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Jack Oakie (I) (1903–1978)

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Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Whispering Pines section at the top of the hill. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Thadeus Cole
A Christmas Story (1966) … Thadeus Cole
 
1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Otis Cobb
Goliath (1966) … Otis Cobb
 
1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Joe Kelsey
Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) … Joe Kelsey
 
1963 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Uncle Rightly
Up to Their Ears in Corn (1963) … Uncle Rightly
Uncle Rightly and the Musical Milker (1963) … Uncle Rightly
Skeleton in the Closet (1963) … Uncle Rightly
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Billy Stowe
Viva Vegas (1962) … Billy Stowe
 
1961 The New Breed (TV series)
Ham Tucker
I Remember Murder (1961) … Ham Tucker
 
1961 Lover Come Back
J. Paxton Miller
 
1960 The Rat Race
Mac, Owner of Macs Bar
 
1959 The Wonderful Country
Travis Hyte
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Frank Rey
The Award Winner (1958) … Frank Rey
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Captain of the 'Henrietta'
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
All-Star Line-Up (1955)
Burlesque (1955)
 
1951 Tomahawk
Sol Beckworth
 
1950 Last of the Buccaneers
Sgt. Dominick
 
1949 Thieves' Highway
Slob
 
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
Bozo Evans
 
1948 Northwest Stampede
Mike Kirby
 
1946 She Wrote the Book
Jerry Marlowe
 
1945 On Stage Everybody
Michael Sullivan
 
1945 That's the Spirit
Steve 'Slim' Gogarty
 
1944 Bowery to Broadway
Michael O'Rourke
 
1944 The Merry Monahans
Pete Monahan
 
1944 Sweet and Low-Down
Popsy
 
1944 It Happened Tomorrow
Uncle Oscar Smith/Cigolini
 
1943 Wintertime
Skip Hutton
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
Dan Daley
 
1943 Something to Shout About
Larry Martin
 
1942 Iceland
Slip Riggs
 
1942 Song of the Islands
Rusty Smith
 
1941 Rise and Shine
Boley Bolenciecwcz
 
1941 Navy Blues
Cake O'Hara
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast
Chuck Hadley
 
1940 Little Men
Willie the Fox
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley
Harry Aloysius Calhoun
 
1940 The Great Dictator
Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria
 
1940 Young People
Joe Ballantine
 
1938 Thanks for Everything
Bates
 
1938 Annabel Takes a Tour
Lanny Morgan
 
1938 The Affairs of Annabel
Lanny Morgan
 
1938 Radio City Revels
Harry Miller
 
1937 Hitting a New High
Corny Davis
 
1937 Fight for Your Lady
Honest 'Ham' Hamilton
 
1937 The Toast of New York
Luke
 
1937 Super-Sleuth
Willard 'Bill' Martin
 
1937 Champagne Waltz
Happy Gallagher
 
1936 That Girl from Paris
Whammo Lonsdale
 
1936 Florida Special
Bangs Carter
 
1936 Colleen
Joe Cork
 
1936 Collegiate
Jerry Craig
 
1936 King of Burlesque
Joe Cooney
 
1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936
Spud Miller
 
1934 College Rhythm
Francis J. Finnegan
 
1934 Shoot the Works
Nicky Nelson
 
1934 Murder at the Vanities
Jack Ellery
 
1934 Looking for Trouble
Casey
 
1933 Sitting Pretty
Chick Parker
 
1933 Too Much Harmony
Benny Day
 
1933 College Humor
Barney Shirrel
 
1933 The Eagle and the Hawk
Mike 'Slug' Richards
 
1933 Sailor Be Good
Kelsey Jones
 
1933 From Hell to Heaven
Charlie Bayne
 
1932 Uptown New York
Eddie Doyle
 
1932 If I Had a Million
Private Mulligan
 
1932 Madison Sq. Garden
Eddie Burke
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (short)
Jack Oakie
 
1932 Million Dollar Legs
Migg Tweeny
 
1932 Sky Bride
Alec Dugan
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
Duke Taylor
 
1931 Touchdown
Babe Barton
 
1931 Dude Ranch
Jenifer/Vance Kilroy
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Jack Oakie
 
1931 The Gang Buster
'Cyclone' Case
 
1930 Sea Legs
Searchlight Doyle
 
1930 Let's Go Native
Voltaire McGinnis
 
1930 The Sap from Syracuse
Littleton Looney
 
1930 The Social Lion
Marco Perkins
 
1930 Hit the Deck
Bilge
 
1929 Sweetie
Tap-Tap Thoompson
 
1929 Fast Company
Elmer Kane
 
1929 Hard to Get
Marty Martin
 
1929 Street Girl
Joe Spring
 
1929 The Man I Love
Lew Layton
 
1929 Close Harmony
Ben Barney
 
1929 The Wild Party
Al
 
1929 Chinatown Nights
The Reporter
 
1929 The Dummy
Dopey Hart
 
1929 Sin Town
'Chicken' O'Toole
 
1928 Someone to Love
Michael Casey
 
1928 The Fleet's In
Searchlight Doyle
 
1928 Road House
Sam
 
1928 Finders Keepers
B.B. Brown
 
1924 Classmates
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1924 His Darker Self
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1923 Big Brother
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (27 titles)
1961 Lover Come Back (performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" - uncredited)
 
