Jack Lemmon Highlights

  • 2000: Appeared in cameo and served as narrator of "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
  • 1999: Played Morrie Schwartz in "Tuesdays with Morrie", an ABC movie executive produced by Oprah Winfrey; garnered Emmy Award
  • 1999: Portrayed Henry Drummond to Scott's Matthew Harrison Brady in the Showtime remake of "Inherit the Wind"; Scott a few years prior had played Drummond to Charles Durning's Brady on Broadway
  • 1998: Reteamed with Simon and Matthau for "The Odd Couple II"; tenth feature collaboration with Matthau
  • 1997: Played Juror 8 in TV remake of "12 Angry Men" (Showtime); ensemble cast included Goerge C Scott
  • 1997: Ninth feature with Matthau, "Out to Sea"
  • 1996: Directed by Matthau's son Charles in "The Grass Harp", adapted from the Truman Capote book
  • 1995: Sequel "Grumpier Old Men" proved an even bigger hit than its precursor
  • 1993: Scored huge commercial success with Matthau in "Grumpy Old Men"
  • 1992: Offered totally credible turn as the loser in an office full of desperate real estate salesmen in "Glengarry Glen Ross"; Spacey also in cast
  • 1991: Delivered a nice turn as private investigator Jack Martin in Oliver Stone's "JFK"
  • 1989: Appeared in title role of "Dad", co-starring Spacey
  • 1988: Reunited with Spacey and Gallagher in the NBC miniseries "The Murder of Mary Phagan"
  • 1987: Inducted into Television Academy Hall of Fame
  • 1986: Returned to Broadway as James Tyrone in revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night"; reprised role for 1987 Showtime TV version; first association with actor Kevin Spacey and Peter Gallagher
  • 1982: Portrayed stiff-backed Ed Horman searching for his missing son in Costa-Gavras' "Missing"; again garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1981: Wrote screenplay for "Track Two", a documentary feature
  • 1981: Starred with Matthau in seventh and last film with Wilder, "Buddy Buddy"; also Wilder's last film
  • 1979: Starred as dedicated plant executive in "The China Syndrome", a heartpounding drama about an attempted cover-up of an accident at California nuclear plant; nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award
  • 1978: Created the role of Scottie Templeton in Broadway production of Bernard Slade's "Tribute"; reprised part in 1980 film version for which he earned an Oscar nomination and also co-wrote the song "It's All for the Best" with Alan Jay Lerner; reteamed with Remick in film
  • 1975: Played Archie Rice in NBC TV version of John Osborne's "The Entertainer" at the urging of Laurence Olivier, who had created the role on stage and film; received Emmy nomination
  • 1973: Won second Oscar as Best Actor for his down and out salesman in "Save the Tiger"
  • 1972: Received a Golden Globe Award for his comic performance in Wilder's underrated "Avanti!"
  • 1972: Hosted the acclaimed NBC variety special "Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin"; received Emmy Award
  • 1971: Directed feature film "Kotch", starring Matthau and Lemmon's second wife Felicia Farr
  • 1970: Starred opposite Sandy Dennis in "The Out of Towners", scripted by Simon
  • 1968: Reteamed with Matthau for their definitive vehicle, Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"
  • 1967: Executive produced "Cool Hand Luke", starring Paul Newman
  • 1966: First film opposite Walter Matthau, "The Fortune Cookie"
  • 1965: Reteamed with Edwards for "The Great Race"
  • 1964: Last film with Quine, "How to Murder Your Wife"
  • 1962: Appeared as Lee Remick's husband who pulls her into alcoholism in Blake Edwards' "Days of Wine and Roses", his first major dramatic film role; garnered another Best Actor Academy Award nomination
  • 1960: Attempted to climb corporate ladder by loaning his apartment key to various executives for their trysts in Wilder's "The Apartment"; earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1959: First film with director Billy Wilder, "Some Like It Hot"; received first Best Actor Academy Award nomination
  • 1957: Acted in "Fire Down Below" and received credit as a song performer for the harmonica theme
  • 1955: First of six films with director Richard Quine, "My Sister Eileen" (screenplay by Quine and Blake Edwards); had actually done a film with Quine ("Extra Dollars") the year before for the United States Treasury Department
  • 1955: Won Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ensign Pulver in his fourth movie, "Mister Roberts"
  • 1954: Film acting debut in "It Should Happen to You", directed by George Cukor
  • 1953: Broadway debut as Leo Davis in "Room Service"
  • 1952: Founded Jalem Production Company
  • 1947: Played piano at Old Nick Saloon in New York City
  • 1945: Served as communications officer (ensign) with the US Naval Reserve
  • 1929: Made stage debut at age four with his father in an amateur production of "Gold in Them Thar Hills" (date approximate)
  • A sickly child, he underwent three painful ear surgeries before age 10; took up cross-country running with such determination that he eventually broke the New England record for the two-mile
  • Performed with New England stock company on radio and in Off-Broadway productions; produced and acted in three short-lived TV series with first wife Cynthia Stone ("That Wonderful Guy" ABC, 1950; "Ad Libbers" CBS, 1951; "Heaven for Betsy" CBS, 1952)

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