Jack Lemmon Schwartz in his final television role, "Tuesdays with Morrie". His final film role was an uncredited one: the narrator in Robert Redford's film "The Legend of Bagger Vance". Actor Kevin Spacey recalled that Lemmon is remembered for always making time for other people. Already regarded as a legend, he met teenage Spacey backstage after a theater performance and spoke to him about pursuing an acting career. Spacey would later work with Lemmon in "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (1987), "Dad" (1989), the critically acclaimed film "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), and on stage in a revival of "Long Day's Journey into
G. E. Lemmon Dakota and Adams County, North Dakota. This never came about, but Lemmon is the largest city in present-day Perkins County. In his later years, Lemmon spent much of his time recording his life’s tales by publishing story articles in the "Belle Fourche Bee", in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, every week. He started writing the stories in 1932 and kept writing until the 1940s. These weekly stories were compiled into a book by Phyllis Schmidt, titled "The West As I Lived It". Lemmon died on August 25, 1945, in the town he founded. Notes Bibliography G. E. Lemmon George Edward "Dad"