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3 | ->''"It's magic time."'' |
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5 | John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor whose career spanned acrosss six decades and earned him eight UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations (including two wins), in the process making him the first person to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. |
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7 | Lemmon was married twice (to Cynthia Stone from 1950 to 1956, to Felicia Farr from 1962 to his death) and had two children, including Creator/ChrisLemmon. Creator/SydneyLemmon is his granddaughter. |
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10 | !!Partial filmography: |
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12 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
13 | * ''Film/ItShouldHappenToYou'' (1954) as Pete Sheppard |
14 | * ''Film/{{Phffft}}'' (1954) as Robert Tracy |
15 | * ''Literature/MisterRoberts'' (1955) as Ensign Frank Pulver[[note]]won Best Supporting Actor Oscar[[/note]] |
16 | * ''Theatre/MySisterEileen'' (1955) as Robert "Bob" Baker |
17 | * ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'' (1958) as Nicky Holroyd |
18 | * ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' (1959) as Jerry / "Daphne"[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]] |
19 | * ''Film/TheApartment'' (1960) as C. C. Baxter[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]] |
20 | %%* ''Film/TheWackiestShipInTheArmy'' (1960) as Lt. Rip Crandall |
21 | * ''Film/DaysOfWineAndRoses'' (1962) as Joe Clay[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]] |
22 | * ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' (1963) as Nestor Patou |
23 | * ''Film/HowToMurderYourWife'' (1965) as Stanley Ford |
24 | * ''Film/TheGreatRace'' (1965) as Professor Fate/Prince Hapnick |
25 | * ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' (1966) as Harry Hinkle |
26 | * ''Film/{{Luv}}'' (1967) as Harry Berlin |
27 | * ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968) as Felix Ungar |
28 | * ''Film/TheOutOfTowners'' (1970) as George Kellerman |
29 | %%* ''Film/{{Kotch}}'' (1971) -- [[OneBookAuthor the only film he ever directed]]; he has a very brief CreatorCameo |
30 | * ''Film/{{Avanti}}'' (1972) as Wendell Armbruster Jr. |
31 | * ''Save the Tiger'' (1973) as Harry Stoner[[note]]won Best Actor[[/note]] |
32 | * ''Film/TheFrontPage'' (1974) as Hildy Johnson |
33 | * ''[[Film/{{Airport}} Airport '77]]'' (1977) as Capt. Don Gallagher |
34 | * ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome'' (1979) as Jack Godell[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]] |
35 | * ''[[Film/Missing1982 missing.]]'' (1982) as Ed Horman[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]] |
36 | * ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) as Jack Martin |
37 | * ''Film/ThePlayer'' (1992) {{as Himself}} |
38 | * ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' (1992) as Shelley Levene |
39 | * ''Film/ShortCuts'' (1993) as Paul Finnigan |
40 | * ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' (1993) as John Gustafson |
41 | * ''Film/GrumpierOldMen'' (1995) as John Gustafson |
42 | * ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'' (1996) as President Russell P. Kramer |
43 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1996) as Marcellus |
44 | * ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1997) as Juror #8 |
45 | * ''Film/OutToSea'' (1997) as Herb Sullivan |
46 | * ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1998) as Felix Ungar |
47 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfBaggerVance'' (2000) as the {{Narrator}} |
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51 | !!Tropes associated with Jack Lemmon's career include: |
52 | * BilledAboveTheTitle: Jokingly invoked with the epitaph on his RealLife gravestone: |
53 | -->''JACK LEMMON in'' |
54 | * LargeHam: When he wants to ham it up, he'll ''ham it up'', particularly in comedies. |
55 | * StarMakingRole: His Oscar-winning turn as Ensign Pulver in ''Mister Roberts''. |
56 | * ThoseTwoActors: Appeared in ten movies with his good friend Creator/WalterMatthau, although in one of them (''JFK'') they have no shared scenes. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's [[OneBookAuthor sole directorial effort]], 1971's ''Kotch''. |
57 | * TomHanksSyndrome: Was considered to be mainly a comedic actor prior to his Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/DaysOfWineAndRoses'', which resulted in more dramatic parts (although he also continued doing comedies). |
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