Acting
Jack Lemmon
- Titles
- 128movies36TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 1999, busiest in 1996 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 63top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Front Page86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.3average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.7average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Wholesome4.6average 3.3
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.4average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.5, 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
- Character-Driven 9
- Social Commentary 8
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Romantic Comedy 6
- Lighthearted 6
- Witty Dialogue 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Social Satire 4
- Character Study 4
- Dialogue-Driven 4
- Situational Humor 4
- New York Setting 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Walter MatthauActorGrumpy Old Men, The Front Page, The Odd Couple, Grumpier Old Men, The Odd Couple II, +6 more- CCharles NelsonEditorBell, Book and Candle, It Should Happen to You, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Under the Yum-Yum Tree, Good Neighbor Sam, +5 more
Billy WilderDirectorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
Blake EdwardsDirectorThe Great Race, Days of Wine and Roses, My Sister Eileen, Operation Mad Ball, The Notorious Landlady, +1 more
George DuningComposerBell, Book and Candle, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Cowboy, Operation Mad Ball, The Notorious Landlady, +1 more
Richard QuineDirectorBell, Book and Candle, How to Murder Your Wife, It Happened to Jane, My Sister Eileen, Operation Mad Ball, +1 more
Charles Lawton Jr.CinematographerThe Wackiest Ship in the Army, It Happened to Jane, Cowboy, My Sister Eileen, You Can't Run Away from It, +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
Neil SimonWriterThe Odd Couple, The Odd Couple II, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Out-of-Towners
Movies and TV shows
252000s
1 title · average score 66
66
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
4 titles · average score 67
62
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Dr. Morris Ritz
75
Hamlet (1996)
as Marcellus
65
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
as John Gustafson
68
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
as John Gustafson
1980s
3 titles · average score 72
82
The Simpsons (1989)
TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)
63
Macaroni (1985)
as Robert Traven
1970s
2 titles · average score 57
Flick Flack (1974)
TV show
57
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
as George Kellerman
1960s
5 titles · average score 74
75
The Odd Couple (1968)
as Felix Ungar
71
The Great Race (1965)
as Professor Fate
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
as Bill Gridley
82
The Apartment (1960)
as C.C. Baxter
68
Pepe (1960)
as Jack Lemmon
1950s
9 titles · average score 72
81
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Jerry (Daphne)
66
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as Nicky Holroyd
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV show · as Ashley
65
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV show · as Cass Kendall
81
Mister Roberts (1955)
as Frank Pulver
70
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
1 title · average score 63
63
Studio One (1948)
TV show · as Charlie Bemis / Fred Stevens