out-of-Towners1970 · as George Kellerman
• The April Fools1969 · as Howard Brubaker
• Jack Benny's Bag1968 · as Self
• The Odd Couple1968 · as Felix Ungar
• Luv1967 · as Harry Berlin
• The Fortune Cookie1966 · as Harry Hinkle
• The Great Race1965 · as Professor Fate
• How to Murder Your Wife1965 · as Stanley Ford
• Good Neighbor Sam1964 · as Sam Bissel
• Under the Yum Yum Tree1963 · as Hogan
• Days of Wine and Roses1963 · as Joe Clay
• Irma la Douce1963 · as Nestor Patou
• The Notorious Landlady1962 · as Bill Gridley
• The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers1962 · as Self
• The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960 · as Rip Crandall
• Pepe1960 · as Jack Lemmon
• The Apartment1960 · as C.C. Baxter
• It Happened to Jane1959 · as George Denham
• Some Like It Hot1959 · as Jerry (Daphne)
• Bell, Book and Candle1958 · as Nicky Holroyd
• Cowboy1958 · as Frank Harris
• The Mystery of Thirteen1957 · as Dr. Billy Palmer
• Operation Mad Ball1957 · as Pvt. Hogan
• Fire Down Below1957 · as Tony
• You Can't Run Away from It1956 · as Peter Warne
• My Sister Eileen1955 · as Bob Baker
• Mister Roberts1955 · as Ensign Frank Pulver
• Three for the Show1955 · as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
• Phffft1954 · as Robert Tracey
• It Should Happen to You1954 · as Pete Sheppard
• Once Too Often1950 · as Mike (uncredited)
• The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland1950 · as Tweedledum
• The Lady Takes a Sailor1949 · as Plasterer (uncredited)

All TV Shows (42)

• Un film et son époque2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Frank Ormand (voice)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1988
• The Murder of Mary Phagan1988 · as Gov. John Slaton
• The Max Headroom Show1985 · as Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• The Hollywood Greats1977 · as Self (archive footage)
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Flick Flack1974
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Ashley
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Cass Kendall
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Pianist
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Heaven for Betsy1952 · as Peter Bell
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Self
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Alfred Fishkettle
• Armstrong Circle Theatre1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• That Wonderful Guy1950 · as Harold
• Suspense1949
• Studio One1948 · as Fred Stevens
• Studio One1948 · as Charlie Bemis
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner