Jack Lemmon

Born 1925 • Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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Filmography

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2011

Hollywood Invasion

as —

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2009

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

as Self

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2008

Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen

as Self (archive footage)

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2008

Inside 'The Apartment'

Directed by Unknown

as Self (archive footage)

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2007

Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon

Directed by Unknown

as Self (archive footage)

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2006

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

Directed by Mike Thomas

as Self (archive footage)

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2006

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

Directed by Mike Thomas

as Self (archive footage)

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2005

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

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2004

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Directed by Karen Ludwig

as Self

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2004

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

as Self (archive footage)

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

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2004

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

as Self (archive footage)

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2003

Christmas in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

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2002

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon

Directed by Unknown

as Self (archive footage)

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

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2001

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

Directed by Paul Kerr

as Self

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2000

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

Directed by Christoph Rüter

as Self (archive footage)

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2000

Altman on His Own Terms

as Self

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2000

On Cukor

Directed by Robert Trachtenberg

as Self

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2000

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as Narrator (voice)

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1999

Tuesdays with Morrie

Directed by Mick Jackson

as Morrie Schwartz

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1999

Forever Hollywood

as Self

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1999

Inherit the Wind

Directed by Daniel Petrie

as Henry Drummond

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1998

Puppies for Sale

Directed by Ron Krauss

as —

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1998

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Directed by Mel Stuart

as Self

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1998

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

as Self

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1998

The Odd Couple II

Directed by Howard Deutch

as Felix Ungar

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1998

The Long Way Home

Directed by Glenn Jordan

as Tom Gerrin

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1998

Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Directed by Tony Barbon

as Self

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1997

Out to Sea

Directed by Martha Coolidge

as Herb Sullivan

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1997

12 Angry Men

Directed by William Friedkin

as Juror 8

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1997

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Directed by Gene Feldman

as Self

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1996

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

as Self

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1996

Getting Away with Murder

Directed by Harvey Miller

as Mueller / Luger

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1996

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

as Self

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1996

A Weekend in the Country

Directed by Martin Bergman

as Bud Bailey

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1996

The Grass Harp

Directed by Charles Matthau

as Dr. Morris Ritz

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1996

Hamlet

as Marcellus

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1996

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Directed by Gene Feldman

as Self

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1996

My Fellow Americans

Directed by Peter Segal

as President Russell P. Kramer

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1995

Inside the Dream Factory

Directed by Mark Woods

as Self

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1995

Grumpier Old Men

Directed by Howard Deutch

as John Gustafson

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1993

Grumpy Old Men

Directed by Donald Petrie

as John Gustafson

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1993

A Life in the Theatre

Directed by Gregory Mosher

as Robert

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1993

Short Cuts

as Paul Finnigan

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

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1993

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

as Self

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1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

as Self

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1992

The Player

as Jack Lemmon

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1992

For Richer, for Poorer

Directed by Jay Sandrich

as Aram Katourian

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1992

Glengarry Glen Ross

as Shelley Levene

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1992

James Cagney: Top of the World

Directed by Carl Lindahl

as Self

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1992

Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

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1992

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

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1991

JFK

as Jack Martin

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1991

The One, the Only... Groucho

Directed by Susan F. Walker

as Self

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

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1990

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

Directed by Jay Dubin

as Self - Host

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1990

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Directed by Arthur Barron

as Self

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1990

The Earth Day Special

as Coach Stewart

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1990

The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall

Directed by Judith Dwan Hallet

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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1989

Dad

as Jake Tremont

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1989

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Directed by Kevin Brownlow

as Self

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

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1988

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

as Self (archive footage)

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1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self

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1987

The Best of Max Headroom

as Self

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1987

Long Day's Journey Into Night

as James Tyrone

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

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1986

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

as Self

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1986

That's Life!

