Actor - Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

Jack Lemmon
Born: 1925-02-08
Died: 2001-06-27

Filmography

Release	Title	Role	Age	Watch	IMDb	TMDb
1949	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Plasterer (uncredited)	24		tt0041573	130415
1950	Once Too Often	Mike (uncredited)	25		tt7091400	659992
1954	It Should Happen to You	Pete Sheppard	29		tt0047123	20127
1954	Phffft	Robert Tracey	29		tt0047349	80316
1955	Three for the Show	Martin 'Marty' Stewart	30		tt0048719	261550
1955	Mister Roberts	Ensign Frank Pulver	30		tt0048380	37853
1955	My Sister Eileen	Bob Baker	30		tt0048401	60966
1956	You Can't Run Away from It	Peter Warne	31		tt0049973	59142
1957	Fire Down Below	Tony	32		tt0050397	56188
1957	Operation Mad Ball	Pvt. Hogan	32		tt0050805	60387
1958	Cowboy	Frank Harris	33		tt0051496	39435
1958	Bell, Book and Candle	Nicky Holroyd	33		tt0051406	2006
1959	Some Like It Hot	Jerry (Daphne)	34	✅	tt0053291	239
1959	It Happened to Jane	George Denham	34		tt0052933	40957
1960	The Apartment	C.C. Baxter	35		tt0053604	284
1960	Pepe	Jack Lemmon	35		tt0054172	82792
1960	The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Rip Crandall	35		tt0054453	43752
1962	The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	Self	37		tt2375651	298189
1962	The Notorious Landlady	Bill Gridley	37		tt0056289	49844
1963	Days of Wine and Roses	Joe Clay	38		tt0055895	32488
1963	Irma la Douce	Nestor Patou	38		tt0057187	2690
1963	Under the Yum-Yum Tree	Hogan	38		tt0057622	43750
1964	Good Neighbor Sam	Sam Bissel	39		tt0058153	3011
1965	How to Murder Your Wife	Stanley Ford	40		tt0058212	26685
1965	The Great Race	Professor Fate	40		tt0059243	11575
1966	The Fortune Cookie	Harry Hinkle	41		tt0060424	1888
1967	Luv	Harry Berlin	42		tt0061927	163376
1968	The Odd Couple	Felix Ungar	43		tt0063374	11356
1969	The April Fools	Howard Brubaker	44		tt0064036	90563
1970	The Out-of-Towners	George Kellerman	45		tt0066193	20444
1971	Kotch	Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)	46		tt0067314	76002
1972	S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin	Self - Host	47		tt0329952	802600
1972	The War Between Men and Women	Peter Wilson	47		tt0069483	163392
1972	Avanti!	Wendell Armbruster, Jr.	47		tt0068240	12530
1973	Save the Tiger	Harry Stoner	48		tt0070640	38714
1974	Wednesday	Jerry Murphy	49		tt0168251	706865
1974	The Front Page	Hildebrand Johnson	49		tt0071524	987
1975	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Mel Edison	50		tt0072034	19221
1975	Killer Cop	Narrator (voice)	50		tt0072008	96477
1976	The Entertainer	Archie Rice	51		tt0072942	266100
1976	Alex & the Gypsy	Alexander Main	51		tt0074112	147157
1976	The Gentleman Tramp	Narrator	51		tt0073039	162208
1977	Airport '77	Don Gallagher	52		tt0075648	7227
1979	The China Syndrome	Jack Godell	54		tt0078966	988
1980	Tribute	Scottie Templeton	55		tt0081656	130917
1981	Musical Comedy Tonight II	Self	56		tt0344088	797477
1981	Buddy Buddy	Victor Clooney	56		tt0082111	36133
1981	All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds	Self	56		tt1193454	744130
1982	Missing	Ed Horman	57		tt0084335	15600
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	57		tt0355825	541703
1982	Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter	Self	57		tt0355538	828686
1982	Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder	Self	57		tt0447372	153100
1984	Mass Appeal	Father Tim Farley	59		tt0087688	110643
1985	Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years	Self	60		tt0285238	835356
1985	Macaroni	Robert Traven	60		tt0089529	60202
1986	Debonair Dancers	Narrator	61		tt0090921	244679
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self	61		tt1373385	1291502
1986	Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend	Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)	61		tt0163735	732004
1986	That's Life!	Harvey Fairchild	61		tt0092079	52961
1987	Long Day's Journey Into Night	James Tyrone	62		tt0093432	237549
1988	Gregory Peck: His Own Man	Self	63		tt0816516	686301
1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self (archive footage)	63		tt2092434	606651
1989	Dad	Jake Tremont	64		tt0097142	21291
1989	Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius	Self	64		tt0208197	378600
1990	Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream	Self	65		tt0426191	237821
1990	The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall	Self - Narrator (voice)	65		tt10666760	938529
1990	The Earth Day Special	Coach Stewart	65		tt0255132	405806
1990	The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?	Self - Host	65		tt0888001	1038767
1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Self	66		tt0142366	663345
1991	JFK	Jack Martin	66		tt0102138	820
1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Aram Katourian	67		tt0104288	59136
1992	The Player	Jack Lemmon	67		tt0105151	10403
1992	James Cagney: Top of the World	Self	67		tt0319590	334919
1992	Glengarry Glen Ross	Shelley Levene	67		tt0104348	9504
1992	Earth and the American Dream	Reader (voice)	67		tt0289172	681138
1993	Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy	Self	68		tt0103801	334934
1993	Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country	Self	68		tt0107455	171961
1993	Short Cuts	Paul Finnigan	68		tt0108122	695
1993	A Life in the Theatre	Robert	68		tt0107412	173763
1993	Grumpy Old Men	John Gustafson	68		tt0107050	11520
1995	The Grass Harp	Dr. Morris Ritz	70		tt0113211	46732
1995	Inside the Dream Factory	Self	70		tt0322772	771245
1995	Grumpier Old Men	John Gustafson	70		tt0113228	15602
1996	Getting Away with Murder	Mueller / Luger	71		tt0116405	25697
1996	Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels	Self	71		tt0854163	685538
1996	A Weekend in the Country	Bud Bailey	71		tt0118129	292517
1996	Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman	Self	71		tt0819656	631802
1996	Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door	Self	71		tt0479040	1028327
1996	My Fellow Americans	President Russell P. Kramer	71		tt0117119	17795
1996	Hamlet	Marcellus	71		tt0116477	10549
1997	Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough	Self	72		tt5085232	727613
1997	Out to Sea	Herb Sullivan	72		tt0119848	18080
1997	12 Angry Men	Juror 8	72		tt0118528	12219
1998	Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy	Self	73		tt0965722	453334
1998	The Long Way Home	Tom Gerrin	73		tt0143436	111693
1998	The Odd Couple II	Felix Ungar	73		tt0120773	27472
1998	Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	Self	73		tt0158831	85984
1998	Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau	Self	73		tt0679215	831951
1999	Forever Hollywood	Self	74		tt0225781	599031
1999	Inherit the Wind	Henry Drummond	74		tt0196632	103648
1999	Tuesdays with Morrie	Morrie Schwartz	74		tt0207805	26133
2000	Altman on His Own Terms	Self	75		tt0398679	1439040
2000	Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor	Self (archive footage)	75		tt1408025	1032957
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Narrator	75		tt0146984	4958
2000	On Cukor	Self	75		tt0268920	1142576
2001	Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot	Self	❌		tt12240520	710175
2002	Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt0407968	816358
2003	Christmas in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt0447615	253089
2004	Uta Hagen's Acting Class	Self	❌		tt0313741	659022
2004	The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt0440202	672283
2004	The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt0440203	672285
2005	Nos Bastidores de Hollywood	Self	❌		N/A	1242980
2006	The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt1314201	228360
2006	The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt0899073	228365
2007	Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon	Self (archive footage)	❌		N/A	638687
2008	Inside 'The Apartment'	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt1254961	701078
2008	Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt1295069	235737
2009	Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me	Self	❌		tt1543216	274061
2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt3481232	253639
2017	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	Self (voice)/(archive footage)	❌		tt3180122	366633
2018	Always at The Carlyle	Self (archive footage)	❌		tt4151320	370756
2023	Sly	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	❌		tt28254460	1146302

