Jack Lemmon
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- It Should Happen to You (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon
- Aspiring model Judy Holliday gets the kind of attention she hadn't bargained for when she advertises herself on a giant billboard. Jack Lemmon's…
- Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
- Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
- My Sister Eileen (1955)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh
- Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
- Fire Down Below (1957)
- Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon…
- Adventure drama set in the Caribbean, with Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum playing U.S. expatriates who eke out a meager subsistence transporting…
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
- Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
- One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…
- It Happened to Jane (1959)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
- Ordinary folk take on corporate bullying in this under–rated rom–com starring Doris Day as a widowed small–business woman and…
- Apartment, The (1960)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine
- Neurotic insurance clerk Jack Lemmon wheedles his way up the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment keys to philandering executives, unknowing…
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford…
- A bittersweet reprise of THE LOST WEEKEND, with PR–expert Jack Lemmon's never–ending round of cocktail parties dragging him and his wife…
- Irma La Douce (1963)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Tura Satana
- On patrol in the red–light district of Paris, gendarme Jack Lemmon pines after whore–with–a–heart–of–gold Shirley…
- Great Race, The (1965)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood…
- Near–classic comedy set around the first New York–to–Paris car race in the early 20th century, with a cast of greats and bag of…
- How To Murder Your Wife (1965)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Claire Trevor…
- Lemmon plays a wealthy cartoonist who accidentally marries stripper Lisi while on a bender, and struggles to devise a quick 'solution' to the…
- Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…
- Odd Couple, The (1968)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Neil Simon's genius was in full force when he wrote this smash Broadway play – a letter–perfect, belly–aching examination of men in…
- Out-of-Towners, The (1970)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
- Playing on the prejudices of 'ordinary folk' towards the Big Bad City of New York, writer Neil Simon cranks out a series of escalating indignities…
- Kotch (1971)
- Dir. Jack Lemmon
Feat. Walter Matthau
- Heart–warming fare with irascible senior citizen Walter Matthau resisting all attempts to 'retire' him. Matthau's regular screen buddy directs.
- Avanti (1972)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills
- Neglected upon release, but now no more, this late Billy Wilder comedy, Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills connect in a Mediterranean resort, where each…
- Save the Tiger (1973)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Harvey Jason…
- Spotty meditation on moral conflict in 1970's America with Lemmon as a troubled business owner longing for the past.
Wordy and overstuffed with…
- Front Page, The (1974)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…
- Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
- Airport '77 (1977)
- Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart…
- This third installment in the Airport franchise has a jetliner plunging into the mid–Atlantic's Bermuda Triangle where a fresh celebrity…
- China Syndrome, The (1978)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon
- Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas pair as TV journalists who become involved in the cover–up of a major malfunction at a nuclear power plant.…
- Missing (1982)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron…
- Jack Lemmon goes in search of his missing son in volatile Latin America (based on Chile), where even the American representives seem to be concealing…
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Jack Lemmon
- Jack Lemmon gives an incredible performance as the patriach of a family plagued with drug–addiction, madness and disease. Based on Eugene…
- Dad (1989)
- Dir. Gary David Goldberg
Feat. Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke…
- Ted Danson returns home to find his father (Jack Lemmon) has physically and emotionally deteriorated.
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris…
- Gripping transposition of David Mamet's savage stageplay about ruthless real estate salesmen who reel under a do–or–die sales ultimatum.…
- Life in the Theatre, A (1993)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick
- An affectionate and heartfelt look at thespian lives from playwright David Mamet. Jack Lemmon and Matthew Broderick are the 'spring and autumn' pair…
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits…
- Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
- Grumpy Old Men (1994)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret
- Lightweight reunion of talented old men Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon as long–squabbling widowers whose basic instincts are revived by sexy…
- Grass Harp, The (1996)
- Dir. Charles Matthau
Feat. Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie…
- Adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a young boy raised by his three eccentric aunts in the American Deep South, and capturing the period, but…
- My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd
- Fanciful political comedy supposes two foul–mouthed, grumpy old ex–Presidents (Jack Lemmon, James Garner) framed and on the run from…
- Hamlet (1997)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Jack Lemmon…
- A flash and vigorous reading of Shakespeare's tragedy of the melancholy Dane, hatched by Kenneth Branagh and a bevy of incongruous thesps.
An…
- Odd Couple 2, The (1997)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Felix and Oscar reunite – grumpier and a good deal older in Neil Simon's follow–up to the original hit. The comic timing of Jack Lemmon…
- Twelve Angry Men (1997)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. George C. Scott, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl…
- An award–winning television version of the classic jury–room drama. Re–written by the scriptwriter of the original film version…
- Tuesdays with Morrie (2002)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria
- Jack Lemmon's last major role was in this unassuming telemovie about the friendship between an indomitable, but dying college professor and one of…