Jack Lemmon (

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John Uhler Lemmon III

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Jack Lemmon

Birth Name:
John Uhler Lemmon III

Date of Birth:
February 8, 1925,

Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)

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Jack Lemmon Biography

Jack Lemmon's father was the president of a doughnut company. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers Country Day School, then located in nearby Brookline. After RCDS, he went to high school at Phillips Andover Academy. Jack was a member of the Harvard class of 1947, where he was in Navy ROTC and the Dramatic Club. After service as a Navy ensign, he worked in a beer hall (playing piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and Broadway. His movie debut was with Judy Holliday in It Should Happen to You (1954). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955). He received nominations in comedy (Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960)) and drama (Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980) and Missing (1982)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973) and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made his debut as a director with Kotch (1971) and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night". In 1988 he received the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute.

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Jack Lemmon filmography

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1. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Narrator (uncredited) / Old Hardy Greaves (uncredited)

actor

2. Inherit the Wind (1999)
(TV movie) Henry Drummond

actor

3. Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
(TV movie) Morrie Schwartz

actor

4. "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999)
(TV series)

actor

5. Puppies for Sale (1998)
(short) Pet Shop Owner

actor

6. The Long Way Home (1998)
(TV movie) Thomas Gerrin

actor

7. The Odd Couple II (1998)
Felix Ungar

actor

8. 12 Angry Men (1997)
(TV movie) Juror #8

actor

9. Out to Sea (1997)
Herb Sullivan

actor

10. A Weekend in the Country (1996)
(TV movie) Bud Bailey

actor

11. Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Max Mueller / Karl Luger

actor

12. My Fellow Americans (1996)
President Russell P. Kramer

actor

13. Hamlet (1996)
Marcellus

actor

14. The Grass Harp (1995)
Dr. Morris Ritz

actor

15. Grumpier Old Men (1995)
John Gustafson

actor

16. A Life in the Theater (1993)
(TV movie) Robert

actor

17. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
John Gustafson

actor

18. Short Cuts (1993)
Paul Finnigan

actor

19. For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
(TV movie) Aram Katourian

actor

20. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Shelley Levene

actor

21. JFK (1991)
Jack Martin

actor

22. Dad (1989)
Jake Tremont

actor

23. "The Simpsons" (1989)
(TV series) Frank Ormand

actor

24. The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
(TV mini-series) Gov. John Slaton

actor

25. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
(TV movie) James Tyrone Sr.

actor

26. That's Life! (1986)
Harvey Fairchild

actor

27. Macaroni (1985)
Robert Traven

actor

28. Mass Appeal (1984)
Father Tim Farley

actor

29. Missing (1982)
Ed Horman

actor

30. Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)
(TV movie)

actor

31. Buddy Buddy (1981)
Victor Clooney

actor

32. Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
Alexander Main

actor

33. The Entertainer (1976)
TV Archie Rice

actor

34. Wednesday (1974)
Jerry Murphy

actor

35. Get Happy (1973)
TV Host

actor

36. Save the Tiger (1973)
Harry Stoner

actor

37. The April Fools (1969)
Howard Brubaker

actor

38. There Comes a Day (1968)

actor

39. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Harry Hinkle

actor

40. How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Stanley Ford

actor

41. Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
Sam Bissel

actor

42. Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Hogan

actor

43. Irma la Douce (1963)
Nestor Patou / Lord X

actor

44. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Joe Clay

actor

45. Voyage en ballon, Le (1960)
voice Narrator

actor

46. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
Lt. Rip Crandall

actor

47. The Apartment (1960)
Calvin Clifford 'C.C.' Baxter

actor

48. It Happened to Jane (1959)
George Denham

actor

49. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Jerry - 'Daphne'

actor

50. Cowboy (1958)
Frank Harris

actor

51. Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Pvt. Hogan

actor

52. Mister Roberts (1955)
Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver

actor

53. "The Road of Life" (1954)
Surgeon

actor

54. Phffft (1954)
Robert Tracey

actor

55. "Heaven for Betsy" (1952)
Pete Bell

actor

56. "The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show" (1951)
Newlywed (1951-1952) (in 'The Couple Next Door' sketches)

actor

57. "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950)
(2 episodes, 1951-1953)

actor

58. "That Wonderful Guy" (1949)
Harold

actor

59. The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
uncredited Plasterer / painter at end of movie

actor

60. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse"
(1 episode, 1951)

actor

61. "The Ford Television Theatre"
Barney Evans (1 episode, 1954)

actor

62. "Frontier Justice"
Cass Kendall (1 episode, 1959)

actor

63. Kotch (1971)

director

64. The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
archive footage

65. Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills (2007)
archive footage

66. The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
archive footage

67. The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006)
archive footage

68. Marilyn's Man (2004)

69. The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent (2004)
archive footage

70. The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy (2004)
archive footage

71. 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002)
archive footage

72. Cleavage (2002)
uncredited

73. Memories from the Sweet Sue's (2001)
archive footage

74. Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (2001)

