Jack Lemmon

1925–2001 · American actor

John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".

Jack Lemmon, in order

1. 1950 The Lady Takes a Sailor: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
2. 1952 Heaven for Betsy (TV series): acted
3. 1954 It Should Happen to You: acted · directed by George Cukor
4. 1954 Phffft!: acted · directed by Mark Robson
5. 1955 Mister Roberts: acted · directed by John Ford and Joshua Logan · critics 100%, audiences 84% · streaming on YouTube (free)
6. 1955 My Sister Eileen: acted · directed by Richard Quine · critics 83%, audiences 62%
7. 1955 Three for the Show: acted · directed by H. C. Potter
8. 1956 You Can't Run Away from It: acted · directed by Dick Powell
9. 1957 Fire Down Below: acted · directed by Robert Parrish
10. 1957 Operation Mad Ball: acted · directed by Richard Quine · audiences 42% · streaming on Tubi
11. 1958 Bell, Book and Candle: acted · directed by Richard Quine
12. 1958 Cowboy: acted · directed by Delmer Daves
13. 1959 It Happened to Jane: acted · directed by Richard Quine
14. 1959 Some Like It Hot: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 95%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, MGM+
15. 1960 Pepe: acted · directed by George Sidney
16. 1960 Stowaway in the Sky: acted · directed by Albert Lamorisse
17. 1960 The Apartment: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
18. 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army: acted · directed by Richard Murphy
19. 1961 The Dick Powell Show (TV series): acted · directed by Blake Edwards
20. 1962 Days of Wine and Roses: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 100%, audiences 89%
21. 1962 The Notorious Landlady: acted · directed by Richard Quine · audiences 53% · streaming on fuboTV
22. 1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up: acted · directed by Ken Murray and Rudy Behlmer · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
23. 1963 Irma la Douce: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 75%, audiences 78% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
24. 1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree: acted · directed by David Swift
25. 1964 Good Neighbor Sam: acted · directed by David Swift
26. 1965 How to Murder Your Wife: acted · directed by Richard Quine
27. 1965 The Great Race: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 70%, audiences 83% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
28. 1966 The Fortune Cookie: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 96%, audiences 80% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
29. 1967 Luv: acted · directed by Clive Donner · audiences 35%
30. 1968 The Odd Couple: acted · directed by Gene Saks
31. 1969 The April Fools: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
32. 1970 The Out-of-Towners: acted · directed by Arthur Hiller
33. 1971 Kotch: directed, acted
34. 1972 Avanti!: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 79%, audiences 76% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
35. 1972 The War Between Men and Women: acted · directed by Melville Shavelson
36. 1973 Save the Tiger: acted · directed by John G. Avildsen
37. 1974 The Front Page: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 61%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video
38. 1975 Killer Cop: acted · directed by Luciano Ercoli
39. 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue: acted · directed by Melvin Frank
40. 1976 Alex & the Gypsy: acted · directed by John Korty
41. 1977 Airport '77: acted · directed by Jerry Jameson
42. 1979 The China Syndrome: acted · directed by James Bridges · critics 88%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
43. 1980 Tribute: acted · directed by Bob Clark
44. 1981 Buddy Buddy: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 64%, audiences 42%
45. 1982 Missing: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras · critics 94%, audiences 85%
46. 1984 Mass Appeal: acted · directed by Glenn Jordan
47. 1985 Macaroni: acted · directed by Ettore Scola
48. 1986 American Masters (TV series): acted · directed by Charles Atlas and Christian Blackwood
49. 1986 That's Life!: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 60%, audiences 48% · streaming on fuboTV
50. 1987 Long Day's Journey into Night (TV movie): acted · directed by Jonathan Miller
51. 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan (TV movie): acted · directed by William Hale
52. 1989 Dad: acted · directed by Gary David Goldberg
53. 1991 JFK: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 84%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free)
54. 1992 For Richer, for Poorer (TV movie): acted · directed by Jay Sandrich
55. 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross: acted · directed by James Foley · critics 95%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
56. 1992 The Player: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 97%, audiences 84% · streaming on HBO Max
57. 1993 Grumpy Old Men: acted · directed by Donald Petrie
58. 1993 Short Cuts: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 95%, audiences 88%
59. 1995 Grumpier Old Men: acted · directed by Howard Deutch
60. 1996 Getting Away with Murder: acted · directed by Harvey Miller
61. 1996 Hamlet: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
62. 1996 My Fellow Americans: acted · directed by Peter Segal
63. 1997 12 Angry Men (TV movie): acted · directed by William Friedkin · critics 93%, audiences 87% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
64. 1997 Out to Sea: acted · directed by Martha Coolidge
65. 1998 The Odd Couple II: acted · directed by Howard Deutch
66. 1999 Inherit the Wind (TV movie): acted · directed by Daniel Petrie
67. 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie (TV movie): acted · directed by Mick Jackson
68. 2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance: acted · directed by Robert Redford · critics 43%, audiences 65% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
69. That Wonderful Guy (TV series): acted