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

The Great Dictator (1940)
as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as SS Henrietta Captain

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Call of the Wild (1935)
as 'Shorty' Hoolihan

Collegiate (1935)
as Jerry Craig

Kilroy (1965)
as Joe Kelsey

One to One: John & Yoko (2025)
as Napaloni - Dictator of Bactera (archive footage)

The Rat Race (1960)
as Mac

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

Young People (1940)
as Joe Ballantine

The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Travis Hyle

Road House (1928)
as Sam

Lover Come Back (1961)
as J. Paxton Miller

Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as Tweedledum

Big Brother (1923)
Actor

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self

That's the Spirit (1945)
as Steve 'Slim' Gogarty

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self

Tomahawk (1951)
as Sol Beckworth

Thieves' Highway (1949)
as Slob

Song of the Islands (1942)
as Rusty Smith

The Toast of New York (1937)
as Luke

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Uncle Oscar Smith

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)
as Self

College Humor (1933)
as Barney Shirrel

Sin Town (1929)
as 'Chicken' O'Toole

King of Burlesque (1936)
as Joe Cooney

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Private Mulligan
Hollywood Rhythm (1934)
Actor

The Wild Party (1929)
as Al

Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Bill Martin

The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Jack Ellery

Iceland (1942)
as Slip Riggs

The Fleet's In (1928)
as Searchlight Doyle

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
as Mike 'Slug' Richards

Shoot the Works (1934)
as Nicky Nelson

Take It or Leave It (1944)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Let's Go Native (1930)
as Voltaire McGinnis

Someone to Love (1928)
as Michael Casey

From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Charlie Bayne

Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Eddie Burke

Little Men (1940)
as William "Willie" Deming

Sky Bride (1932)
as Alec Dugan

That Girl from Paris (1936)
as Whammo Lonsdale

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Dan Daley

Make Me a Star (1932)
as Jack Oakie (uncredited)

Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Migg Tweeny

Hitting a New High (1937)
as Corny Davis

June Moon (1931)
as Frederick Martin Stevens

The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet (2011)
as Self (archive footage)

Thanks for Everything (1938)
as Bates

Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Benzini Napaloni (archive footage) (uncredited)

Uptown New York (1932)
as Eddie Doyle

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
as Bozo Evans

Colleen (1936)
as Joe Cork

The Great American Broadcast (1941)
as Chuck Hadley

Wintertime (1943)
as Skip Hutton

Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
as Sgt. Dominick

His Children's Children (1923)
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Happy Gallagher

The Man I Love (1929)
as Lew Layton

Something to Shout About (1943)
as Larry Martin

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty (1933)
as Chick Parker

The Sap from Syracuse (1930)
as Littleton Looney

Northwest Stampede (1948)
as Mike Kirby

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Spud Miller

She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Jerry Marlowe

Navy Blues (1941)
as 'Cake' O'Hara

Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Popsy
Polo with the Stars (1941)
as Self - Watching Polo Match

The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Jack Oakie

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Michael O'Rourke

Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Harry Calhoun

Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym)

Sailor Be Good (1933)
as Kelsey Jones

Chinatown Nights (1929)
as James "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter

Fight for Your Lady (1937)
as "Honest Ham" Hamilton

Once in a Lifetime (1932)
as George Lewis

Dancers in the Dark (1932)
as Duke Taylor

Finders Keepers (1928)
as B. B. Brown

Hard to Get (1929)
as Marty Martin

Sweetie (1929)
as Tap-Tap Thompson

Street Girl (1929)
as Joe Spring

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Pete Monahan
Fast Company (1929)
as Elmer Kane

Touchdown! (1931)
as Babe Barton

Florida Special (1936)
as Bangs Tucker

Close Harmony (1929)
as Ben Barney

Looking for Trouble (1934)
as Casey

Dude Ranch (1931)
as Jennifer

Hit the Deck (1929)
as Bilge

Rise and Shine (1941)
as Boley Bolenciecwcz

The Social Lion (1930)
as Marco Perkins

On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Michael Sullivan

Sea Legs (1930)
as Searchlight Doyle

The Gang Buster (1931)
as Charlie Case

Radio City Revels (1938)
as Harry

College Rhythm (1934)
as Francis J. Finnegan

The Dummy (1929)
as Dopey Hart

Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Benny Day





