
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

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

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

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

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Private Mulligan

Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Jack Ellery

Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as Tweedledum

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

Lover Come Back (1961)
as J. Paxton Miller

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

The Rat Race (1960)
as Mac

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Uncle Oscar Smith

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

Collegiate (1935)
as Jerry Craig

The Toast of New York (1937)
as Luke

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

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

The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Travis Hyle

Thieves' Highway (1949)
as Slob

Road House (1928)
as Sam

Kilroy (1965)
as Joe Kelsey

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Charlie Bayne

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

Song of the Islands (1942)
as Rusty Smith

Hitting a New High (1937)
as Corny Davis

Young People (1940)
as Joe Ballantine

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

She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Jerry Marlowe

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self

Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
as Sgt. Dominick

Tomahawk (1951)
as Sol Beckworth

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

That Girl from Paris (1936)
as Whammo Lonsdale

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

Something to Shout About (1943)
as Larry Martin

Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Bill Martin

Once in a Lifetime (1932)
as George Lewis

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

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Spud Miller

Fight for Your Lady (1937)
as "Honest Ham" Hamilton
Hollywood Rhythm (1934)
Actor

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
as Lanny Morgan

Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Popsy

The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Jack Oakie

The Man I Love (1929)
as Lew Layton

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

Big Brother (1923)
Actor

Dancers in the Dark (1932)
as Duke Taylor

June Moon (1931)
as Frederick Martin Stevens

The Great American Broadcast (1941)
as Chuck Hadley

The Wild Party (1929)
as Al

Let's Go Native (1930)
as Voltaire McGinnis

The Sap from Syracuse (1930)
as Littleton Looney

College Humor (1933)
as Barney Shirrel

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

King of Burlesque (1936)
as Joe Cooney

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

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

The Fleet's In (1928)
as Searchlight Doyle

Looking for Trouble (1934)
as Casey

Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Migg Tweeny

College Rhythm (1934)
as Francis J. Finnegan
Polo with the Stars (1941)
as Self - Watching Polo Match

Dude Ranch (1931)
as Jennifer

Rise and Shine (1941)
as Boley Bolenciecwcz

Thanks for Everything (1938)
as Bates

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Michael O'Rourke

Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Harry Calhoun

Shoot the Works (1934)
as Nicky Nelson

Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Eddie Burke

Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Happy Gallagher

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

Northwest Stampede (1948)
as Mike Kirby

Finders Keepers (1928)
as B. B. Brown

Colleen (1936)
as Joe Cork

Someone to Love (1928)
as Michael Casey

Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Benny Day

Little Men (1940)
as William "Willie" Deming

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Pete Monahan

Iceland (1942)
as Slip Riggs

Uptown New York (1932)
as Eddie Doyle

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

Florida Special (1936)
as Bangs Tucker

Sea Legs (1930)
as Searchlight Doyle

Wintertime (1943)
as Skip Hutton

Radio City Revels (1938)
as Harry

Sitting Pretty (1933)
as Chick Parker

Street Girl (1929)
as Joe Spring

On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Michael Sullivan

The Dummy (1929)
as Dopey Hart

Sky Bride (1932)
as Alec Dugan

Sweetie (1929)
as Tap-Tap Thompson

Hit the Deck (1929)
as Bilge

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Dan Daley

The Social Lion (1930)
as Marco Perkins

Hard to Get (1929)
as Marty Martin

Close Harmony (1929)
as Ben Barney

Touchdown! (1931)
as Babe Barton

Sailor Be Good (1933)
as Kelsey Jones

The Gang Buster (1931)
as Charlie Case
Fast Company (1929)
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