Jack Lemmon

Career timeline

1. 1925 · Born

   Born in Newton, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   The Philco Television Playhouse (TV)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Some Like It Hot (Movie)

4. 1971 · Directing debut

   Kotch (Movie)

5. 2000 · Latest release

   The Legend of Bagger Vance (Movie)

6. 2001 · Died

   June 27, 2001

Career in numbers

4 1940s

18 1950s

14 1960s

12 1970s

8 1980s

19 1990s

1 2000s

• Comedy46
• Drama35
• Romance23
• Tv Movie5
• Thriller5
• Crime4

Highest-rated title The Apartment 1960 8.2 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jack Lemmon in our catalogue.

Walter Matthau

3 titles together

Sissy Spacek

2 titles together

Peter Falk

2 titles together

Tim Robbins

2 titles together

Ossie Davis

2 titles together

Jonathan Silverman

2 titles together

Jane Fonda

2 titles together

Sally Kellerman

2 titles together

Wilford Brimley

2 titles together

Fielder Cook

2 titles together

1. 2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance as Narrator (voice) 6.6 Movie
2. 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie as Morrie Schwartz 7.4 Movie
3. 1999 Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond 6.3 Movie
4. 1998 The Odd Couple II as Felix Ungar 6.3 Movie
5. 1998 The Long Way Home as Tom Gerrin Movie
6. 1997 12 Angry Men as Juror 8 7.7 Movie
7. 1997 Out to Sea as Herb 5.9 Movie
8. 1996 Hamlet as Marcellus 7.3 Movie
9. 1996 My Fellow Americans as President Russell P. Kramer 6.1 Movie
10. 1996 The Grass Harp as Dr. Morris Ritz 5.9 Movie
11. 1996 Getting Away with Murder as Mueller / Luger 4.8 Movie
12. 1995 Grumpier Old Men as John Gustafson 6.5 Movie
13. 1994 Inside the Actors Studio as Self TV
14. 1993 Grumpy Old Men as John Gustafson 6.7 Movie
15. 1993 Short Cuts as Paul Finnigan 7.2 Movie
16. 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelley Levene 7.3 Movie
17. 1992 The Player as Jack Lemmon 7.2 Movie
18. 1992 For Richer, for Poorer as Aram Katourian Movie
19. 1991 JFK as Jack Martin 7.6 Movie
20. 1990 The Earth Day Special as Coach Stewart Movie
21. 1989 The Simpsons as Frank Ormand (voice) 8.0 TV
22. 1989 Dad as Jake Tremont 6.4 Movie
23. 1988 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV
24. 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan as Gov. John Slaton TV
25. 1986 That's Life! as Harvey Fairchild 5.7 Movie
26. 1985 Macaroni as Robert Traven 6.4 Movie
27. 1982 Missing as Ed Horman 7.2 Movie
28. 1981 Buddy Buddy as Victor Clooney 6.1 Movie
29. 1979 The China Syndrome as Jack Godell 7.1 Movie
30. 1978 The South Bank Show TV
31. 1977 Airport '77 as Don Gallagher 5.6 Movie
32. 1975 Killer Cop as Narrator (voice) Movie
33. 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Mel Edison 6.7 Movie
34. 1974 The Front Page as Hildebrand Johnson 7.3 Movie
35. 1974 Flick Flack TV
36. 1973 Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner 6.6 Movie
37. 1972 Avanti! as Wendell Armbruster, Jr. 6.9 Movie
38. 1972 The War Between Men and Women as Peter Wilson 6.4 Movie
39. 1971 Kotch as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
40. 1970 The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman 6.8 Movie
41. 1969 The April Fools as Howard Brubaker 5.9 Movie
42. 1968 The Odd Couple as Felix Ungar 7.4 Movie
43. 1967 Luv as Harry Berlin Movie
44. 1966 The Fortune Cookie as Harry Hinkle 7.2 Movie
45. 1965 The Great Race as Professor Fate 7.1 Movie
46. 1965 How to Murder Your Wife as Stanley Ford 6.3 Movie
47. 1964 Good Neighbor Sam as Sam Bissel 6.6 Movie
48. 1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree as Hogan 6.1 Movie
49. 1963 Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay 7.5 Movie
50. 1963 Irma la Douce as Nestor Patou 7.4 Movie
51. 1962 The Notorious Landlady as Bill Gridley 6.8 Movie
52. 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Rip Crandall 6.1 Movie
53. 1960 Pepe as Jack Lemmon 6.4 Movie
54. 1960 The Apartment as C.C. Baxter 8.2 Movie
55. 1959 It Happened to Jane as George Denham 6.2 Movie
56. 1959 Some Like It Hot as Jerry (Daphne) 8.1 Movie
57. 1958 Bell, Book and Candle as Nicky Holroyd 6.6 Movie
58. 1958 Cowboy as Frank Harris 6.5 Movie
59. 1957 Alcoa Theatre as Ashley TV
60. 1957 Operation Mad Ball as Pvt. Hogan 6.7 Movie
61. 1957 Fire Down Below as Tony 5.6 Movie
62. 1956 You Can't Run Away from It as Peter Warne Movie
63. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cass Kendall TV
64. 1955 My Sister Eileen as Bob Baker 6.6 Movie
65. 1955 Mister Roberts as Frank Pulver 7.1 Movie
66. 1955 Three for the Show as Marty Stewart Movie
67. 1954 Phffft as Robert Tracey 6.2 Movie
68. 1954 It Should Happen to You as Pete Sheppard 7.1 Movie
69. 1952 Heaven for Betsy as Peter Bell TV
70. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Alfred Fishkettle TV
71. 1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre TV
72. 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents TV
73. 1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor as Plasterer (uncredited) Movie
74. 1949 Suspense TV
75. 1948 Studio One as Fred Stevens TV
76. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse TV

1. 1973 Save the Tiger 6.6 Movie
2. 1972 Avanti! 6.9 Movie
3. 1972 The War Between Men and Women 6.4 Movie

1. 1971 Kotch 6.6 Movie

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