Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Billy Gray in Some Like It Hot, a 1959 American romantic comedy film. John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 - September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Billy Gray (born William Victor Giventer, March 17, 1904, New York City, New York - January 4, 1978, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedian, comedy club owner and an actor.