Jack Lemmon

Acting · Born 1925-02-08 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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

• Some Like It Hot as Jerry (Daphne)
• The Apartment as C.C. Baxter
• The China Syndrome as Jack Godell
• The Front Page as Hildebrand Johnson
• Short Cuts as Paul Finnigan
• JFK as Jack Martin
• Hamlet as Marcellus
• The Fortune Cookie as Harry Hinkle
• Irma la Douce as Nestor Patou
• The Player as Jack Lemmon

TV

• The Simpsons as Frank Ormand (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
• Studio One as Fred Stevens
• Lux Video Theatre as Alfred Fishkettle
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
• Suspense
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cass Kendall