The Great Race won the film an Oscar. In his Top 10 Favorite Comedies video, Doug Walker cited Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate as a major influence for his "Nostalgia Critic" internet persona. The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ),
Chris Lemmon to the stage. The show, which Lemmon has performed all around the United States, follows the relationship between Lemmon and his father as seen through his father's eyes. On December 19, 2019 after an article in the San Diego Union Tribune, Chris confirmed on Facebook that he'd had a double lung transplant due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is recovering well. Lemmon is married to actress Gina Raymond and they reside in Connecticut. They have three children. Chris Lemmon Christopher Boyd "Chris" Lemmon (born June 22, 1954) is an American actor and author. Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California,