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Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Birthday: 1925-02-08 | Place of Birth: 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, 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen

as    Self (archive footage)

2006
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

as    Self (archive footage)

2006
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

as    Self (archive footage)

1999
Inherit the Wind

as    Henry Drummond

1999
Tuesdays with Morrie

as    Morrie Schwartz

1998
The Odd Couple II

as    Felix Ungar

1998
The Long Way Home

as    Tom Gerrin

1997
Out to Sea

as    Herb Sullivan

1997
12 Angry Men

as    Juror 8

1996
A Weekend in the Country

as    Bud Bailey

1996
Getting Away with Murder

as    Mueller / Luger

1996
My Fellow Americans

as    President Russell P. Kramer

1995
Grumpier Old Men

as    John Gustafson

1993
Grumpy Old Men

as    John Gustafson

1993
Short Cuts

as    Paul Finnigan

1993
A Life in the Theatre

as    Robert

1992
Glengarry Glen Ross

as    Shelley Levene

1991
JFK

as    Jack Martin

1989
Dad

as    Jake Tremont

1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan

as    Gov. John Slaton

1986
That's Life!

as    Harvey Fairchild

1985
Macaroni

as    Robert Traven

1982
Missing

as    Ed Horman

1981
Buddy Buddy

as    Victor Clooney

1980
Tribute

as    Scottie Templeton

1979
The China Syndrome

as    Jack Godell

1976
The Entertainer

as    Archie Rice