Portrait of Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Acting

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.

Born: November 12, 1903

Place of Birth: Sedalia, Missouri, USA

Filmography

2025
One to One: John & Yoko

as Napaloni - Dictator of Bactera (archive footage)

2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Benzini Napaloni (archive footage) (uncredited)

1965
Kilroy

as Joe Kelsey

1964
Daniel Boone

as Otis Cobb

1961
Lover Come Back

as J. Paxton Miller

1961
The New Breed

as Ham Tucker

1960
1959
The Wonderful Country

as Travis Hyle

1959
Bonanza

as Thaddeus Cade

1956
Around the World in 80 Days

as SS Henrietta Captain

1951
Tomahawk

as Sol Beckworth

1950
Last of the Buccaneers

as Sgt. Dominick

1949
1948
1948
Studio One

as Frank Rey

1948
Northwest Stampede

as Mike Kirby

1946
She Wrote the Book

as Jerry Marlowe

1945
On Stage Everybody

as Michael Sullivan

1945
That's the Spirit

as Steve 'Slim' Gogarty

1944
Bowery to Broadway

as Michael O'Rourke

1944
1944
The Merry Monahans

as Pete Monahan

1944
Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944
It Happened Tomorrow

as Uncle Oscar Smith

1943
Wintertime

as Skip Hutton

1943
1943
1942
Iceland

as Slip Riggs

1942
Song of the Islands

as Rusty Smith

1941
Rise and Shine

as Boley Bolenciecwcz

1941
Navy Blues

as 'Cake' O'Hara

1941
1940
Little Men

as William "Willie" Deming

1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Harry Calhoun

1940
The Great Dictator

as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

1940
Young People

as Joe Ballantine

1938
Annabel Takes a Tour

as Lanny Morgan

1938
The Affairs of Annabel

as Lanny Morgan

1938
1937
Hitting a New High

as Corny Davis

1937
Fight for Your Lady

as "Honest Ham" Hamilton

1937
Super-Sleuth

as Bill Martin

1937
Champagne Waltz

as Happy Gallagher

1936
That Girl from Paris

as Whammo Lonsdale

1936
The Texas Rangers

as Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones

1936
Florida Special

as Bangs Tucker

1936
Colleen

as Joe Cork

1936
Collegiate

as Jerry Craig

1936
King of Burlesque

as Joe Cooney

1935
1935
Call of the Wild

as 'Shorty' Hoolihan

1934
College Rhythm

as Francis J. Finnegan

1934
Shoot the Works

as Nicky Nelson

1934
1933
Alice in Wonderland

as Tweedledum

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933
Sitting Pretty

as Chick Parker

1933
Too Much Harmony

as Benny Day

1933
College Humor

as Barney Shirrel

1933
The Eagle and the Hawk

as Mike 'Slug' Richards

1933
Sailor Be Good

as Kelsey Jones

1933
From Hell to Heaven

as Charlie Bayne

1932
Uptown New York

as Eddie Doyle

1932
If I Had a Million

as Private Mulligan

1932
Madison Square Garden

as Eddie Burke

1932
Once in a Lifetime

as George Lewis

1932
Million Dollar Legs

as Migg Tweeny

1932
Make Me a Star

as Jack Oakie (uncredited)

1932
Sky Bride

as Alec Dugan

1932
Dancers in the Dark

as Duke Taylor

1931
Touchdown!

as Babe Barton

1931
Dude Ranch

as Jennifer

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Jack Oakie

1931
June Moon

as Frederick Martin Stevens

1931
The Gang Buster

as Charlie Case

1930
Sea Legs

as Searchlight Doyle

1930
Let's Go Native

as Voltaire McGinnis

1930
The Sap from Syracuse

as Littleton Looney

1930
The Social Lion

as Marco Perkins

1930
Paramount on Parade

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

1929
Hit the Deck

as Bilge

1929
Sweetie

as Tap-Tap Thompson

1929
Street Girl

as Joe Spring

1929
Hard to Get

as Marty Martin

1929
The Man I Love

as Lew Layton

1929
Close Harmony

as Ben Barney

1929
Chinatown Nights

as James "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter

1929
The Dummy

as Dopey Hart

1928
Someone to Love

as Michael Casey

1928
The Fleet's In

as Searchlight Doyle

1928
1928
Finders Keepers

as B. B. Brown

1923
His Children's Children

as Minor Role (uncredited)