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Acting

Jack Lemmon

Career: Active from 1950 to 1999, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 63
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Some Like It Hot
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jack Lemmon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Scare
1.0, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 12
Character Study 10
Character-Driven 9
Witty Dialogue 7
Lighthearted 7
Romantic Comedy 6
Classic Hollywood 6
Situational Humor 5
Dialogue-Driven 5
Nostalgic 5
Social Satire 4
Dialogue-Heavy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 56

The Legend of Bagger Vance

56

as Narrator (voice)

1990s

22 titles · average score 63

Tuesdays with Morrie

74

as Morrie Schwartz

Inherit the Wind

66

as Henry Drummond

The Odd Couple II

43

as Felix Ungar

Out to Sea

50

as Herb

My Fellow Americans

56

as President Russell P. Kramer

Getting Away with Murder

19

as Mueller / Luger

Grumpier Old Men

49

as John Gustafson

Grumpy Old Men

65

as John Gustafson

Short Cuts

84

as Paul Finnigan

Glengarry Glen Ross

84

as Shelley Levene

For Richer, for Poorer

45

as Aram Katourian

JFK

79

as Jack Martin

1980s

12 titles · average score 67

Dad

50

as Jake Tremont

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)

The Murder of Mary Phagan

68

TV show · as Gov. John Slaton

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

TV show

Long Day's Journey Into Night

73

as James Tyrone

That's Life!

57

as Harvey Fairchild

Debonair Dancers

as Narrator

Macaroni

62

as Robert Traven

Mass Appeal

84

as Father Tim Farley

Missing

81

as Ed Horman

Buddy Buddy

59

as Victor Clooney

Tribute

56

as Scottie Templeton

1970s

16 titles · average score 64

The China Syndrome

80

as Jack Godell

Airport '77

48

as Don Gallagher

The Entertainer

as Archie Rice

Alex & the Gypsy

49

as Alexander Main

The Gentleman Tramp

as Narrator

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

59

as Mel Edison

The Front Page

65

as Hildebrand Johnson

Save the Tiger

78

as Harry Stoner

Avanti!

75

as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

The War Between Men and Women

55

as Peter Wilson

Kotch

70

as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Out-of-Towners

70

as George Kellerman

1960s

14 titles · average score 65

The April Fools

47

as Howard Brubaker

The Odd Couple

84

as Felix Ungar

Luv

49

as Harry Berlin

The Fortune Cookie

76

as Harry Hinkle

The Great Race

70

as Professor Fate

How to Murder Your Wife

63

as Stanley Ford

Good Neighbor Sam

72

as Sam Bissel

Irma la Douce

71

as Nestor Patou

Days of Wine and Roses

82

as Joe Clay

Under the Yum Yum Tree

37

as Hogan

The Notorious Landlady

62

as Bill Gridley

The Apartment

90

as C.C. Baxter

1950s

22 titles · average score 66

Some Like It Hot

90

as Jerry (Daphne)

It Happened to Jane

59

as George Denham

Bell, Book and Candle

74

as Nicky Holroyd

Cowboy

68

as Frank Harris

Fire Down Below

48

as Tony

Operation Mad Ball

58

as Pvt. Hogan

You Can't Run Away from It

45

as Peter Warne

My Sister Eileen

74

as Bob Baker

Mister Roberts

77

as Frank Pulver

It Should Happen to You

86

as Pete Sheppard

Phffft

59

as Robert Tracey

Heaven for Betsy

TV show · as Peter Bell

1940s

4 titles · average score 61

Suspense

62

TV show

The Lady Takes a Sailor

57

as Plasterer (uncredited)

Studio One

65

TV show · as Fred Stevens / Charlie Bemis

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show