
Jack Lemmon
Actor
- Born
- 8 February 1925, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- 27 June 2001
- On Nahoko
- 42 titles
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
Career in numbers
- Years active
- 1954 – 1998
- Movies
- 41
- TV shows
- 1
- By decade
- 1950s: 10, 1960s: 12, 1970s: 7, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 9
- Main genres
- Comedy (32), Drama (21), Romance (16)
Frequent collaborators
As actor 42
★ 6.5The Odd Couple II1998 · Felix
★ 6.1Out to Sea1997 · Herb Sullivan
★ 6.5My Fellow Americans1996 · President Russell P. Kramer
★ 6.7Grumpier Old Men1995 · John Gustafson
★ 6.6The Grass Harp1995 · Dr. Morris Ritz
★ 7.0Grumpy Old Men1993 · John Gustafson
★ 7.6Short Cuts1993 · Paul Finnigan
★ 7.6Glengarry Glen Ross1992 · Shelley Levene
★ 8.0JFK1991 · Jack Martin
★ 6.3Dad1989 · Jake Tremont
★ 7.5The Murder of Mary Phagan1988 · Gov. John Slaton
★ 7.7Missing1982 · Ed Horman
★ 6.5Buddy Buddy1981 · Victor Clooney
★ 7.4The China Syndrome1979 · Jack Godell
★ 5.8Airport '771977 · Don Gallagher
★ 6.7The Prisoner of Second Avenue1975 · Mel Edison
★ 7.3The Front Page1974 · Hildy Johnson
★ 6.9Save the Tiger1973 · Harry Stoner
★ 7.1Avanti!1972 · Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
★ 7.1The Out of Towners1970 · George Kellerman
★ 6.1The April Fools1969 · Howard Brubaker
★ 7.6The Odd Couple1968 · Felix Ungar
★ 7.2The Fortune Cookie1966 · Harry Hinkle
★ 7.2The Great Race1965 · Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick
★ 6.4How to Murder Your Wife1965 · Stanley Ford
★ 6.7Good Neighbor Sam1964 · Sam Bissell
★ 7.3Irma la Douce1963 · Nestor Patou / Lord X
★ 6.0Under the Yum Yum Tree1963 · Hogan
★ 7.8Days of Wine and Roses1962 · Joe Clay
★ 6.7The Notorious Landlady1962 · William 'Bill' Gridley
★ 8.3The Apartment1960 · C.C. Baxter
★ 6.3The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960 · Lt. Rip Crandall
★ 8.2Some Like It Hot1959 · Jerry / Daphne
★ 6.6It Happened to Jane1959 · George Denham
★ 6.8Bell, Book and Candle1958 · Nicky Holroyd
★ 6.7Cowboy1958 · Frank Harris
★ 6.0Fire Down Below1957 · Tony
★ 6.5Operation Mad Ball1957 · Pvt. Hogan
★ 7.6Mister Roberts1955 · Ensign Pulver
★ 6.8My Sister Eileen1955 · Robert 'Bob' Baker
★ 7.2It Should Happen to You1954 · Pete Sheppard
★ 6.6Phffft1954 · Robert Tracey
Walter Matthau10 titles together
Kim Novak3 titles together
Dick York3 titles together
Ernie Kovacs3 titles together
Judy Holliday2 titles together
Peter Lawford2 titles together
Tony Curtis2 titles together
Shirley MacLaine2 titles together