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Jack Lemmon

John Uhler 'Jack' Lemmon III was a distinguished stage, television and film actor who appeared in legendary comedies and dramas such as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment and Missing. He is also noted for his partnership with Walter Matthau in such films as The Fortune Cookie, The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.

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12 Angry Men

1997
as Juror 8

The Apartment

1960
as C.C. Baxter

Some Like It Hot

1959
as Jerry (Daphne)

JFK

1991
as Jack Martin

Dad

1989
as Jake Tremont

The April Fools

1969
as Howard Brubaker

It Should Happen to You

1954
as Pete Sheppard

My Sister Eileen

1955
as Robert 'Bob' Baker

Tuesdays with Morrie

1999
as Morrie Schwartz

Avanti!

1972
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

The Odd Couple

1968
as Felix Ungar

Luv

1967
as Harry Berlin

The China Syndrome

1979
as Jack Godell

Three for the Show

1955
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart

The Player

1992
as Himself

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992
as Shelley Levene

My Fellow Americans

1996
as President Russell P. Kramer

Mass Appeal

1984
as Father Tim Farley

The Notorious Landlady

1962
as William 'Bill' Gridley

Forever Hollywood

1999
as Jack Lemmon

Inherit the Wind

1999
as Henry Drummond

Phffft!

1954
as Robert Tracey

It Happened to Jane

1959
as George Denham

Irma la Douce

1963
as Nestor Patou

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960
as Lt. Rip Crandall

Mister Roberts

1955
as Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver

Tribute

1980
as Scottie Templeton

The War Between Men and Women

1972
as Peter Edward Wilson

The Grass Harp

1995
as Dr. Morris Ritz

Missing

1982
as Ed Horman

Buddy Buddy

1981
as Victor Clooney

Bell, Book and Candle

1958
as Nicky Holroyd

The Great Race

1965
as Prof. Fate

Grumpier Old Men

1995
as John Gustafson

Maccheroni

1985
as Robert Traven

Save the Tiger

1973
as Harry Stoner

Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen

2008
as Self (archive footage)

Out to Sea

1997
as Herb Sullivan

Le voyage en ballon

1960
as Narrator (English version)

Wednesday

1974
as Jerry Murphy

Good Neighbor Sam

1964
as Sam Bissel

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006
as Himself [archival footage]

The Fortune Cookie

1966
as Harry Hinkle

The Odd Couple II

1998
as Felix Ungar

Grumpy Old Men

1993
as John Gustafson

Alex And The Gypsy

1976
as Alexander Main

Short Cuts

1993
as Paul Finnigan

Cowboy

1958
as Frank Harris

Hamlet

1996
as Marcellus

Airport '77

1977
as Capt. Don Gallagher

Operation Mad Ball

1957
as Private Hogan

The Out of Towners

1970
as George Kellerman

How to Murder Your Wife

1965
as Stanley Ford

For Richer, for Poorer

1992
as Aram Katourian

Pepe

1960
as Himself

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006
as Himself [archival footage]

That's Life!

1986
as Harvey Fairchild

The Front Page

1974
as Hildebrand Johnson

Hollywood Invasion

2011
as Jack Lemmon

Director

Movie Kotch 1971

Producer

Movie Avanti! 1972
Movie The War Between Men and Women 1972

Guest Star

Episode The Simpsons
The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
1997
Episode The Academy Awards
The 36th Academy Awards 1964
1964
Episode The Academy Awards
The 44th Academy Awards 1972
1972
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon, Chris Lemmon
1985
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon
1992
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jack Lemmon, K.T. Oslin
1988
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Orson Welles, Jack Lemmon
1970
Episode I've Got a Secret
Jack Lemmon
1959
Episode What's My Line?
Jack Lemmon
1964
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jack Lemmon, Ted Wass, Bob Costas, Hall & Oates
1991
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jack Lemmon, Maureen Murphy
1982
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
1981
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jack Lemmon, Steven Wright
1989
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon
1992
Episode I've Got a Secret
Jack Lemmon
1955
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon
1971
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett, Jack Lemmon
1992
Episode Tony Awards
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards
1978
Episode The Max Headroom Show
Jack Lemmon
1986
Episode What's My Line?
Jack Lemmon
1965
Episode Playhouse 90
The Mystery of Thirteen
1957
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Three Graves
1957
Episode Oscar
Zweite Sendung
1970
Episode Tony Awards
The 37th Annual Tony Awards
1983
Episode Suspense
The Gray Helmet
1949
Episode The Academy Awards
The 57th Academy Awards 1985
1985
Episode Scene by Scene
Jack Lemmon
1998
Episode The Academy Awards
The 30th Academy Awards 1958
1958