Cast & creator
Jack Lemmon
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: John "Jack" Lemmon, John Lemmon, John Uhler Lemmon III
133
film credits
43
television credits
170
1944–2021 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (176)
Showing 176 of 176 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
Frank Ormand (voice)
1989
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Great Performances
Self
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
The South Bank Show
1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Studio One
Fred Stevens
1948Studio One
Charlie Bemis
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cass Kendall
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948Film '72
Self
1971
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Pianist
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Suspense
1949
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978Lux Video Theatre
Alfred Fishkettle
1950
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Alcoa Theatre
Ashley
1957V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Some Like It Hot
Jerry (Daphne)
1959
The Apartment
C.C. Baxter
1960
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
JFK
Jack Martin
1991
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
The Player
Jack Lemmon
1992
12 Angry Men
Juror 8
1997
Grumpy Old Men
John Gustafson
1993
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Glengarry Glen Ross
Shelley Levene
1992
Un film et son époque
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Great Race
Professor Fate
1965
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Narrator (voice)
2000
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Gov. John Slaton
1988
Grumpier Old Men
John Gustafson
1995
The Odd Couple
Felix Ungar
1968
The China Syndrome
Jack Godell
1979The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
The Odd Couple II
Felix Ungar
1998
Flick Flack
1974
Short Cuts
Paul Finnigan
1993
The Hollywood Greats
Self (archive footage)
1977
Hamlet
Marcellus
1996
Irma la Douce
Nestor Patou
1963
The Front Page
Hildebrand Johnson
1974
Bell, Book and Candle
Nicky Holroyd
1958
Avanti!
Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
1972Avanti!
Executive Producer
1972
The Out-of-Towners
George Kellerman
1970
My Fellow Americans
President Russell P. Kramer
1996
Airport '77
Don Gallagher
1977
The Fortune Cookie
Harry Hinkle
1966
How to Murder Your Wife
Stanley Ford
1965
Dad
Jake Tremont
1989
Inherit the Wind
Henry Drummond
1999
Out to Sea
Herb
1997
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Hogan
1963
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
It Should Happen to You
Pete Sheppard
1954
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
1963
It Happened to Jane
George Denham
1959
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Good Neighbor Sam
Sam Bissel
1964
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mel Edison
1975
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Grass Harp
Dr. Morris Ritz
1996
The Earth Day Special
Coach Stewart
1990
Mister Roberts
Frank Pulver
1955
Missing
Ed Horman
1982
Buddy Buddy
Victor Clooney
1981
The April Fools
Howard Brubaker
1969
Luv
Harry Berlin
1967
The Entertainer
Archie Rice
1976
Cowboy
Frank Harris
1958
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
My Sister Eileen
Bob Baker
1955
For Richer, for Poorer
Aram Katourian
1992
The War Between Men and Women
Peter Wilson
1972The War Between Men and Women
Executive Producer
1972
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
1996
Mass Appeal
Father Tim Farley
1984
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
1991
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Rip Crandall
1960
Getting Away with Murder
Mueller / Luger
1996
Save the Tiger
Harry Stoner
1973Save the Tiger
Executive Producer
1973
Phffft
Robert Tracey
1954
The Long Way Home
Tom Gerrin
1998
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000Heaven for Betsy
Peter Bell
1952
You Can't Run Away from It
Peter Warne
1956
The Notorious Landlady
Bill Gridley
1962
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
1996
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self
1996
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Plasterer (uncredited)
1949
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Alex & the Gypsy
Alexander Main
1976
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
Tweedledum
1950
That's Life!
Harvey Fairchild
1986
Three for the Show
Marty Stewart
1955
Christmas from Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Fire Down Below
Tony
1957
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
1995
Operation Mad Ball
Pvt. Hogan
1957
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
A Weekend in the Country
Bud Bailey
1996A Weekend in the Country
Executive Producer
1996
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
1998
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1962
Pepe
Jack Lemmon
1960
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
2004
Tuesdays with Morrie
Morrie Schwartz
1999
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
1998
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
A Life in the Theatre
Robert
1993
Killer Cop
Narrator (voice)
1975
On Cukor
Self
2000
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Self
1981
James Cagney: Top of the World
Self
1992
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986The Mystery of Thirteen
Dr. Billy Palmer
1957
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Self (archive footage)
2004
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
2008
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Thanks
1991
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
Self
1982
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
1997All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Self
1981
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
1990
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
Self (archive footage)
2002
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Self
1982
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
2000
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Self
1982
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
2006
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Self (archive footage)
2004
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
Self (archive footage)
2008
Kotch
Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1971Kotch
Director
1971Jack Benny's Bag
Self
1968
Macaroni
Robert Traven
1985
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Self
1989
Tribute
Scottie Templeton
1980
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Self - Host
1990S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Self - Host
1972
Long Day's Journey Into Night
James Tyrone
1987
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
Self
1985Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
Self
1974The Marilyn Files
self
1992
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Gentleman Tramp
Narrator
1976That Wonderful Guy
Harold
1950Once Too Often
Mike (uncredited)
1950Puppies for Sale
1998
Wednesday
Jerry Murphy
1974
Debonair Dancers
Narrator
1986