ACTOR
Jack Lemmon
Known for The Simpsons · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · What's My Line?
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,…
Snapshot 2026-10-15
- Born
- Feb 8, 1925
- Died
- Jun 27, 2001
- Birthplace
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
TV
The SimpsonsFrank Ormand (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
What's My Line?Self · 1950
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Great PerformancesSelf · 1971
★ 6.1
★ 6.1
TV
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1968
★ 6.8
★ 6.8
TV
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 1961
★ 5.8
★ 5.8
TV
The South Bank Show1 eps · 1978
★ 5.6
★ 5.6
Filmography
Movies
The Lady Takes a SailorPlasterer (uncredited)
1949OT
Once Too OftenMike (uncredited)
1950
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in WonderlandTweedledum
1950
It Should Happen to YouPete Sheppard
1954
PhffftRobert Tracey
1954
Mister RobertsFrank Pulver
1955
My Sister EileenBob Baker
1955
Three for the ShowMarty Stewart
1955
You Can't Run Away from ItPeter Warne
1956
Fire Down BelowTony
1957
Operation Mad BallPvt. Hogan
1957TM
The Mystery of ThirteenDr. Billy Palmer
1957
Bell, Book and CandleNicky Holroyd
1958
CowboyFrank Harris
1958
It Happened to JaneGeorge Denham
1959
Some Like It HotJerry (Daphne)
1959
PepeJack Lemmon
1960
The ApartmentC.C. Baxter
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyRip Crandall
1960
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
1962
The Notorious LandladyBill Gridley
1962
Days of Wine and RosesJoe Clay
1963
Irma la DouceNestor Patou
1963
Under the Yum Yum TreeHogan
1963
Good Neighbor SamSam Bissel
1964
How to Murder Your WifeStanley Ford
1965
The Great RaceProfessor Fate
1965
The Fortune CookieHarry Hinkle
1966
LuvHarry Berlin
1967
Jack Benny's BagSelf
1968
The Odd CoupleFelix Ungar
1968
The April FoolsHoward Brubaker
1969
The Out-of-TownersGeorge Kellerman
1970
KotchSleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1971KotchDirector
1971
Avanti!Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
1972Avanti!Executive Producer
1972SW
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S GershwinSelf - Host
1972
The War Between Men and WomenPeter Wilson
1972The War Between Men and WomenExecutive Producer
1972
Save the TigerHarry Stoner
1973Save the TigerExecutive Producer
1973OA
Oscars, Actors and The ExorcistSelf
1974
The Front PageHildebrand Johnson
1974
WednesdayJerry Murphy
1974
Killer CopNarrator (voice)
1975
The Prisoner of Second AvenueMel Edison
1975
Alex & the GypsyAlexander Main
1976
The EntertainerArchie Rice
1976
The Gentleman TrampNarrator
1976
Airport '77Don Gallagher
1977
The China SyndromeJack Godell
1979
TributeScottie Templeton
1980AP
All-Star Party for Burt ReynoldsSelf
1981
Buddy BuddyVictor Clooney
1981
Musical Comedy Tonight IISelf
1981
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original GeniusSelf
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of LaughterSelf
1982
MissingEd Horman
1982
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy WilderSelf
1982
Mass AppealFather Tim Farley
1984
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 YearsSelf
1985
MacaroniRobert Traven
1985
Debonair DancersNarrator
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialSelf
1986
That's Life!Harvey Fairchild
1986
Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
1987
The Best of Max HeadroomSelf
1987
Gregory Peck: His Own ManSelf
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
DadJake Tremont
1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusSelf
1989
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the DreamSelf
1990
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?Self - Host
1990
The Earth Day SpecialCoach Stewart
1990
The Life and Legend of Jane GoodallSelf - Narrator (voice)
1990
JFKJack Martin
1991
The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf
1991
Warrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierThanks
1991
Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)
1992
For Richer, for PoorerAram Katourian
1992
Glengarry Glen RossShelley Levene
1992
James Cagney: Top of the WorldSelf
1992TM
The Marilyn Filesself
1992
The PlayerJack Lemmon
1992
A Life in the TheatreRobert
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf
1993
Grumpy Old MenJohn Gustafson
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver CountrySelf
1993
Short CutsPaul Finnigan
1993
Grumpier Old MenJohn Gustafson
1995
Inside the Dream FactorySelf
1995
A Weekend in the CountryBud Bailey
1996A Weekend in the CountryExecutive Producer
1996
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next DoorSelf
1996
Getting Away with MurderMueller / Luger
1996
HamletMarcellus
1996
Jack Lemmon: America's EverymanSelf
1996
My Fellow AmericansPresident Russell P. Kramer
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf
1996
The Grass HarpDr. Morris Ritz
1996
12 Angry MenJuror 8
1997
Out to SeaHerb
1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughSelf
1997
Billy Wilder: The Human ComedySelf
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sSelf
1998PF
Puppies for Sale
1998
The Long Way HomeTom Gerrin
1998
The Odd Couple IIFelix Ungar
1998
Forever HollywoodSelf
1999
Inherit the WindHenry Drummond
1999
Tuesdays with MorrieMorrie Schwartz
1999
Altman on His Own TermsSelf
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf (archive footage)
2000
On CukorSelf
2000
The Legend of Bagger VanceNarrator (voice)
2000
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotSelf
2001
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack LemmonSelf (archive footage)
2002
Christmas from HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2003
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of TalentSelf (archive footage)
2004
The China Syndrome: Creating a ControversySelf (archive footage)
2004
Uta Hagen's Acting ClassSelf
2004
Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2005
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'Self (archive footage)
2006
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'Self (archive footage)
2006
Magic Time: The Art of Jack LemmonSelf (archive footage)
2007
Inside 'The Apartment'Self (archive footage)
2008
Starz Inside: Ladies or GentlemenSelf (archive footage)
2008
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf
2009
Hollywood InvasionSelf (archive footage)
2011
Marilyn at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
2011
The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Television
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner · 1 eps
1944
Studio OneFred Stevens · 1 eps
1948Studio OneCharlie Bemis · 1 eps
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 4 eps
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse1 eps
1948
Suspense1 eps
1949
Armstrong Circle Theatre1 eps
1950
Lux Video TheatreAlfred Fishkettle · 1 eps
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents2 eps
1950TW
That Wonderful GuyHarold · 17 eps
1950
What's My Line?Self · 8 eps
1950
The Red Skelton ShowSelf · 1 eps
1951HF
Heaven for BetsyPeter Bell · 26 eps
1952
The OscarsSelf · 10 eps
1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreCass Kendall · 1 eps
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf · 1 eps
1956
The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Pianist · 1 eps
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Host · 1 eps
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1956
Alcoa TheatreAshley · 1 eps
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 1 eps
1957
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 eps
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 8 eps
1962
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) · 2 eps
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1968F'
Film '72Self · 4 eps
1971
Great PerformancesSelf · 1 eps
1971VS
V.I.P. SchaukelSelf · 1 eps
1971
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self · 4 eps
1973
Flick Flack1 eps
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 1 eps
1975
The Hollywood GreatsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1977
Ciné regardsSelf · 1 eps
1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf · 1 eps
1978
The South Bank Show1 eps
1978
The Max Headroom ShowSelf · 1 eps
1985
The Murder of Mary PhaganGov. John Slaton · 2 eps
1988TS
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1 eps
1988
The SimpsonsFrank Ormand (voice) · 1 eps
1989
Inside the Actors StudioSelf · 1 eps
1994
Scene by SceneSelf · 1 eps
1997
Un film et son époqueSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2003Photos
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