Jack Lemmon on screen and stage

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Lemmon in the trailer for The Apartment

Jack Lemmon was an American actor. He collaborated with Billy Wilder and Walter Matthau on many films.

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Director Notes
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor Plasterer Michael Curtiz Uncredited
1950 Once Too Often[1] Mike U.S Army training film, Short; Uncredited
1954 It Should Happen to You Pete Sheppard George Cukor
1954 Phffft Robert Tracey Mark Robson
1955 Three for the Show Martin "Marty" Stewart H. C. Potter
1955 Mister Roberts Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver John Ford
Mervyn LeRoy
1955 My Sister Eileen Robert "Bob" Baker Richard Quine
1955 Hollywood Bronc Busters Himself Ralph Staub Short
1956 You Can't Run Away from It Peter Warne Dick Powell
1957 Fire Down Below Tony Robert Parrish
1957 Operation Mad Ball Private Hogan Richard Quine
1958 Cowboy Frank Harris Delmer Daves
1958 Bell, Book and Candle Nicky Holroyd Richard Quine
1959 Some Like It Hot Jerry "Gerald" / "Daphne" Billy Wilder
1959 It Happened to Jane George Denham Richard Quine
1960 The Apartment C. C. Baxter Billy Wilder
1960 Stowaway in the Sky Narrator Albert Lamorisse Voice
1960 Pepe Daphne George Sidney Cameo
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Lt. Rip Crandall Richard Murphy
1962 The Notorious Landlady William "Bill" Gridley Richard Quine
1962 Days of Wine and Roses Joe Clay Blake Edwards
1963 Irma la Douce Nestor Patou / Lord X Billy Wilder
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree Hogan David Swift
1964 Good Neighbor Sam Sam Bissell David Swift
1965 How to Murder Your Wife Stanley Ford Richard Quine
1965 The Great Race Professor Fate / Prince Hapnick Blake Edwards
1966 The Fortune Cookie Harold "Harry" Hinkle Billy Wilder
1967 Luv Harry Berlin Clive Donner
1968 There Comes a Day Short
1968 The Odd Couple Felix Ungar Gene Saks
1969 The April Fools Howard Brubaker Stuart Rosenberg
1970 The Out-of-Towners George Kellerman Arthur Hiller
1971 Kotch Sleeping Bus Passenger Himself Uncredited
1972 The War Between Men and Women Peter Edward Wilson Melville Shavelson
1972 Avanti! Wendell Armbruster, Jr. Billy Wilder
1973 Save the Tiger Harry Stoner John G. Avildsen
1974 Killer Cop Narrator Luciano Ercoli Voice
1974 The Front Page Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson Billy Wilder
1975 Wednesday Jerry Murphy Marvin Kupfer Short
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Mel Edison Melvin Frank
1976 The Gentleman Tramp Narrator Richard Patterson Voice
1976 Alex & the Gypsy Alexander Main John Korty
1977 Airport '77 Captain Don Gallagher Jerry Jameson
1979 The China Syndrome Jack Godell James Bridges
1980 Tribute Scottie Templeton Bob Clark
1981 Buddy Buddy Victor Clooney Billy Wilder
1982 Missing Ed Horman Costa-Gavras
1984 Mass Appeal Father Tim Farley Glenn Jordan
1985 Macaroni Robert Traven Ettore Scola
1986 That's Life! Harvey Fairchild Blake Edwards
1989 Dad Jake Tremont Gary David Goldberg
1991 JFK Jack Martin Oliver Stone
1992 Beyond JFK:
The Question of Conspiracy
Himself Barbara Kopple
Danny Schechter
1992 The Player Himself Robert Altman
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross Shelley Levene James Foley
1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup:
Robert Altman In Carver County
Himself John Dorr
Mike Kaplan
1993 Short Cuts Paul Finnigan Robert Altman
1993 Grumpy Old Men John Gustafson Donald Petrie
1995 The Grass Harp Dr. Morris Ritz Charles Matthau
1995 Grumpier Old Men John Gustafson Howard Deutch
1996 Getting Away with Murder Max Mueller / Karl Luger Harvey Miller
1996 My Fellow Americans President Russell P. Kramer Peter Segal
1996 Hamlet Marcellus Kenneth Branagh
1997 Out to Sea Herb Sullivan Martha Coolidge
1997 Off the Menu:
The Last Days of Chasen's
Himself Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini
1997 12 Angry Men Juror #8 William Friedkin
1998 Puppies for Sale Pet Shop Owner Ronald Krauss Short
1998 The Odd Couple II Felix Ungar Howard Deutch
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Narrator / Hardy Greaves Robert Redford Uncredited

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1948 Studio One Fred Stevens Episode: "June Moon"
1949–50 That Wonderful Guy Harold 3 episodes
1950 Toni Twin Time Host Episode dated May 31, 1950
1951 The Ad-Libbers Celebrity panelist 5 episodes
1951–52 The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show Newlywed "The Couple Next Door" sketches
1952 Heaven for Betsy Pete Bell 13 episodes
1954 The Road of Life Surgeon
1956 Ford Star Jubilee John Wilkes Booth[2] Episode: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot"
1957 The Mystery of Thirteen Dr. Billy Palmer Playhouse 90, Season 2, Episode 7
1957 What's My Line? Mystery Guest Season 9, Episode 10
1957–58 Alcoa Theatre Henry Coyle
Steve Tyler
Wally Mall
Lieutenant Tony Crawford
Edward King
Episode: "Disappearance"
Episode: "Most Likely to Succeed"
Episode: "Loudmouth"
Episode: "The Days of November"
Episode: "Souvenir"
1959 Playhouse 90 David Poole Episode: "Face of a Hero"
1972 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin Host
1976 The Entertainer Archie Rice Television film
1987 Long Day's Journey into Night James Tyrone, Sr. Television film
1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan Governor John Slaton Miniseries
1990 The Earth Day Special Coach Stewart
1992 For Richer, for Poorer Aram Katourian Television film
1993 A Life in the Theatre Robert Television film
1994 Wild West Host Miniseries
1996 A Weekend in the Country Bud Bailey Television film
1997 The Simpsons Frank Ormand (voice) Episode: "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
1998 The Long Way Home Thomas Gerrin Television film
1999 Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Television film
1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Morrie Schwartz Television film

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1953 Room Service Leo Davis Playhouse Theatre
1960 Face of a Hero David Poole Eugene O'Neill Theatre
1978 Tribute Scottie Templeton Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1986 Long Day's Journey into Night James Tyrone Broadhurst Theatre

Discography[edit]

  • A Twist of Lemmon (Eic, 1958)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • "Daphne"/"Sleepy Lagoon" (single not contained in the above album, 1959)
  • ""I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"/"I Cover the Waterfront" (single, 1960)
  • "The Apartment"/"Lemmon Blues" (single, piano solos, 1960)
  • Jack Lemmon Plays Piano Selections from "Irma La Douce" (Capitol, 1963)
  • Piano and Vocals (1990)
  • Peter and the Wolf (1991)
  • A Twist of Lemmon/Some Like It Hot (Collector's Choice reissue, 2001)

References[edit]

  1. ^ US National Archives (2015-10-27), Once Too Often, retrieved 2018-04-23
  2. ^ Shipman, David (1989). The Great Movie Stars: The International Years. London: Macdonald. p. 320.