Directed by Blake Edwards

as Harvey Fairchild

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1986

Debonair Dancers

Directed by Alison Nigh-Strelich

as Narrator

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1985

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

Directed by John Soh

as Self

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1985

Macaroni

Directed by Ettore Scola

as Robert Traven

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1984

Mass Appeal

Directed by Glenn Jordan

as Father Tim Farley

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1982

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

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1982

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

Directed by Annie Tresgot

as Self

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1982

Missing

Directed by Costa-Gavras

as Ed Horman

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1982

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

Directed by Jack Haley Jr.

as Self

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1981

Buddy Buddy

Directed by Billy Wilder

as Victor Clooney

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1981

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Directed by Dick McDonough

as Self

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1981

Musical Comedy Tonight II

Directed by Tony Charmoli

as Self

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1980

Tribute

Directed by Bob Clark

as Scottie Templeton

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1979

The China Syndrome

as Jack Godell

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1977

Airport '77

as Don Gallagher

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1976

The Gentleman Tramp

as Narrator

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1976

The Entertainer

Directed by Donald Wrye

as Archie Rice

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1976

Alex & the Gypsy

Directed by John Korty

as Alexander Main

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1975

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Mel Edison

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1975

Killer Cop

Directed by Luciano Ercoli

as Narrator (voice)

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1974

Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist

Directed by Unknown

as Self

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1974

The Front Page

Directed by Billy Wilder

as Hildebrand Johnson

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1974

Wednesday

Directed by Marvin Kupfer

as Jerry Murphy

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1973

Save the Tiger

Directed by John G. Avildsen

as Harry Stoner

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1972

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

as Self - Host

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1972

The War Between Men and Women

Directed by Melville Shavelson

as Peter Wilson

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1972

Avanti!

Directed by Billy Wilder

as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

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1969

The April Fools

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

as Howard Brubaker

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1968

Jack Benny's Bag

Directed by Norman Abbott

as Self

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1968

The Odd Couple

Directed by Gene Saks

as Felix Ungar

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1967

Luv

as Harry Berlin

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1966

The Fortune Cookie

Directed by Billy Wilder

as Harry Hinkle

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1965

How to Murder Your Wife

Directed by Richard Quine

as Stanley Ford

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1965

The Great Race

Directed by Blake Edwards

as Professor Fate

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1964

Good Neighbor Sam

Directed by David Swift

as Sam Bissel

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1963

Days of Wine and Roses

Directed by Blake Edwards

as Joe Clay

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1963

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Directed by David Swift

as Hogan

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1963

Irma la Douce

as Nestor Patou

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

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1962

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Directed by Michael Caffey

as Self

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1962

The Notorious Landlady

as Bill Gridley

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1960

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Directed by Richard Murphy

as Rip Crandall

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1960

Pepe

Directed by George Sidney

as Jack Lemmon

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1960

The Apartment

Directed by Billy Wilder

as C.C. Baxter

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1959

Some Like It Hot

Directed by Billy Wilder

as Jerry (Daphne)

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1959

It Happened to Jane

Directed by Richard Quine

as George Denham

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1958

Bell, Book and Candle

Directed by Richard Quine

as Nicky Holroyd

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1958

Cowboy

Directed by Delmer Daves

as Frank Harris

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1957

Operation Mad Ball

Directed by Richard Quine

as Pvt. Hogan

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1957

Fire Down Below

Directed by Robert Parrish

as Tony

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1956

You Can't Run Away from It

Directed by Dick Powell

as Peter Warne

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1955

Mister Roberts

Directed by John Ford

as Ensign Frank Pulver

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1955

Three for the Show

Directed by H. C. Potter

as Martin 'Marty' Stewart

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1955

My Sister Eileen

Directed by Richard Quine

as Bob Baker

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1954

Phffft

Directed by Mark Robson

as Robert Tracey

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1954

It Should Happen to You

Directed by George Cukor

as Pete Sheppard

The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland

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1950

The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

as Tweedledum

About Jack Lemmon

Known for: Acting