Jack Lemmon on screen and stage
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Robert Altman | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Sheldon "Shelley the Machine" Levene | James Foley | |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver County |
Himself | John Dorr Mike Kaplan |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Television special |
| 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 | Television special |
| 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" |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror #8 | Television film |
| 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]- ^ US National Archives (2015-10-27), Once Too Often, retrieved 2018-04-23
- ^ Shipman, David (1989). The Great Movie Stars: The International Years. London: Macdonald. p. 320.