Acting
Jack Lemmon
- Titles
- 128movies39TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 2011, with a break from 2000 to 2010, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Some Like It Hot90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.3average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.6average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Wholesome4.7average 3.3
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.4average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.4, average 4.3
- Scare1.1, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.1
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Lighthearted 7
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Romantic Comedy 6
- Witty Dialogue 5
- Character Study 5
- Dialogue-Driven 5
- Situational Humor 5
- Social Satire 4
- Nostalgic 4
- New York Setting 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Walter MatthauActorGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, The Odd Couple, The Odd Couple II, The Front Page, +5 more- CCharles NelsonEditorBell, Book and Candle, It Should Happen to You, Good Neighbor Sam, Under the Yum Yum Tree, It Happened to Jane, +5 more
Billy WilderWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
Richard QuineWriterBell, Book and Candle, How to Murder Your Wife, It Happened to Jane, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, +1 more
Charles Lawton Jr.CinematographerYou Can't Run Away from It, It Happened to Jane, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Cowboy, Operation Mad Ball, +1 more
George DuningComposerBell, Book and Candle, The Notorious Landlady, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Cowboy, Operation Mad Ball, +1 more
Blake EdwardsWriterThe Great Race, Days of Wine and Roses, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, My Sister Eileen, +1 more
Marvin HamlischComposerThe Prisoner of Second Avenue, The April Fools, The War Between Men and Women, Save the Tiger, Kotch
Joan ShawleeActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Buddy Buddy
Kevin SpaceyActorGlengarry Glen Ross, The Murder of Mary Phagan, Dad, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Ralph E. WintersEditorThe Great Race, The Front Page, Avanti!, Kotch
Movies and TV shows
151970s
15 titles · average score 65
77
The China Syndrome (1979)
as Jack Godell
43
Airport '77 (1977)
as Don Gallagher
The Entertainer (1976)
as Archie Rice
49
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
as Alexander Main
The Gentleman Tramp (1976)
as Narrator
59
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Mel Edison
64
Killer Cop (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
72
The Front Page (1974)
as Hildebrand Johnson
Wednesday (1974)
as Jerry Murphy
Flick Flack (1974)
TV show
78
Save the Tiger (1973)
as Harry Stoner
75
Avanti! (1972)
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
53
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
as Peter Wilson
70
Kotch (1971)
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
79
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
as George Kellerman