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
882000s
1 title · average score 66
66
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
22 titles · average score 65
73
as Morrie Schwartz
64
as Felix Ungar
66
as Tom Gerrin
59
as Herb Sullivan
64
as President Russell P. Kramer
46
as Mueller / Luger
65
as John Gustafson
68
as John Gustafson
74
as Paul Finnigan
74
as Shelley Levene
58
as Aram Katourian
78
as Jack Martin
1980s
12 titles · average score 66
63
as Jake Tremont
82
TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)
66
TV show · as Gov. John Slaton
67
as James Tyrone
58
as Harvey Fairchild
as Narrator
63
as Robert Traven
64
as Father Tim Farley
74
as Ed Horman
63
as Victor Clooney
59
as Scottie Templeton
1970s
15 titles · average score 65
72
as Jack Godell
57
as Don Gallagher
49
as Alexander Main
as Archie Rice
66
as Mel Edison
86
as Hildebrand Johnson
as Jerry Murphy
67
as Harry Stoner
70
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
62
as Peter Wilson
65
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
57
as George Kellerman
1960s
14 titles · average score 67
60
as Howard Brubaker
75
as Felix Ungar
47
as Harry Berlin
71
as Harry Hinkle
71
as Professor Fate
64
as Stanley Ford
66
as Sam Bissel
73
as Nestor Patou
76
as Joe Clay
59
as Hogan
82
as C.C. Baxter
61
as Rip Crandall
1950s
20 titles · average score 66
81
as Jerry (Daphne)
63
as George Denham
66
as Nicky Holroyd
65
as Frank Harris
59
as Tony
65
as Pvt. Hogan
53
as Peter Warne
66
as Bob Baker
60
as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
81
as Frank Pulver
70
as Pete Sheppard
64
as Robert Tracey
1940s
4 titles · average score 58
61
TV show
51
as Plasterer (uncredited)
63
TV show · as Charlie Bemis / Fred Stevens
