Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield, November 12, 1903 - January 23, 1978) was an American actor best known for The Great Dictator (1940), Million Dollar Legs (1932), and Once In A Lifetime (1932).
He was married to Venita Varden and Victoria Horne.
Oakie died in 1978 at the age of 74 from aortic aneurysm.
Filmography
- 1928: Finders Keepers as B.B. Brown
- 1928: Road House 1928 as Sam
- 1928: The Fleets In as Searchlight Doyle
- 1928: Someone To Love as Michael Casey
- 1929: Sin Town as 'Chicken' O'Toole
- 1929: The Dummy as Dopey Hart
- 1929: Chinatown Nights as The Reporter
- 1929: The Wild Party as Al
- 1929: Close Harmony as Ben Barney
- 1929: The Man I Love as Lew Layton
- 1929: Street Girl as Joe Spring
- 1929: Hard To Get 1929 as Marty Martin
- 1929: Fast Company as Elmer Kane
- 1929: Sweetie as Tap-Tap Thompson
- 1929: Hit The Deck as Bilge Smith
- 1930: Paramount On Parade as Comedy Episode
- 1930: The Social Lion as Marco Perkins
- 1930: The Sap From Syracuse as Littleton Looney
- 1930: Lets Go Native as Voltaire McGinnis
- 1930: Sea Legs as Searchlight Doyle
- 1931: The Gang Buster as Charlie Case
- 1931: June Moon as Frederick Martin Stevens
- 1931: Dude Ranch as Jennifer/Vance Kilroy
- 1931: Touchdown as Babe Barton
- 1932: Dancers In The Dark as Duke Taylor
- 1932: Sky Bride as Alec Dugan
- 1932: Make Me a Star as Jack Oakie (Uncredited Role)
- 1932: Million Dollar Legs as Migg Tweeny
- 1932: Once In A Lifetime as George Lewis
- 1932: Madison Square Garden as Eddie Burke
- 1932: If I Had A Million as Pvt. Mulligan
- 1932: Uptown New York as Eddie Doyle
- 1933: From Hell To Heaven as Charlie Bayne
- 1933: Sailor Be Good as Kelsey Jones
- 1933: The Eagle and the Hawk as Mike Richards
- 1933: College Humor 1933 as Barney Shirrel
- 1933: Too Much Harmony as Benny Day
- 1933: Sitting Pretty as Chick Parker
- 1933: Alice In Wonderland 1933 as Tweedledum
- 1934: Looking For Trouble as Casey
- 1934: Murder at the Vanities as Jack Ellery
- 1934: Shoot The Works as Nicky Nelson
- 1934: College Rhythm as Francis J. Finnegan
- 1935: Call Of The Wild 1935 as 'Shorty' Hoolihan
- 1935: The Big Broadcast Of 1936 as Spud Miller
- 1936: King Of Burlesque as Joe Cooney
- 1936: Collegiate as Jerry Craig
- 1936: Colleen as Joe Cork
- 1936: Florida Special as Bangs Carter
- 1936: The Texas Rangers as Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones
- 1936: That Girl From Paris as Whammo Lonsdale
- 1937: Champagne Waltz as Happy Gallagher
- 1937: Super Sleuth as Willard 'Bill' Martin
- 1937: The Toast of New York as Luke
- 1937: Fight For Your Lady as Honest 'Ham' Hamilton
- 1937: Hitting A New High as Corny Davis
- 1938: Radio City Revels as Harry Miller
- 1938: The Affairs Of Annabel as Lanny Morgan
- 1938: Annabel Takes A Tour as Lanny Morgan
- 1938: Thanks For Everything as Bates
- 1940: Young People as Joe Ballantine
- 1940: The Great Dictator as Napaloni
- 1940: Tin Pan Alley as Harry Calhoun
- 1940: Little Men as Willie
- 1941: The Great American Broadcast as Chuck Hadley
- 1941: Navy Blues as Cake O'Hara
- 1941: Rise And Shine as Boley Bolenciecwcz
- 1942: Song Of The Islands as Rusty Smith
- 1942: Iceland as Slip Riggs
- 1943: Something To Shout About as Larry Martin
- 1943: Hello Frisco Hello as Dan Daley
- 1943: Wintertime as Skip Hutton
- 1944: It Happened Tomorrow as Cigolini
- 1944: The Merry Monahans as Pete Monahan
- 1944: Sweet And Low Down as Popsy
- 1944: Bowery To Broadway as Michael O'Rourke
- 1945: Thats The Spirit as Steve 'Slim' Gogarty
- 1945: On Stage Everybody as Michael Sullivan
- 1946: She Wrote A Book as Jerry Marlowe
- 1948: Northwest Stampede as Mike Kirby
- 1948: When My Baby Smiles At Me as Bozo Evans
- 1949: Thieves Highway as Slob
- 1950: Lasts Of The Buccaneers as Sgt. Dominick
- 1951: Tomahawk as Sol Beckworth
- 1956: Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Captain of the S.S. Henrietta
- 1959: The Wonderful Country as Travis Hyte
- 1960: The Rat Race as Mac
- 1961: Love Come Back as J. Paxton Miller
Television Roles
- 1958: Kraft Theatre as Bill Brogan
- 1958: Studio One as Frank Rey
- 1961: The New Breed as Ham Tucker
- 1962: Target The Corrupters as Billy Stowe
- 1963: The Real Mc Coys as Uncle Rightly McCoy
- 1965: The Magical World Of Disney as Joe Kelsey
- 1966: Daniel Boone as Otis Cobb
- 1966: Bonanza as Thaddeus Cade
Shorts
- 1931: The Stolen Jools as Jack Oakie