Jack Lemmon

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Jack Lemmon

Acting February 8, 1925

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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, Mis…

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

8.1 1959 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Apartment

The Apartment

8.2 1960 Movie
JFK

JFK

7.6 1991 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

7.3 1992 Movie
The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance

6.6 2000 Movie
The Player

The Player

7.2 1992 Movie
Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men

6.7 1993 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show

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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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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2011
    Marilyn at the Movies

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2011
    Hollywood Invasion

    Movie archive footage

  4. 2009
    Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

    Movie Self

  5. 2008
    Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2008
    Inside 'The Apartment'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2007
    Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2006
    The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2006
    The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2005
    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2004
    The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2004
    The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2004
    Uta Hagen's Acting Class

    Movie Self

  14. 2003
    Christmas in Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2003
    Un film et son époque

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  16. 2002
    Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon

    Movie Self (archive footage)

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  1. 2001
    Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot

    Movie Self

  2. 2000
    On Cukor

    Movie Self

  3. 2000
    The Legend of Bagger Vance

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  4. 2000
    Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2000
    Altman on His Own Terms

    Movie Self

  6. 1999
    Tuesdays with Morrie

    Movie Morrie Schwartz

  7. 1999
    Inherit the Wind

    Movie Henry Drummond

  8. 1999
    Forever Hollywood

    Movie Self

  9. 1998
    Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

    Movie Self

  10. 1998
    The Odd Couple II

    Movie Felix Ungar

  11. 1998
    Puppies for Sale

    Movie

  12. 1998
    The Long Way Home

    Movie Tom Gerrin

  13. 1998
    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    Movie Self

  14. 1997
    12 Angry Men

    Movie Juror 8

  15. 1997
    Out to Sea

    Movie Herb

  16. 1997
    Scene by Scene

    TV show Self

  17. 1997
    Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

    Movie Self

  18. 1996
    Hamlet

    Movie Marcellus

  19. 1996
    My Fellow Americans

    Movie President Russell P. Kramer

  20. 1996
    Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

    Movie Self

  21. 1996
    Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

    Movie Self

  22. 1996
    The Grass Harp

    Movie Dr. Morris Ritz

  23. 1996
    A Weekend in the Country

    Movie Bud Bailey

  24. 1996
    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Movie Self