Jack Lemmon
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Super Hit | |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | Hit | |
| 2006 | The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' | Self (archive footage) | Hit | |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2004 | The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Narrator (voice) | Hit | |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Morrie Schwartz | Hit | |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1998 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | Hit | |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 8 | Super Hit | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Marcellus | Hit | |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | John Gustafson | Hit | |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | John Gustafson | Hit | |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Paul Finnigan | Hit | |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Self (archive footage) | Hit | |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | Hit | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Shelley Levene | Hit | |
| 1992 | James Cagney: Top of the World | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1992 | The Player | Jack Lemmon | Hit | |
| 1991 | JFK | Jack Martin | Super Hit | |
| 1989 | Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Self | Hit | |
| 1988 | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self | Hit | |
| 1986 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1982 | Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Self | Hit | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Hit | |
| 1982 | Missing | Ed Horman | Hit | |
| 1981 | Musical Comedy Tonight II | Self | Hit | |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Jack Godell | Hit | |
| 1976 | The Gentleman Tramp | Narrator | Hit | |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Mel Edison | Hit | |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Hildebrand Johnson | Hit | |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Wendell Armbruster, Jr. | Hit | |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | George Kellerman | Hit | |
| 1968 | The Odd Couple | Felix Ungar | Hit | |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Harry Hinkle | Hit | |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Professor Fate | Hit | |
| 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Sam Bissel | Hit | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Nestor Patou | Hit | |
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay | Super Hit | |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Bill Gridley | Hit | |
| 1962 | The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self | Hit | |
| 1960 | The Apartment | C.C. Baxter | Super Hit | |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Jerry (Daphne) | Super Hit | |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Nicky Holroyd | Hit | |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Pvt. Hogan | Hit | |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Bob Baker | Hit | |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Ensign Frank Pulver | Hit | |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Pete Sheppard | Hit |