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Jack Lemmon

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Jack Lemmon

Born February 8, 1925 in Newton, Massachusetts, USADied June 27, 200172 films

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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The Apartment posterFirst watchThe Apartment19608.2as C.C. BaxterBud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Some Like It Hot poster8.1Some Like It Hot1959JFK poster7.6JFK1991Glengarry Glen Ross poster7.3Glengarry Glen Ross1992The Player poster7.2The Player1992The Odd Couple poster7.4The Odd Couple196812 Angry Men poster7.712 Angry Men1997Short Cuts poster7.2Short Cuts1993Irma la Douce poster7.4Irma la Douce1963

Filmography

72 films as actor
  1. 2000The Legend of Bagger VanceNarrator (voice)
  2. 1999Tuesdays with MorrieMorrie Schwartz
  3. 1999Inherit the WindHenry Drummond
  4. 1998The Odd Couple IIFelix Ungar
  5. 1998Puppies for Sale
  6. 1998The Long Way HomeTom Gerrin
  7. 199712 Angry MenJuror 8
  8. 1997Out to SeaHerb
  9. 1996HamletMarcellus
  10. 1996My Fellow AmericansPresident Russell P. Kramer
  11. 1996The Grass HarpDr. Morris Ritz
  12. 1996A Weekend in the CountryBud Bailey
  13. 1996Getting Away with MurderMueller / Luger
  14. 1995Grumpier Old MenJohn Gustafson
  15. 1993Grumpy Old MenJohn Gustafson
  16. 1993A Life in the TheatreRobert
  17. 1993Short CutsPaul Finnigan
  18. 1992Glengarry Glen RossShelley Levene
  19. 1992The PlayerJack Lemmon
  20. 1992For Richer, for PoorerAram Katourian
  21. 1991JFKJack Martin
  22. 1989DadJake Tremont
  23. 1987Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
  24. 1986That's Life!Harvey Fairchild
  25. 1985MacaroniRobert Traven
  26. 1984Mass AppealFather Tim Farley
  27. 1982MissingEd Horman
  28. 1981Buddy BuddyVictor Clooney
  29. 1980TributeScottie Templeton
  30. 1979The China SyndromeJack Godell
  31. 1977Airport '77Don Gallagher
  32. 1976Alex & the GypsyAlexander Main
  33. 1976The EntertainerArchie Rice
  34. 1975Killer CopNarrator (voice)
  35. 1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueMel Edison
  36. 1974The Front PageHildebrand Johnson
  37. 1974WednesdayJerry Murphy
  38. 1973Save the TigerHarry Stoner
  39. 1972Avanti!Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
  40. 1972The War Between Men and WomenPeter Wilson
  41. 1971KotchSleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
  42. 1970The Out-of-TownersGeorge Kellerman
  43. 1969The April FoolsHoward Brubaker
  44. 1968The Odd CoupleFelix Ungar
  45. 1967LuvHarry Berlin
  46. 1966The Fortune CookieHarry Hinkle
  47. 1965The Great RaceProfessor Fate
  48. 1965How to Murder Your WifeStanley Ford
  49. 1964Good Neighbor SamSam Bissel
  50. 1963Under the Yum Yum TreeHogan
  51. 1963Days of Wine and RosesJoe Clay
  52. 1963Irma la DouceNestor Patou
  53. 1962The Notorious LandladyBill Gridley
  54. 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyRip Crandall
  55. 1960PepeJack Lemmon
  56. 1960The ApartmentC.C. Baxter
  57. 1959It Happened to JaneGeorge Denham
  58. 1959Some Like It HotJerry (Daphne)
  59. 1958Bell, Book and CandleNicky Holroyd
  60. 1958CowboyFrank Harris
  61. 1957The Mystery of ThirteenDr. Billy Palmer
  62. 1957Operation Mad BallPvt. Hogan
  63. 1957Fire Down BelowTony
  64. 1956You Can't Run Away from ItPeter Warne
  65. 1955My Sister EileenBob Baker
  66. 1955Mister RobertsFrank Pulver
  67. 1955Three for the ShowMarty Stewart
  68. 1954PhffftRobert Tracey
  69. 1954It Should Happen to YouPete Sheppard
  70. 1950Once Too OftenMike (uncredited)
  71. 1950The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in WonderlandTweedledum
  72. 1949The Lady Takes a SailorPlasterer (uncredited)