There have been many incarnations of The Odd Couple’s oafish Oscar and the fastidious Felix, both on stage and on screen. But the version of the 1965 play most people would be familiar with is the 1968 incarnation. Walter Matthau reprised his stage role as the original Oscar, and Jack Lemmon took the part of Felix. The result was cinematic gold.
Matthau worked with Lemmon on 11 movies, and there’s no doubt that he agreed with Billy Wilder, who directed Lemmon in seven films, who once said: “Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon”.
