Chris Lemmon

Christopher Boyd "Chris" Lemmon (born June 22, 1954) is an American actor and author.

Early life and education

Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Cynthia Stone and actor Jack Lemmon. Lemmon attended the Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. With a talent for music, he was encouraged by his father to study piano. Lemmon considered playing piano professionally after having graduated from the California Institute of the Arts, with degrees in classical piano and composition, and in theater.

Career

He appeared as an actor in numerous stage productions, including the west-coast tour of Barefoot in the Park, directed by Jerry Paris, the original West coast production of Shay by Anne Commire, and A. R. Gurney's Love Letters with Stephanie Zimbalist. He portrayed Richard Phillips in two situation comedies, Duet (1987) and Open House (1989), and also co-starred as Martin "Bru" Brubaker in the television series Thunder in Paradise, which featured American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Lemmon is also a screenwriter and producer. Algonquin Books published Lemmon's tribute to his father, entitled A Twist of Lemmon (2006), which was re-released in 2008 as a paperback by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.

He appeared in three films with his father: Airport '77 (1977), That's Life! (1986), and Dad (1989).

Lemmon was to star in the film Publicity Stunt, a comedy which he co-wrote, which was to be shot in Connecticut and directed by Joel Zwick. He and Zwick had a terrible falling out, which resulted in a series of lawsuits that spanned nearly a decade. It was finally settled when Zwick agreed to pay $1.7 million for damages and gained property of the highly controversial script. The script has never made it to light.

Lemmon adapted his tribute to his father, A Twist of Lemmon to the stage in 2015. 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.

Lung transplant

On December 19, 2018 after an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune,, Lemmon confirmed on Facebook that he'd had a double lung transplant due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is recovering well.

Personal life

Lemmon is married to actress Gina Raymond. The couple reside in Connecticut and have three children.

TV work

• Brothers and Sisters (1979)
• Mirror, Mirror (1979)
• CHiPs (1981)
• Too Close for Comfort (1981)
• 9 to 5 (1983)
• Fantasy (1982)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• The Outlaws (1984)
• Duet (1987-9)
• Open House (1989)
• Knots Landing (1990)
• The Match Game (1990)
• The Joint Is Jumpin' (1993)
• Thunder in Paradise (1994) (22 episodes)
• Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993)
• The Pretender (1998)
• Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002)
• The Hollywood Greats (Jack Lemmon) (2006)
• 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)