In a career that spanned half a century, Jack Lemmon was truly America's Everyman. Although he worked in every genre from musical to western, he truly excelled at comedy, turning in a series of nuanced performances that garnered worldwide acclaim. On June 9 (just in time for father's day), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) honors one of the most versatile and accomplished actors in Hollywood history with The Jack Lemmon Film Collection, in partnership with Chris Lemmon, Jack's son and biographer.

Richard Earl Thomas, born in New York City, NY, June 13, 1951, stared acting at age of seven. The son of Richard and Barbara Thomas, who were both dancers with the New York City Ballet and were owners of the New York School of Ballet, he was destined to be an actor. His first role was his Broadway debut in Sunrise at Campobello (1958) as John Roosevelt, son of future U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From the time that curtain went down, Thomas went on to make more than 90 film and TV appearances as of 2009 as well as many roles on the theatrical stage.  Among all of his esteemed work, Thomas is best know and remembered for his role as John Boy in The Walton's TV series that ran from 1972 to 1981.

It's not every day that you see three distinct movies made out of the same source material, in this case, Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend, a classic work of science fiction whose concept has endured over four decades and a trio of variations. The Last Man on Earth (1964) is the most basic in terms of style and available resources of the adaptations. With a few barren sets and the services of lead actor Vincent Price all work to instill its inherently creepy magic upon viewers. The cast also stars Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Christi Courtland.

Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), which stars Jack Lemmon as a sex-crazed landlord, shows just how zany this noted actor could be. Among the sex comedies of the early 1960s, a time when sex in films was tempered, Yum Yum Tree was far more about the comedy than the sex. Lemmon plays a landlord who rents to women only; and he's willing to trade almost anything for the rent. The cast includes Paul Lynde, Dean Jones, Edie Adams, Imogene Coca and Carol Lynley as the new tenant, Robin.