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Jack Lemmon

Birth name: John Uhler Lemmon III

Birth date: 08.02.1925

Jack Lemmon's father was the president of a doughnut company, and Jack attended prep schools before Harvard, where he was in 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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Filmography

# The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) (uncredited) .... Narrator/Old Hardy Greaves # Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV) .... Morrie Schwartz ... aka Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie (USA: complete title) # "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999) TV Series # Inherit the Wind (1999) (TV) .... Henry Drummond # The Odd Couple II (1998) .... Felix Ungar ... aka Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II # Puppies for Sale (1998) .... Pet Shop Owner # The Long Way Home (1998) (TV) .... Thomas Gerrin # 12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) .... Juror #8 # Out to Sea (1997) .... Herb Sullivan # "The Simpsons" - The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Frank Ormand # Hamlet (1996) .... Marcellus ... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet # My Fellow Americans (1996) .... President Russell P. Kramer # A Weekend in the Country (1996) (TV) .... Bud Bailey # Getting Away with Murder (1996) .... Max Mueller/Karl Luger # Grumpier Old Men (1995) .... John Gustafson ... aka Grumpy Old Men 2 # The Grass Harp (1995) .... Dr. Morris Ritz # Grumpy Old Men (1993) .... John Gustafson # A Life in the Theater (1993) (TV) .... Robert # Short Cuts (1993) .... Paul Finnigan # Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) .... Shelley Levene # For Richer, for Poorer (1992) (TV) .... Aram Katourian ... aka Father, Son and the Mistress # JFK (1991) .... Jack Martin ... aka JFK (France) # Dad (1989) .... Jake Tremont # The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV) .... Gov. John Slaton # "Parkinson One to One" - Episode #1.8 (1987) TV Episode - Episode #1.1 (1987) TV Episode # Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987) (TV) .... James Tyrone, Sr. # That's Life! (1986) .... Harvey Fairchild ... aka Blake Edwards' That's Life! # Maccheroni (1985) .... Robert Traven ... aka Macaroni (International: English title) (USA: video title) # Mass Appeal (1984) .... Father Tim Farley # Stars Over Texas (1982) (TV) ... aka Bob Hope's Stars Over Texas Special (USA: complete title) # Missing (1982) .... Ed Horman # Buddy Buddy (1981) .... Victor Clooney # Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981) (TV) ... aka Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight II (USA: complete title) # Tribute (1980) .... Scottie Templeton ... aka Un fils pour l'été (Canada: French title) # The China Syndrome (1979) .... Jack Godell # Airport '77 (1977) .... Capt. Don Gallagher # Alex & the Gypsy (1976) .... Alexander Main ... aka Love and Other Crimes # The Entertainer (1976) (TV) .... Archie Rice # Celebration: The American Spirit (1976) (TV) # The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) .... Mel Edison # The Front Page (1974) .... Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson # Wednesday (1974) .... Jerry Murphy # Polizia ha le mani legate, La (1974) (voice) .... Narrator ... aka Killer Cop ... aka Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man ... aka The Police Can't Move # Get Happy (1973) (TV) .... Host # Save the Tiger (1973) .... Harry Stoner # Avanti! (1972) .... Wendell Armbruster, Jr. ... aka Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? (Italy) # The War Between Men and Women (1972) .... Peter Edward Wilson # Kotch (1971) (uncredited) .... Sleeping bus passenger # The Out-of-Towners (1970) .... George Kellerman # The April Fools (1969) .... Howard Brubaker # The Odd Couple (1968) .... Felix Ungar # There Comes a Day (1968) # Luv (1967) .... Harry Berlin # The Fortune Cookie (1966) .... Harry Hinkle ... aka Meet Whiplash Willie (UK) # The Great Race (1965) .... Professor Fate/Prince Hapnik ... aka Blake Edwards' The Great Race (USA: complete title) # How to Murder Your Wife (1965) .... Stanley Ford # Good Neighbor Sam (1964) .... Sam Bissel # Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) .... Mr. Hogan # Irma la Douce (1963) .... Nestor Patou/Lord X # "The Dick Powell Show" ... aka The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title) - The Judge (1963) TV Episode .... Guest Host # Days of Wine and Roses (1962) .... Joe Clay # The Notorious Landlady (1962) .... William Gridley # The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) .... Lt. Rip Crandall # Pepe (1960) .... Cameo appearance # Voyage en ballon, Le (1960) (voice) .... Narrator ... aka Stowaway in the Sky # The Apartment (1960) .... C.C. 