75. "The Living Century" (2001)
2 episodes, 2001

76. AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001)

77. 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000)

78. The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)

79. AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000)

80. Forever Hollywood (1999)

81. NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998)

82. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)

83. The Best of Hollywood (1998)
archive footage

84. Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)

85. Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

86. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996)
Honoree

87. The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
uncredited

88. "The Wild West" (1993)

89. Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)

90. Earth and the American Dream (1992)
voice

91. Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
also archive footage

92. The Player (1992)

93. Chaplin (1992)
uncredited

94. "Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds" (1991)

95. The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991)

96. The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991)

97. The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991)

98. The Earth Day Special (1990)

99. The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)
via satellite from Moscow

100. "A Conversation with Dinah" (1989)
1990

101. Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)

102. The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon (1988)

103. The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988)

104. "Biography" (1987)
3 episodes, 1998-2000

105. The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986)

106. The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (1986)

107. The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985)

108. The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983)

109. "American Masters" (1983)
3 episodes, 1989-2000

110. Night of 100 Stars (1982)

111. The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)

112. The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981)

113. The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981)

114. Tribute (1980)

115. The American Movie Awards (1980)

116. The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979)

117. The Making of 'The China Syndrome' (1979)

118. The China Syndrome (1979)

119. The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978)

120. A Tribute to Neil Simon (1978)

121. The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978)

122. Airport '77 (1977)

123. America at the Movies (1976)
archive footage

124. Polizia ha le mani legate, La (1975)
voice

125. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

126. The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975)

127. The Front Page (1974)

128. The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney (1974)

129. The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973)

130. Avanti! (1972)

131. The War Between Men and Women (1972)

132. The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972)

133. The Out of Towners (1970)

134. The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969)

135. The Odd Couple (1968)

136. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968)
2 episodes, 1968

137. Luv (1967)

138. The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966)

139. The Great Race (1965)

140. The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964)

141. The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962)

142. The Notorious Landlady (1962)

143. "Goodyear Theatre" (1957)
4 episodes, 1957-1958

144. "Alcoa Theatre" (1957)
5 episodes, 1957-1958

145. Fire Down Below (1957)

146. "I've Got a Secret" (1952)
2 episodes, 1955-1959

147. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950)

148. "Studio One" (1948)

149. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947)

150. Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1997)
TV Himself

self

151. To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (1997)
V Himself

self

152. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996)
Himself (1 episode, 1997)

self

153. Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees (1995)
TV (voice) Narrator

self

154. Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway (1995)
TV Himself

self

155. This Joint Is Jumpin' (1993)
TV Himself

self

156. The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993)
TV Himself

self

157. James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
TV Himself - Actor

self

158. The One, the Only... Groucho (1991)
TV Himself

self

159. Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
TV

self

160. The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
TV Himself - Host

self

161. Olympic Gala (1984)
TV Guest

self

162. All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1984)
TV Himself

self

163. Stars Over Texas (1982)
TV Himself

self

164. Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982)
TV Himself

self

165. Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
TV Himself - Co-host

self

166. The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra (1982)
TV Himself

self

167. Portrait d'un homme '? 60% parfait': Billy Wilder (1980)
Himself

self

168. The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart (1980)
TV Himself

self

169. Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979)
Himself

self

170. Celebration: The American Spirit (1976)
TV Himself

self

171. Urban Living: Funny and Formidable (1975)
Himself

self

172. The Gentleman Tramp (1975)
Narrator

self

173. The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975)
TV Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role

self

174. The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)
TV Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Honorary Award to Groucho Marx

self

175. The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford (1973)
TV Himself

self

176. 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
TV Himself - Host

self

177. Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965)
Himself

self

178. Pepe (1960)
Himself, Cameo appearance as Daphne

self

179. The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958)
TV Himself - Co-host

self

180. The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957)
TV Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

self

181. The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956)
TV Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards

self

182. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (1955)
Himself

self

183. "The Ad-Libbers" (1951)
Celebrity Panelist

self

184. "Toast of the Town" (1948)
Himself / (4 episodes, 1955-1960)

self

185. "Toni Twin Time"
Himself - Host (1 episode, 1950)

self

186. "Howard K. Smith"
Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1963)

self

187. "Signature"
Himself - Guest (1 episode)

self

188. "Parkinson One to One"
(2 episodes, 1987)

self

189. "Private Screenings"
Himself (1 episode, 1998)

self

190. "Intimate Portrait"
Himself (1 episode, 1996)

self

191. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003)
TV (performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Cheek to Cheek")

soundtrack

192. Bell Book and Candle (1958)
(performer: "Stormy Weather" (1933) (uncredited))

soundtrack

193. You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
(performer: "Howdy Friends and Neighbors", "Thumbin' A Ride", "Temporarily")

soundtrack

194. My Sister Eileen (1955)
(performer: "It's Bigger Than You And Me")

soundtrack

195. Three for the Show (1955)
(performer: "Down Boy") ("I've Got A Crush On You")

soundtrack

196. It Should Happen to You (1954)
(performer: "Let's Fall in Love")

soundtrack

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