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Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Acting
Born: Feb 08, 1925 — Died: Jun 27, 2001
From: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Inside 'The Apartment' Self (archive footage) 2008
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon Self (archive footage) 2007
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent Self (archive footage) 2004 7.667
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy Self (archive footage) 2004 8.0
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon Self (archive footage) 2002 10.0
12 Angry Men Juror 8 1997 7.68
Hamlet Marcellus 1996 7.341
Getting Away with Murder Mueller / Luger 1996 4.85
Short Cuts Paul Finnigan 1993 7.214
Grumpy Old Men John Gustafson 1993 6.657
The Player Jack Lemmon 1992 7.192
Glengarry Glen Ross Shelley Levene 1992 7.328
JFK Jack Martin 1991 7.602
Dad Jake Tremont 1989 6.387
Gregory Peck: His Own Man Self 1988 6.7
Debonair Dancers Narrator 1986 6.75
The China Syndrome Jack Godell 1979 7.138
Airport '77 Don Gallagher 1977 5.593
The Front Page Hildebrand Johnson 1974 7.321
The Out-of-Towners George Kellerman 1970 6.799
The Odd Couple Felix Ungar 1968 7.432
The Fortune Cookie Harry Hinkle 1966 7.164
The Great Race Professor Fate 1965 7.087
Good Neighbor Sam Sam Bissel 1964 6.557
Irma la Douce Nestor Patou 1963 7.395
Days of Wine and Roses Joe Clay 1963 7.502
The Apartment C.C. Baxter 1960 8.2
Some Like It Hot Jerry (Daphne) 1959 8.08
Bell, Book and Candle Nicky Holroyd 1958 6.53
It Should Happen to You Pete Sheppard 1954 7.079
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1925
FromNewton, Massachusetts, USA