LOS ANGELES – Jack Lemmon, the two-time Oscar winner died at a hospital Wednesday night from complications related to cancer, spokesman Warren Cowan said.
Lemmon brought a jittery intensity to his roles as finicky Felix Unger in “The Odd Couple,” the boastful Ensign Pulver in “Mr. Roberts” and a cross-dressing musician in “Some Like It Hot.” He was 76.
Lemmon’s talents were so broad that of his seven lead-actor Oscar nominations, five were for dramas and two were for comedies.
“The Living Century,” 2000
“The Legend of Bagger Vance,” 2000
“Forever Hollywood,” 1999
“Puppies for Sale,” 1997
“Out to Sea,” 1997
“Hamlet,” 1996
“My Fellow Americans,” 1996
“Getting Away with Murder,” 1996
“Grumpier Old Men,” 1995
“The Grass Harp,” 1995
“Grumpy Old Men,” 1993
“Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country,” 1993
“Short Cuts,” 1993
“Beyond ‘JFK’: The Question of Conspiracy,” 1992
“Chaplin,” 1992
“Glengarry Glen Ross,” 1992
“The Player,” 1992
“JFK,” 1991
“Dad,” 1989
“Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius,” 1989
“Blake Edwards’ That’s Life!” 1986
“Macaroni,” 1986
“Mass Appeal,” 1984
“Missing,” 1982
“Buddy Buddy,” 1981
“Tribute,” 1980
“Ken Murray Shooting Stars,” 1979
“The China Syndrome,” 1979
“Airport ’77,” 1977
“Alex & the Gypsy,” 1976
“The Gentleman Tramp,” 1975
“Wednesday,” 1975
“The Front Page,” 1974
“La Polizia ha le mani legate” (Killer Cop), 1974
“The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” 1974
“Save the Tiger,” 1973
“Avanti!” 1972
“Costa del Sol malaguena,” 1972
“The War Between Men and Women,” 1972
“Kotch,” 1971
“The Out-of-Towners,” 1970
“The April Fools,” 1969
“There Comes a Day,” 1968
“The Odd Couple,” 1968
“Luv,” 1967
“The Fortune Cookie,” 1966
“Blake Edwards’ The Great Race,” 1965
“How to Murder Your Wife,” 1965
“Good Neighbor Sam,” 1964
“Under the Yum Yum Tree,” 1963
“Irma la Douce,” 1963
“Days of Wine and Roses,” 1962
“The Notorious Landlady,” 1962
“Pepe,” 1960
“The Wackiest Ship in the Army,” 1960
“Le Voyage en ballon,” 1960
“The Apartment,” 1960
“It Happened to Jane,” 1959
“Some Like It Hot,” 1959
“Bell, Book and Candle,” 1958
“Cowboy,” 1958
“Fire Down Below,” 1957
“Operation Mad Ball,” 1957
“Hollywood Bronc Busters,” 1956
“You Can’t Run Away from It,” 1956
“My Sister Eileen,” 1955
“Mister Roberts,” 1955
“Three for the Show,” 1955
“Phffft!” 1954
“It Should Happen to You,” 1954
Television
“AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America’s Funniest Movies,” 2000
“American Masters: On Cukor,” 2000
“Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie,” 1999
“Inherit the Wind,” 1999
“The Kennedy Center Honors,” 1998
“The Long Way Home,” 1998
“12 Angry Men,” 1997
“A Weekend in the Country,” 1996
“Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees,” 1995
“A Life in the Theater,” 1993
“The Wild West,” 1993
“For Richer, for Poorer,” 1992
“The Murder of Mary Phagan,” 1988
“Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” 1987
“Ernie Kovacs: Television’s Original Genius,” 1982
“The Entertainer,” 1976
“Alcoa Theatre,” 1957
“Heaven for Betsy,” 1952
“The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show,” 1951
“The Ad-Libbers,” 1951
“Toni Twin Time,” 1950
“That Wonderful Guy,” 1949
