Jack Oakie

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Sedalia, Missouri, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

12 November 1903, 122 years old

Known For

The Great Dictator

Around the World in 80 Days

Lover Come Back

Thieves' Highway

It Happened Tomorrow

Alice in Wonderland

The Wonderful Country

Call of the Wild

If I Had a Million

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

One to One: John & Yoko

Napaloni - Dictator of Bactera (archive footage)

2025

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Self (archive footage)

2014

The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

Self (archive footage)

2011

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Benzini Napaloni (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

Kilroy

Joe Kelsey

1965

Lover Come Back

J. Paxton Miller

1961

The Rat Race

Mac

1960

The Wonderful Country

Travis Hyle

1959

Around the World in 80 Days

SS Henrietta Captain

1956

Tomahawk

Sol Beckworth

1951

Last of the Buccaneers

Sgt. Dominick

1950

Thieves' Highway

Slob

1949

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Bozo Evans

1948

Northwest Stampede

Mike Kirby

1948

She Wrote the Book

Jerry Marlowe

1946

On Stage Everybody

Michael Sullivan

1945

That's the Spirit

Steve 'Slim' Gogarty

1945

Bowery to Broadway

Michael O'Rourke

1944

Sweet and Low-Down

Popsy

1944

The Merry Monahans

Pete Monahan

1944

Take It or Leave It

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

It Happened Tomorrow

Uncle Oscar Smith

1944

Wintertime

Skip Hutton

1943

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Dan Daley

1943

Something to Shout About

Larry Martin

1943

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

1942

Iceland

Slip Riggs

1942

Song of the Islands

Rusty Smith

1942

Rise and Shine

Boley Bolenciecwcz

1941

Polo with the Stars

Self - Watching Polo Match

1941

Navy Blues

'Cake' O'Hara

1941

The Great American Broadcast

Chuck Hadley

1941

Little Men

William "Willie" Deming

1940

Tin Pan Alley

Harry Calhoun

1940

The Great Dictator

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

1940

Young People

Joe Ballantine

1940

Thanks for Everything

Bates

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

Lanny Morgan

1938

The Affairs of Annabel

Lanny Morgan

1938

Radio City Revels

Harry

1938

Hitting a New High

Corny Davis

1937

Fight for Your Lady

"Honest Ham" Hamilton

1937

The Toast of New York

Luke

1937

Super-Sleuth

Bill Martin

1937

Champagne Waltz

Happy Gallagher

1937

That Girl from Paris

Whammo Lonsdale

1936

The Texas Rangers

Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones

1936

Florida Special

Bangs Tucker

1936

Colleen

Joe Cork

1936

Collegiate

Jerry Craig

1936

King of Burlesque

Joe Cooney

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1936

Spud Miller

1935

Call of the Wild

'Shorty' Hoolihan

1935

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Self

1934

College Rhythm

Francis J. Finnegan

1934

Hollywood Rhythm

1934

Shoot the Works

Nicky Nelson

1934

Murder at the Vanities

Jack Ellery

1934

Looking for Trouble

Casey

1934

Alice in Wonderland

Tweedledum

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933

Sitting Pretty

Chick Parker

1933

Too Much Harmony

Benny Day

1933

College Humor

Barney Shirrel

1933

The Eagle and the Hawk

Mike 'Slug' Richards

1933

Sailor Be Good

Kelsey Jones

1933

From Hell to Heaven

Charlie Bayne

1933

Uptown New York

Eddie Doyle

1932

If I Had a Million

Private Mulligan

1932

Madison Square Garden

Eddie Burke

1932

Once in a Lifetime

George Lewis

1932

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

Self

1932

Million Dollar Legs

Migg Tweeny

1932

Make Me a Star

Jack Oakie (uncredited)

1932

Sky Bride

Alec Dugan

1932

Dancers in the Dark

Duke Taylor

1932

Touchdown!

Babe Barton

1931

Dude Ranch

Jennifer

1931

The Stolen Jools

Jack Oakie

1931

June Moon

Frederick Martin Stevens

1931

The Gang Buster

Charlie Case

1931

Sea Legs

Searchlight Doyle

1930

Let's Go Native

Voltaire McGinnis

1930

The Sap from Syracuse

Littleton Looney

1930

The Social Lion

Marco Perkins

1930

Paramount on Parade

Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym)

1930

Hit the Deck

Bilge

1929

Sweetie

Tap-Tap Thompson

1929

Fast Company

1929

Street Girl

Joe Spring

1929

Hard to Get

Marty Martin

1929

The Man I Love

Lew Layton

1929

Close Harmony

Ben Barney

1929

The Wild Party

1929

Chinatown Nights

James "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter

1929

The Dummy

Dopey Hart

1929

Someone to Love

Michael Casey

1928

The Fleet's In

Searchlight Doyle

1928

Road House

Sam

1928

Finders Keepers

B. B. Brown

1928

Big Brother

1923

His Children's Children

Minor Role (uncredited)

1923