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John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000 · as Narrator (voice)

12 Angry Men
1998 · as Juror 8

Out to Sea
1997 · as Herb Sullivan

Hamlet
1996 · as Marcellus

Grumpier Old Men
1995 · as John Gustafson

Short Cuts
1993 · as Paul Finnigan

Grumpy Old Men
1993 · as John Gustafson

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · as Shelley Levene

JFK
1991 · as Jack Martin

Buddy Buddy
1981 · as Victor Clooney

The China Syndrome
1979 · as Jack Godell

Airport '77
1977 · as Don Gallagher

The Front Page
1974 · as Hildebrand Johnson

Avanti!
1972 · as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

The Odd Couple
1968 · as Felix Ungar

How to Murder Your Wife
1965 · as Stanley Ford

The Great Race
1965 · as Professor Fate

Irma la Douce
1963 · as Nestor Patou