Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight-time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as "Some Like It Hot", "The Apartment", "Mister Roberts" (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Great Race", "Irma la Douce", "The Odd Couple" and its sequel "The Odd Couple II" (and other frequent collaborations with "Odd Couple" co-star Walter Matthau), "Save the Tiger" (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award
Jack MacGowran Hall, that if you had read the play you would know that Old Gobbo was blind." Jack MacGowran played the title role of "Gandhi" in the Broadway play written by Gurney Campbell in 1971, directed by Jose Quintero. MacGowran's film career started in Ireland with the film "No Resting Place" (1951), and many of his earlier films were set in Ireland. Notably "The Quiet Man" (1952), "The Gentle Gunman" (1952), "Rooney" (1958) and "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" (1959). In 1966 Roman Polanski cast him as the gangster Albie in "Cul-de-sac", before creating Professor Abronsius in "The Fearless Vampire