'Bud' Baxter # It Happened to Jane (1959) .... George Denham ... aka Jane from Maine (USA) ... aka Twinkle and Shine # "Frontier Justice" - The Three Graves (1959) TV Episode .... Cass Kendall # Some Like It Hot (1959) .... Jerry - 'Daphne' # "Playhouse 90" - Face of a Hero (1959) TV Episode .... David Poole - The Mystery of Thirteen (1957) TV Episode .... Dr. Billy Palmer # Bell Book and Candle (1958) .... Nicky Holroyd ... aka Bell, Book and Candle (USA: poster title) # "Goodyear Theatre" .... Alternate Lead Player (1957-1958) ... aka Award Theatre (USA: syndication title) ... aka Golden Years of Television (USA: cable TV title) - Disappearance (1958) TV Episode .... Henry Coyle - The Victim (1958) TV Episode - Voices in the Fog (1957) TV Episode .... Dr. Cameron - Lost and Found (1957) TV Episode .... Charles Dickens # "Alcoa Theatre" .... Alternate Lead Player (1957-1958) - Most Likely to Succeed (1958) TV Episode .... Steve Tyler - Loudmouth (1958) TV Episode .... Wally Mall - The Days of November (1958) TV Episode .... Lieutenant Tony Crawford - Souvenir (1957) TV Episode .... Edward King # Cowboy (1958) .... Frank Harris # Operation Mad Ball (1957) .... Pvt. Hogan # Fire Down Below (1957) .... Tony # "Zane Grey Theater" ... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title) ... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title) - Three Graves (1957) TV Episode .... Cass Kendall # You Can't Run Away from It (1956) .... Peter Warne # "Ford Star Jubilee" - The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956) TV Episode .... John Wilkes Booth # My Sister Eileen (1955) .... Robert 'Bob' Baker # Mister Roberts (1955) .... Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver # Three for the Show (1955) .... Marty Stewart # Phffft! (1954) .... Robert Tracey # "The Ford Television Theatre" ... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title) - Marriageable Male (1954) TV Episode .... Barney Evans # It Should Happen to You (1954) .... Pete Sheppard # "The Road of Life" (1954) TV Series .... Surgeon # "Campbell Playhouse" ... aka Campbell Soundstage (USA: new title) ... aka Campbell Summer Soundstage (USA: new title) - One Swell Guy (1953) TV Episode # "Medallion Theatre" - The Grand Cross of the Crescent (1953) TV Episode # "Lux Video Theatre" ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title) - The Ascent of Alfred Fishkettle (1953) TV Episode .... Alfred Fishkettle # "Armstrong Circle Theatre" - The Checkerboard Heart (1953) TV Episode - Last Chance (1951) TV Episode # "Robert Montgomery Presents" ... aka Lucky Strike Theater ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater - Dinah, Kip, and Mr. Barlow (1953) TV Episode - Mr. Dobie takes a Powder (1952) TV Episode # "Kraft Television Theatre" ... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (new title) ... aka Kraft Theatre (new title) - Snooksie (1953) TV Episode - Duet (1953) TV Episode - The Easy Mark (1951) TV Episode - The Fortune Hunter (1951) TV Episode - Whistling in the Dark (1949) TV Episode # "Heaven for Betsy" (1952) TV Series .... Pete Bell # "The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show" (1951) TV Series .... Newlywed (1951-1952) (in 'The Couple Next Door' sketches) # "Danger" - Sparrow Cop (1951) TV Episode # "The Web" - Cops Must Be Tough (1951) TV Episode # "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" - The Happy Journey (1951) TV Episode # "Studio One" ... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (summer title) ... aka Studio One in Hollywood (new title) ... aka Summer Theatre (summer title) ... aka Westinghouse Studio One ... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (summer title) - The Wisdom Tooth (1950) TV Episode - June Moon (1949) TV Episode # "That Wonderful Guy" (1949) TV Series .... Harold # The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949) (uncredited) .... Plasterer/painter at end of movie # "Suspense" - The Gray Helmet (1949) TV Episode