
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

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

Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as Tweedledum

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

Lover Come Back (1961)
as J. Paxton Miller

Thieves' Highway (1949)
as Slob

The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Travis Hyle

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

Young People (1940)
as Joe Ballantine

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

Road House (1928)
as Sam

Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Bill Martin

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Uncle Oscar Smith

Iceland (1942)
as Slip Riggs

The Rat Race (1960)
as Mac

Tomahawk (1951)
as Sol Beckworth

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

Big Brother (1923)
Actor

The Toast of New York (1937)
as Luke

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

Little Men (1940)
as William "Willie" Deming

College Humor (1933)
as Barney Shirrel

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

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Private Mulligan

Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Jack Ellery

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

Song of the Islands (1942)
as Rusty Smith

Collegiate (1935)
as Jerry Craig

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

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

Kilroy (1965)
as Joe Kelsey

The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Jack Oakie

Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Happy Gallagher

Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Harry Calhoun

Someone to Love (1928)
as Michael Casey

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

The Wild Party (1929)
as Al

On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Michael Sullivan

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

Dude Ranch (1931)
as Jennifer

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self

Northwest Stampede (1948)
as Mike Kirby

That Girl from Paris (1936)
as Whammo Lonsdale

Florida Special (1936)
as Bangs Tucker

Shoot the Works (1934)
as Nicky Nelson

Navy Blues (1941)
as 'Cake' O'Hara
Hollywood Rhythm (1934)
Actor

Colleen (1936)
as Joe Cork

Street Girl (1929)
as Joe Spring

Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Migg Tweeny

Uptown New York (1932)
as Eddie Doyle

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

Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Eddie Burke

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Michael O'Rourke

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

From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Charlie Bayne

June Moon (1931)
as Frederick Martin Stevens

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Dan Daley

Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Popsy

Rise and Shine (1941)
as Boley Bolenciecwcz

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

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Jerry Marlowe

Thanks for Everything (1938)
as Bates

Sitting Pretty (1933)
as Chick Parker

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Spud Miller

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

King of Burlesque (1936)
as Joe Cooney

Sky Bride (1932)
as Alec Dugan

Dancers in the Dark (1932)
as Duke Taylor

Looking for Trouble (1934)
as Casey

The Man I Love (1929)
as Lew Layton

Sweetie (1929)
as Tap-Tap Thompson

Something to Shout About (1943)
as Larry Martin

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

Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
as Sgt. Dominick

Radio City Revels (1938)
as Harry

Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Benny Day

College Rhythm (1934)
as Francis J. Finnegan

Touchdown! (1931)
as Babe Barton

Wintertime (1943)
as Skip Hutton

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

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

The Great American Broadcast (1941)
as Chuck Hadley

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Pete Monahan

Hitting a New High (1937)
as Corny Davis

The Gang Buster (1931)
as Charlie Case

Close Harmony (1929)
as Ben Barney

The Sap from Syracuse (1930)
as Littleton Looney

Once in a Lifetime (1932)
as George Lewis

Sea Legs (1930)
as Searchlight Doyle

The Social Lion (1930)
as Marco Perkins

The Dummy (1929)
as Dopey Hart

Finders Keepers (1928)
as B. B. Brown

The Fleet's In (1928)
as Searchlight Doyle

Hit the Deck (1929)
as Bilge

Sailor Be Good (1933)
as Kelsey Jones
Fast Company (1929)
Actor

His Children's Children (1923)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Polo with the Stars (1941)
as Self - Watching Polo Match

Let's Go Native (1930)
as Voltaire McGinnis

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

Hard to Get (1929)
as Marty Martin





