Claim: Walter Matthau is an actor for the film industry.

The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968 's The Odd Couple . Written by Neil Simon -LRB- who also produced -RRB- , the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison . The film was the actors ' last together . It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a sequel in which all leads return .   Each actor made only one more theatrical film after this : The Legend of Bagger Vance for Lemmon and Hanging Up for Matthau , in which neither actor played a leading role , both in 2000 .