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Jack Oakie

Actor

Jack Oakie

Born November 12, 1903 in Sedalia, Missouri, USADied January 23, 197892 films

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

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The Great Dictator posterFirst watchThe Great Dictator19408.3as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of BacteriaDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Around the World in 80 Days poster6.7Around the World in 80 Days1956Lover Come Back poster7.0Lover Come Back1961Thieves' Highway poster7.3Thieves' Highway1949It Happened Tomorrow poster6.8It Happened Tomorrow1944The Wonderful Country poster6.1The Wonderful Country1959Alice in Wonderland poster6.1Alice in Wonderland1933If I Had a Million poster6.5If I Had a Million1932Call of the Wild poster6.3Call of the Wild1935

Filmography

92 films as actor
  1. 1965KilroyJoe Kelsey
  2. 1961Lover Come BackJ. Paxton Miller
  3. 1960The Rat RaceMac
  4. 1959The Wonderful CountryTravis Hyle
  5. 1956Around the World in 80 DaysSS Henrietta Captain
  6. 1951TomahawkSol Beckworth
  7. 1950Last of the BuccaneersSgt. Dominick
  8. 1949Thieves' HighwaySlob
  9. 1948When My Baby Smiles at MeBozo Evans
  10. 1948Northwest StampedeMike Kirby
  11. 1946She Wrote the BookJerry Marlowe
  12. 1945On Stage EverybodyMichael Sullivan
  13. 1945That's the SpiritSteve 'Slim' Gogarty
  14. 1944Bowery to BroadwayMichael O'Rourke
  15. 1944Sweet and Low-DownPopsy
  16. 1944The Merry MonahansPete Monahan
  17. 1944It Happened TomorrowUncle Oscar Smith
  18. 1943WintertimeSkip Hutton
  19. 1943Hello, Frisco, HelloDan Daley
  20. 1943Something to Shout AboutLarry Martin
  21. 1942IcelandSlip Riggs
  22. 1942Song of the IslandsRusty Smith
  23. 1941Rise and ShineBoley Bolenciecwcz
  24. 1941Navy Blues'Cake' O'Hara
  25. 1941The Great American BroadcastChuck Hadley
  26. 1940Little MenWilliam "Willie" Deming
  27. 1940Tin Pan AlleyHarry Calhoun
  28. 1940The Great DictatorBenzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
  29. 1940Young PeopleJoe Ballantine
  30. 1938Thanks for EverythingBates
  31. 1938Annabel Takes a TourLanny Morgan
  32. 1938The Affairs of AnnabelLanny Morgan
  33. 1938Radio City RevelsHarry
  34. 1937Hitting a New HighCorny Davis
  35. 1937Fight for Your Lady"Honest Ham" Hamilton
  36. 1937The Toast of New YorkLuke
  37. 1937Super-SleuthBill Martin
  38. 1937Champagne WaltzHappy Gallagher
  39. 1936That Girl from ParisWhammo Lonsdale
  40. 1936The Texas RangersHenry B. 'Wahoo' Jones
  41. 1936Florida SpecialBangs Tucker
  42. 1936ColleenJoe Cork
  43. 1936King of BurlesqueJoe Cooney
  44. 1935CollegiateJerry Craig
  45. 1935The Big Broadcast of 1936Spud Miller
  46. 1935Call of the Wild'Shorty' Hoolihan
  47. 1934College RhythmFrancis J. Finnegan
  48. 1934Hollywood Rhythm
  49. 1934Shoot the WorksNicky Nelson
  50. 1934Murder at the VanitiesJack Ellery
  51. 1934Looking for TroubleCasey
  52. 1933Alice in WonderlandTweedledum
  53. 1933Sitting PrettyChick Parker
  54. 1933Too Much HarmonyBenny Day
  55. 1933College HumorBarney Shirrel
  56. 1933The Eagle and the HawkMike 'Slug' Richards
  57. 1933Sailor Be GoodKelsey Jones
  58. 1933From Hell to HeavenCharlie Bayne
  59. 1932Uptown New YorkEddie Doyle
  60. 1932If I Had a MillionPrivate Mulligan
  61. 1932Madison Square GardenEddie Burke
  62. 1932Once in a LifetimeGeorge Lewis
  63. 1932Million Dollar LegsMigg Tweeny
  64. 1932Make Me a StarJack Oakie (uncredited)
  65. 1932Sky BrideAlec Dugan
  66. 1932Dancers in the DarkDuke Taylor
  67. 1931Touchdown!Babe Barton
  68. 1931Dude RanchJennifer
  69. 1931The Stolen JoolsJack Oakie
  70. 1931June MoonFrederick Martin Stevens
  71. 1931The Gang BusterCharlie Case
  72. 1930Sea LegsSearchlight Doyle
  73. 1930Let's Go NativeVoltaire McGinnis
  74. 1930The Sap from SyracuseLittleton Looney
  75. 1930The Social LionMarco Perkins
  76. 1929Hit the DeckBilge
  77. 1929SweetieTap-Tap Thompson
  78. 1929Fast Company
  79. 1929Street GirlJoe Spring
  80. 1929Hard to GetMarty Martin
  81. 1929The Man I LoveLew Layton
  82. 1929Close HarmonyBen Barney
  83. 1929The Wild PartyAl
  84. 1929Chinatown NightsJames "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter
  85. 1929The DummyDopey Hart
  86. 1929Sin Town'Chicken' O'Toole
  87. 1928Someone to LoveMichael Casey
  88. 1928The Fleet's InSearchlight Doyle
  89. 1928Road HouseSam
  90. 1928Finders KeepersB. B. Brown
  91. 1923Big Brother
  92. 1923His Children's ChildrenMinor Role (uncredited)