Jack Lemmon in character as Professor Fate in Warner Bros. film "Great Race, The" posing with model for LIFE magazine.

Jack Lemmon in character as Professor Fate for a fashion layout for LIFE. Photo taken in 1964 on the Warner Bros. set of "Great Race, The."

Jack Lemmon with wife Felicia Farr on Austrian location of Warner Bros. "Great Race, The." 1964

Saturday Evening Post Cover "Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon Photo taken c. 1965

"Great Race, The" Dir. Blake Edwards, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Bob Willoughby Photo taken in 1964 / Warner

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk Photo taken in 1964 / Warner

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Peter Falk, Jack Lemmon Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon during rehearsal. Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Dir. Blake Edwards Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon, George Macready Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

"Great Race, The" Jack Lemmon with Dir. Blake Edwards Photo taken in 1964 / Warner Bros.

Tony Curtis, Peter Falk, Jack Lemmon, Blake Edwards, and Keenan Wynn in The Great Race (1965)

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, and Keenan Wynn in The Great Race (1965)

Jack Lemmon with his mother on the set of "Great Race, The" Photo taken in 1964.

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in The Great Race (1965)

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Peter Falk, and Jack Lemmon in The Great Race (1965)

Peter Falk, Jack Lemmon, and Hal Smith in The Great Race (1965)

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Peter Falk, Jack Lemmon, and Hal Smith in The Great Race (1965)