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
322000s
1 title · average score 58
58
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
3 titles · average score 75
1980s
4 titles · average score 67
68
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
TV show · as Gov. John Slaton
62
Macaroni (1985)
as Robert Traven
73
Missing (1982)
as Ed Horman
1970s
5 titles · average score 65
43
Airport '77 (1977)
as Don Gallagher
64
Killer Cop (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
72
The Front Page (1974)
as Hildebrand Johnson
Flick Flack (1974)
TV show
79
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
as George Kellerman
1960s
6 titles · average score 64
53
The April Fools (1969)
as Howard Brubaker
67
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Harry Hinkle
70
The Great Race (1965)
as Professor Fate
71
Irma la Douce (1963)
as Nestor Patou
62
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
as Bill Gridley
62
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
as Rip Crandall
1950s
11 titles · average score 70
90
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Jerry (Daphne)
65
Cowboy (1958)
as Frank Harris
42
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
as Peter Warne
68
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV show · as Cass Kendall
55
Three for the Show (1955)
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
81
Mister Roberts (1955)
as Frank Pulver
86
It Should Happen to You (1954)
as Pete Sheppard
Heaven for Betsy (1952)
TV show · as Peter Bell
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV show · as Alfred Fishkettle
1940s
2 titles · average score 64
64
Studio One (1948)
TV show · as Fred Stevens / Charlie Bemis
