Jack Lemmon

Biography

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III 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

Jerry (Daphne)

Some Like It Hot

C.C. Baxter

The Apartment

Self

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Jack Godell

The China Syndrome

Hildebrand Johnson

The Front Page

Narrator

Debonair Dancers

Paul Finnigan

Short Cuts

Sam Bissel

Good Neighbor Sam

Jack Martin

JFK

Marcellus

Hamlet

Harry Hinkle

The Fortune Cookie

Nicky Holroyd

Bell, Book and Candle

Self (archive footage)

Inside 'The Apartment'

Self (archive footage)

Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon

Self (archive footage)

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon

Nestor Patou

Irma la Douce

Jack Lemmon

The Player

Self (archive footage)

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

Self (archive footage)

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

Pete Sheppard

It Should Happen to You

George Kellerman

The Out-of-Towners

Jake Tremont

Dad

Felix Ungar

The Odd Couple

John Gustafson

Grumpy Old Men

Professor Fate

The Great Race

Don Gallagher

Airport '77

Juror 8

12 Angry Men

Joe Clay

Days of Wine and Roses

Mueller / Luger

Getting Away with Murder

Shelley Levene

Glengarry Glen Ross

Felix Ungar

The Odd Couple II

Stanley Ford

How to Murder Your Wife

Morrie Schwartz

Tuesdays with Morrie

George Denham

It Happened to Jane

Victor Clooney

Buddy Buddy

Robert Traven

Maccheroni

Pvt. Hogan

Operation Mad Ball

Bob Baker

My Sister Eileen

John Gustafson

Grumpier Old Men

Ed Horman

Missing

Hogan

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Rip Crandall

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Ensign Frank Pulver

Mister Roberts

Harry Stoner

Save the Tiger

Dr. Morris Ritz

The Grass Harp

Frank Harris

Cowboy

Herb Sullivan

Out to Sea

President Russell P. Kramer

My Fellow Americans

Bill Gridley

The Notorious Landlady

Robert Tracey

Phffft

Mel Edison

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall

Harvey Fairchild

That's Life!

Jack Lemmon

Pepe

Howard Brubaker

The April Fools

Tony

Fire Down Below

Aram Katourian

For Richer, for Poorer

Peter Warne

You Can't Run Away from It

Self

On Cukor

Henry Drummond

Inherit the Wind

Father Tim Farley

Mass Appeal

Self

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Tom Gerrin

The Long Way Home

Self

Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder

Scottie Templeton

Tribute

Alexander Main

Alex & the Gypsy

Narrator

The Gentleman Tramp

Harry Berlin

Luv

Peter Wilson

The War Between Men and Women

Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

James Tyrone

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Self (archive footage)

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

Archie Rice

The Entertainer

Self

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Self

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Self

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Bud Bailey

A Weekend in the Country

Martin 'Marty' Stewart

Three for the Show

Self (archive footage)

Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler

Self - Host

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sly

Self (archive footage)

Always at The Carlyle

Self

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen

Self

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Kotch

Robert

A Life in the Theatre

Self (archive footage)

Christmas in Hollywood

Puppies for Sale

Self

James Cagney: Top of the World

Self

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

Plasterer (uncredited)

The Lady Takes a Sailor

Coach Stewart

The Earth Day Special

Self

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Self

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Narrator

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Self

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Narrator (voice)

La polizia ha le mani legate

Self

Forever Hollywood

Self

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

Mike (uncredited)

Once Too Often

Self

The One, the Only... Groucho

Reader (voice)

Earth and the American Dream

Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

Avanti!

Jerry Murphy

Wednesday

Self

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Self

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Self

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Self

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Self

Inside the Dream Factory

Self

Musical Comedy Tonight II

Self - Host

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

Self

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Self

Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Self

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

Self

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Jack Benny's Bag

Self (voice) (archive footage)

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Self

Altman on His Own Terms

Self

The Best of Max Headroom

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-02-08

Place of Birth

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

John "Jack" Lemmon