1944 Sweet and Low-Down (performer: "Ten Days with Baby" 1944)
 
1944 The Merry Monahans (performer: "Lovely" - uncredited, "We're Having a Wonderful Time" - uncredited, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" - uncredited, "In My Merry Oldsmobile" - uncredited, "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" - uncredited, "The Old Folks at Home" - uncredited, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" - uncredited, "I Love You, California" - uncredited, "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é" - uncredited, "The Campbells Are Coming" - uncredited)
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello (performer: "Hello, Frisco!" - uncredited, "By the Watermelon Vine Lindy Lou" - uncredited, "The Dance of the Grizzly Bear" - uncredited, "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" - uncredited, "Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend from Your Home Town" - uncredited, "I've Got a Gal in Every Port" - uncredited / "By the Watermelon Vine Lindy Lou" - uncredited)
 
1942 Song of the Islands (performer: "Home on the Range" 1904 - uncredited, "What's Buzzin' Cousin?" 1942)
 
1941 Navy Blues (performer: "When Are We Going to Land Abroad" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast (performer: "I Take to You", "Give My Regards to Broadway" - uncredited, "Chi Mi frena in tal momento?" - uncredited)
 
1940 Young People (performer: "Fifth Avenue" 1940 - uncredited, "I Wouldn't Take A Million" 1940 - uncredited, "The Mason-Dixon Line" 1940 - uncredited, "Tra-La-La-La" 1940 - uncredited, "On the Beach at Waikiki" 1915 - uncredited, "Baby Take a Bow" 1934 - uncredited, "The Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (performer: "K-K-K-Katy" 1918 - uncredited, "You Say The Sweetest Things Baby" 1940 - uncredited, "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" 1917 - uncredited)
 
1938 Radio City Revels (performer: "YOU'RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE YOU LITTLE PEACH" / "TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP")
 
1937 Hitting a New High (performer: "Let's Give Love Another Chance" 1937)
 
1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 / performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" 1936, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936)
 
1936 That Girl from Paris (performer: "Love and Learn" 1936, "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" 1866 - uncredited, "Seal It with a Kiss" 1936, "Moon Face" 1936, "My Nephew from Nice" 1936, "I Love You Truly" 1906 - uncredited / "There's No Place Like Home Home, Sweet Home" 1823 - uncredited)
 
1936 Collegiate (performer: "My Grandfather's Clock in the Hallway", "Rhythmatic", "You Hit the Spot")
 
1936 King of Burlesque (performer: "Shooting High" 1935, "Too Good to Be True" 1935 / "Whose Big Baby Are You?" 1935)
 
1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936 (performer: "Double Trouble")
 
1934 Hollywood Rhythm (short) (performer: "College Rhythm")
 
1933 Sitting Pretty (performer: "You're Such a Comfort to Me")
 
1933 Too Much Harmony (performer: "Mingle with the Hoy Palloy")
 
1933 College Humor (performer: "Down the Old Ox Road")
 
1932 Million Dollar Legs (performer: "The Klopstakian Love Song" 1932 - uncredited})
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (short) (performer: "The Girl Who Used to be You")
 
1930 Let's Go Native (performer: "Joe Jazz")
 
1930 Paramount on Parade (performer: "I'm In Training For You", "We're the Masters of Ceremony")
 
1930 Hit the Deck (performer: "Keeping My Self For You", "Harbor of My Heart", "Join the Navy", "Nothing Could Be Sweeter", "Sometimes I'm Happy")
 
1929 Sweetie (performer: "Alma Mammy" - uncredited, "Prep Step" - uncredited)
 
1929 Street Girl (performer: "Lovable and Sweet")
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
1976 Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Ken Murray (1960) … Himself
 
1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.26 (1958) … Himself
 
1950 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.9 (1950) … Himself
 
1941 Polo with the Stars (short)
Himself - Watching Polo Match (uncredited)
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 (documentary short)
Himself, Tour Guide
 
1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood Rhythm (short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Himself (uncredited)
 
1932/II Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount
Himself - Comedy Episode
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Himself/Master of Ceremonies/Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out)/Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym)
 
1930 Paramount op parade
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (documentary)
Mac
 
2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years (TV documentary)
Benzini Napaloni (uncredited)
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1978 That's Hollywood (TV series)
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (documentary short)
Himself
 
1944 Take It or Leave It
Harry Aloysius Calhoun (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1924) Stage: Appeared in "Innocent Eyes" on Broadway.

Publicity Listings:

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I've appeared in hundred of movies, but the only one people remember me for is "Napaloni" in The Great Dictator. See more »

Trivia:

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Whispering Pines section at the top of the hill. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio