Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

{{Short description|Pair of American male actors}}

Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) and Walter Matthau (1920–2000) were a pair of American male actors{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/closer-weekly/20160914/281496455742152 |title=Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau: Inside the Odd Couple actors' lifelong bond |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=September 14, 2016 |via=PressReader}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/07/10-acting-partnerships-that-span-multiple-films-261652/ |title=10 Acting Partnerships That Span Multiple Films |last1=Kiang |first=Jessica |last2=Lyttelton |first2=Oliver |date=July 20, 2015 |publisher=IndieWire}} who starred in ten films together,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/28/obituaries/lemmon-and-matthau-one-of-hollywoods-most-successful-pairings.html |title=Lemmon and Matthau: One of Hollywood's Most Successful Pairings |date=June 28, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |url-access=subscription}} co-starring in eight of them. In addition, Lemmon directed Kotch (1971), which starred Matthau (and had an uncredited cameo by Lemmon). Off-screen, they were best friends, though their characters constantly clashed on-screen.