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

• 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Inherit the Wind — Henry Drummond
• 1999Tuesdays with Morrie — Morrie Schwartz
• 1998Puppies for Sale
• 1998The Long Way Home — Tom Gerrin
• 1998The Odd Couple II — Felix Ungar
• 199712 Angry Men — Juror 8
• 1997Out to Sea — Herb
• 1996A Weekend in the Country — Bud Bailey, Executive Producer
• 1996Getting Away with Murder — Mueller / Luger
• 1996Hamlet — Marcellus
• 1996My Fellow Americans — President Russell P. Kramer
• 1996The Grass Harp — Dr. Morris Ritz
• 1995Grumpier Old Men — John Gustafson
• 1993A Life in the Theatre — Robert
• 1993Grumpy Old Men — John Gustafson
• 1993Short Cuts — Paul Finnigan
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• 1992For Richer, for Poorer — Aram Katourian
• 1992Glengarry Glen Ross — Shelley Levene
• 1992The Player — Jack Lemmon
• 1991JFK — Jack Martin
• 1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier — Thanks
• 1990The Earth Day Special — Coach Stewart
• 1989Dad — Jake Tremont
• The Simpsons — Frank Ormand (voice)
• The Murder of Mary Phagan — Gov. John Slaton
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• 1987Long Day's Journey Into Night — James Tyrone
• 1986Debonair Dancers — Narrator
• 1986That's Life! — Harvey Fairchild
• 1985Macaroni — Robert Traven
• 1984Mass Appeal — Father Tim Farley
• 1982Missing — Ed Horman
• 1981Buddy Buddy — Victor Clooney
• 1980Tribute — Scottie Templeton
• 1979The China Syndrome — Jack Godell
• The South Bank Show
• 1977Airport '77 — Don Gallagher
• 1976Alex & the Gypsy — Alexander Main
• 1976The Entertainer — Archie Rice
• 1976The Gentleman Tramp — Narrator
• 1975Killer Cop — Narrator (voice)
• 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue — Mel Edison
• Flick Flack
• 1974The Front Page — Hildebrand Johnson
• 1974Wednesday — Jerry Murphy
• 1973Save the Tiger — Harry Stoner, Executive Producer
• 1972Avanti! — Wendell Armbruster, Jr., Executive Producer
• 1972The War Between Men and Women — Peter Wilson, Executive Producer
• 1971Kotch — Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited), Director
• 1970The Out-of-Towners — George Kellerman
• 1969The April Fools — Howard Brubaker
• 1968The Odd Couple — Felix Ungar
• 1967Luv — Harry Berlin
• 1966The Fortune Cookie — Harry Hinkle
• 1965How to Murder Your Wife — Stanley Ford
• 1965The Great Race — Professor Fate
• 1964Good Neighbor Sam — Sam Bissel
• 1963Days of Wine and Roses — Joe Clay
• 1963Irma la Douce — Nestor Patou
• 1963Under the Yum Yum Tree — Hogan
• 1962The Notorious Landlady — Bill Gridley
• 1960Pepe — Jack Lemmon
• 1960The Apartment — C.C. Baxter
• 1960The Wackiest Ship in the Army — Rip Crandall
• 1959It Happened to Jane — George Denham
• 1959Some Like It Hot — Jerry (Daphne)
• 1958Bell, Book and Candle — Nicky Holroyd
• 1958Cowboy — Frank Harris
• Alcoa Theatre — Ashley
• 1957Fire Down Below — Tony
• 1957Operation Mad Ball — Pvt. Hogan
• 1957The Mystery of Thirteen — Dr. Billy Palmer
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Cass Kendall
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Peter Warne
• 1955Mister Roberts — Frank Pulver
• 1955My Sister Eileen — Bob Baker
• 1955Three for the Show — Marty Stewart
• 1954It Should Happen to You — Pete Sheppard
• 1954Phffft — Robert Tracey
• Heaven for Betsy — Peter Bell
• Armstrong Circle Theatre
• Lux Video Theatre — Alfred Fishkettle
• 1950Once Too Often — Mike (uncredited)
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• That Wonderful Guy — Harold
• 1950The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland — Tweedledum
• Suspense
• 1949The Lady Takes a Sailor — Plasterer (uncredited)
• Studio One — Fred Stevens, Charlie Bemis
• The Philco Television Playhouse

Appearances as themselves (76)

• 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2011Hollywood Invasion — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self
• 2008Inside 'The Apartment' — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon — Self (archive footage)
• 2006The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)
• 2006The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Uta Hagen's Acting Class — Self
• 2003Christmas from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• Un film et son époque — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot — Self
• 2000Altman on His Own Terms — Self
• 2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor — Self (archive footage)
• 2000On Cukor — Self
• 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
• 1998Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy — Self
• 1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's — Self
• Scene by Scene — Self
• 1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough — Self
• 1996Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door — Self
• 1996Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman — Self
• 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels — Self
• 1995Inside the Dream Factory — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy — Self
• 1993Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country — Self
• 1992James Cagney: Top of the World — Self
• 1992The Marilyn Files — self
• 1991The One, the Only... Groucho — Self
• 1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream — Self
• 1990The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? — Self - Host
• 1990The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius — Self
• 1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man — Self
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1987The Best of Max Headroom — Self
• 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special — Self
• 1985Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years — Self
• The Max Headroom Show — Self
• 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius — Self
• 1982Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1982Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder — Self
• 1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds — Self
• 1981Musical Comedy Tonight II — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• The Hollywood Greats — Self (archive footage)
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1974Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin — Self - Host
• Film '72 — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• 1968Jack Benny's Bag — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Pianist
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• The Red Skelton Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner