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Jack Oakie
Actor · Crew· Sedalia, Missouri, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
The Great Dictator
Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria · 1940
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Lover Come Back
J. Paxton Miller · 1961
Thieves' Highway
Slob · 1949
It Happened Tomorrow
Uncle Oscar Smith · 1944
The Wonderful Country
Travis Hyle · 1959
Alice in Wonderland
Tweedledum · 1933
Call of the Wild
'Shorty' Hoolihan · 1935
Filmography
56 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | One to One: John & Yoko | Napaloni - Dictator of Bactera (archive footage) | Film |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | J. Paxton Miller | Film |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Mac | Film |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Travis Hyle | Film |
| 1951 | Tomahawk | Sol Beckworth | Film |
| 1950 | Last of the Buccaneers | Sgt. Dominick | Film |
| 1949 | Thieves' Highway | Slob | Film |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bozo Evans | Film |
| 1945 | That's the Spirit | Steve 'Slim' Gogarty | Film |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Uncle Oscar Smith | Film |
| 1944 | Sweet and Low-Down | Popsy | Film |
| 1944 | The Merry Monahans | Pete Monahan | Film |
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | Larry Martin | Film |
| 1943 | Hello, Frisco, Hello | Dan Daley | Film |
| 1943 | Wintertime | Skip Hutton | Film |
| 1942 | Iceland | Slip Riggs | Film |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Rusty Smith | Film |
| 1941 | Rise and Shine | Boley Bolenciecwcz | Film |
| 1940 | Young People | Joe Ballantine | Film |
| 1940 | Little Men | William "Willie" Deming | Film |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Harry Calhoun | Film |
| 1940 | The Great Dictator | Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria | Film |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Lanny Morgan | Film |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Lanny Morgan | Film |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Corny Davis | Film |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Luke | Film |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth | Bill Martin | Film |
| 1936 | The Texas Rangers | Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones | Film |
| 1936 | Colleen | Joe Cork | Film |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Whammo Lonsdale | Film |
| 1936 | King of Burlesque | Joe Cooney | Film |
| 1935 | Call of the Wild | 'Shorty' Hoolihan | Film |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Spud Miller | Film |
| 1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | Film |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | Jack Ellery | Film |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble | Casey | Film |
| 1934 | Hollywood Rhythm | Film | |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Chick Parker | Film |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Mike 'Slug' Richards | Film |
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven | Charlie Bayne | Film |
| 1933 | College Humor | Barney Shirrel | Film |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Tweedledum | Film |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Migg Tweeny | Film |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime | George Lewis | Film |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Private Mulligan | Film |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | Film |
| 1932 | Uptown New York | Eddie Doyle | Film |
| 1932 | Sky Bride | Alec Dugan | Film |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Jack Oakie (uncredited) | Film |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym) | Film |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Voltaire McGinnis | Film |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | Al | Film |
| 1929 | The Man I Love | Lew Layton | Film |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Joe Spring | Film |
| 1928 | Finders Keepers | B. B. Brown | Film |
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