Jack Oakie

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win. See more awards »

Known For

The Great Dictator Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria

(1940)

Call of the Wild 'Shorty' Hoolihan

(1935)

Million Dollar Legs Migg Tweeny

(1932)

Once in a Lifetime George Lewis

(1932)

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Actor (102 credits)

1966 Bonanza (TV Series)
Thaddeus Cade

- A Christmas Story (1966) ... Thaddeus Cade

1966 Daniel Boone (TV Series)
Otis Cobb

- Goliath (1966) ... Otis Cobb

1965 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Joe Kelsey

- Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) ... Joe Kelsey

1963 The Real McCoys (TV Series)
Uncle Rightly McCoy

- Up to Their Ears in Corn (1963) ... Uncle Rightly McCoy

- Uncle Rightly and the Musical Milker (1963) ... Uncle Rightly McCoy

- Skeleton in the Closet (1963) ... Uncle Rightly McCoy

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

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)

- The Battle for Wednesday Night (1958)

1956 Around the World in 80 Days
Captain of the 'S. S. 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 Sweet and Low-Down
Popsy

1944 The Merry Monahans
Pete Monahan

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/I 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

1940 Tin Pan Alley
Harry 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 The Texas Rangers
Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones

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

1935 Call of the Wild
'Shorty' Hoolihan

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 Alice in Wonderland
Tweedledum

1933 Sitting Pretty
Chick Parker

1933 Too Much Harmony
Benny Day

1933 College Humor
Barney Shirrel

1933 The Eagle and the Hawk
Mike 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 Square Garden
Eddie Burke

1932 Once in a Lifetime
George Lewis

1932 Million Dollar Legs
Migg Tweeny

1932 Make Me a Star
Jack Oakie (uncredited)

1932 Sky Bride
Alec Dugan

1932 Dancers in the Dark
Duke Taylor

1931 Touchdown!
Babe Barton

1931 Dude Ranch
Jennifer / Vance Kilroy

1931 The Stolen Jools (Short)
Jack Oakie

1931 June Moon
Frederick Martin Stevens

1931 The Gang Buster
Charlie 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 Paramount on Parade
Comedy Episode

1929 Hit the Deck
Bilge Smith

1929 Sweetie
Tap-Tap Thompson

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 (uncredited)

1924 His Darker Self (uncredited)

1923 Big Brother (uncredited)

1923 His Children's Children
Minor Role (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (30 credits)

1961 Lover Come Back (performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" - uncredited)

1945 That's the Spirit (performer: "Fella with a Flute")

1944 Sweet and Low-Down (performer: "Ten Days with Baby" (1944))

1944 The Merry Monahans (performer: "Lovely", "We're Having a Wonderful Time", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "In My Merry Oldsmobile", "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?", "The Old Folks at Home", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", "I Love You, California", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "The Campbells Are Coming" - uncredited)

1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello ("By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou)", uncredited) / (performer: "Hello, Frisco!", "By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou)", "The Dance of the Grizzly Bear", "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?", "Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend from Your Home Town", "I've Got a Gal in Every Port" - 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 Tin Pan Alley (performer: "You Say The Sweetest Things (Baby)" (1940), "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" (1917), "K-K-K-Katy" (1918))

1940 Young People (performer: "Fifth Avenue" (1940), "I Wouldn't Take A Million" (1940), "The Mason-Dixon Line" (1940), "Tra-La-La-La" (1940), "On the Beach at Waikiki" (1915), "Baby Take a Bow" (1934), "The Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)

1938 Radio City Revels ("TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP" (1938)) / (performer: "YOU'RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE (YOU LITTLE PEACH)" (1938) - uncredited)

1937 Hitting a New High (performer: "Let's Give Love Another Chance" (1937))

1936 That Girl from Paris ("There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823), uncredited) / (performer: "Love and Learn" (1936), "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" (1866), "Seal It with a Kiss" (1936), "Moon Face" (1936), "My Nephew from Nice" (1936), "I Love You Truly" (1906) - uncredited)

1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited) / (performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936), "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited)

1936 Collegiate (performer: "My Grandfather's Clock in the Hallway", "Rhythmatic", "You Hit the Spot")

1936 King of Burlesque ("Whose Big Baby Are You?" (1935)) / (performer: "Shooting High" (1935), "Too Good to Be True" (1935))

1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936 (performer: "Double Trouble")

1934 College Rhythm (performer: "College Rhythm")

1934 Hollywood Rhythm (Short) (performer: "College Rhythm")

1933 Sitting Pretty (performer: "You're Such a Comfort to Me", "Blonde, Blasé and Beautiful" - uncredited)

1933 Too Much Harmony (performer: "Mingle with the Hoy Palloy")

1933 College Humor (performer: "Down the Old Ox Road")

1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (Short) (performer: "The Girl Who Used to be You")

1932 Million Dollar Legs (: (uncredited} - 1932, (performer: "The Klopstakian Love Song", uncredited)

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")

1929 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", "Prep Step" - uncredited)

1929 Street Girl (performer: "Lovable and Sweet" (1929) - uncredited)

1929 Close Harmony (performer: "She's So, I Dunno", "Bridal Chorus" (Here Comes the Bride) from "Lohengrin" (1850))

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Self (18 credits)

1976 Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV Movie)
Himself - Performer

1972 Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 (TV Movie)
Himself

1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Audience Member

1960 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Himself

- Ken Murray (1960) ... Himself

1959 George Jessel Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.51 (1959) ... Himself

1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series)
Himself - Actor

- Jack Oakie (1958) ... Himself - Actor

1950 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.9 (1950) ... Himself

1950 The Ken Murray Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Basil Rathbone/Jack Oakie (1950) ... Himself

1942 Breakdowns of 1942 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

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. A-9 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1932/II Screen Snapshots (Documentary short)
Himself

1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (Short)
Himself

1930 Paramount op parade
Himself

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Archive footage (17 credits)

2014 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Bing Crosby Rediscovered (2014) ... Himself

2011 Edición Especial Coleccionista (TV Series)
Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria

- Especial redoblajes (2011) ... Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria (uncredited)

2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (Documentary)
Mac

2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years (TV Movie documentary)
Benzini Napaloni (uncredited)

2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (Documentary)

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1997 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Sonja Henie: Fire on Ice (1997) ... Himself

1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actor 'The Call of the Wild' (uncredited)

1996 Secret Lives (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Funeral Guest

- Errol Flynn (1996) ... Himself - Funeral Guest (uncredited)

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actor - Unidentfied Film (uncredited)

1978 That's Hollywood (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- You've Never Seen This Before (1978) ... Himself

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie)
Himself

1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Documentary)
Himself

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Himself

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Himself

1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (Documentary short)
Himself

1944 Take It or Leave It
Harry Aloysius Calhoun (uncredited)

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage Play: Innocent Eyes. Musical revue. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Jean Schwartz. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge and Tot Seymour. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Alfred Goodman. Additional music by J. Fred Coots and James F. Hanley. Additional lyrics by Henry Creamer and McElbert Moore. ... See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies | 8 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Height:

5' 11" (1.8 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 (1940). See more »

Trivia:

During the shoot of the film Navy Blues (1941), he presented Ann Sheridan with a washtub filled with flowers. Ann once played a bit part as a laundress in one of Oakie's early vehicles. See more »