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
Select a genre to see those titles.
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
902010s
1 title
as archive footage
2000s
1 title · average score 58
58
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
21 titles · average score 64
66
as Henry Drummond
74
as Morrie Schwartz
63
as Felix Ungar
56
as Herb
64
as President Russell P. Kramer
18
as Mueller / Luger
49
as John Gustafson
65
as John Gustafson
83
as Paul Finnigan
88
as Shelley Levene
46
as Aram Katourian
80
as Jack Martin
1980s
12 titles · average score 67
56
as Jake Tremont
83
TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)
68
TV show · as Gov. John Slaton
71
as James Tyrone
57
as Harvey Fairchild
as Narrator
62
as Robert Traven
84
as Father Tim Farley
73
as Ed Horman
59
as Victor Clooney
55
as Scottie Templeton
1970s
15 titles · average score 65
77
as Jack Godell
43
as Don Gallagher
as Archie Rice
49
as Alexander Main
as Narrator
59
as Mel Edison
72
as Hildebrand Johnson
78
as Harry Stoner
75
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
53
as Peter Wilson
70
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
79
as George Kellerman
1960s
14 titles · average score 66
53
as Howard Brubaker
89
as Felix Ungar
67
as Harry Hinkle
70
as Professor Fate
63
as Stanley Ford
72
as Sam Bissel
71
as Nestor Patou
73
as Joe Clay
37
as Hogan
62
as Bill Gridley
89
as C.C. Baxter
62
as Rip Crandall
1950s
22 titles · average score 66
90
as Jerry (Daphne)
59
as George Denham
71
as Nicky Holroyd
65
as Frank Harris
48
as Tony
57
as Pvt. Hogan
42
as Peter Warne
74
as Bob Baker
55
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
81
as Frank Pulver
86
as Pete Sheppard
59
as Robert Tracey
1940s
4 titles · average score 59
62
TV show
51
as Plasterer (uncredited)
64
TV show · as Fred Stevens / Charlie Bemis