Links

• IMDb: Jack Lemmon
• TMDb: Jack Lemmon
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm#mini_bio

Bio

Jack Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925 in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He initially acted on TV before moving to Hollywood for the big screen, cultivating a career that would span decades. An eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins, Lemmon starred in over 60 films including Nekdo to rád horké (1959), Byt (1960), Sladká Irma (1963), Podivný Pár (1968), Save the Tiger (1973) and Dej si pohov, kámosi (1993). Some of his most beloved performances stemmed from his collaborations with acclaimed director Billy Wilder and with his fellow friend and actor Walter Matthau.

A versatile and beloved performer, Jack Lemmon was a celebrated virtuoso in both comedy and drama. The only child of Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon Jr., who was the president of a doughnut company, Lemmon had a fairly affluent upbringing. He attended the prestigious Phillips Academy (Class of 1943) and Harvard College (Class of 1947). At Harvard, Lemmon found his passion for theater. He was also a member of the V-12 Navy College Training Program and served briefly as an ensign on an aircraft carrier during World War II before returning to Harvard following his time served in the military.

After college, Lemmon moved to New York City and spent much of his time there playing piano in a bar before landing small roles on the radio, stage and television. Two years later, Lemmon earned his first big role in the comedy war drama Mister Roberts (1955) with Henry Fonda and James Cagney. His complex portrayal of a somewhat dishonest but sensitive character earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Lemmon would go on to work on a number of films with comedian and close friend Ernie Kovacs, including Bell Book and Candle (1958). In 1959, Lemmon gave one of the top comedic performances of his career when he starred alongside Tony Curtis in the romantic comedy film Nekdo to rád horké (1959), the first of several collaborations with director Billy Wilder. Lemmon also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of C.C. 'Bud' Baxter in the Byt (1960) while working again with Wilder. Lemmon enjoyed great success on the big screen throughout the 1950s and 60s.

Štístko (1966) served as the start of a comedic partnership between Lemmon and Walter Matthau and the two would come together again, two years later, for Podivný Pár (1968), one of their most endearing films together. As the 1970s came around, Lemmon began to undertake more dramatic roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Save the Tiger (1973). Throughout the 80s and 90s, Lemmon continued to excel in his character performances and earned a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1988.

Sometimes referred to as "America's Everyman", Lemmon's versatility as an actor helped the audience more closely identify and relate to him. He was able always to elicit a laugh or sympathy from his viewers and his charismatic presence always shined on the big screen. He often portrayed the quintessence of aspiring man and established a lasting impression on the film industry.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kyle Perez