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Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. He portrayed Napaloni in Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Birth Name
Lewis Delaney Offield
Born
Thursday, 12 November 1903
Died
Monday, 23 January 1978
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet | Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Mac | 2007 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Benzini Napaloni | 2007 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'The Call of the Wild' | 1997 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Otis Cobb | 1964 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet | Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Mac | 2007 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Benzini Napaloni | 2007 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'The Call of the Wild' | 1997 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Otis Cobb | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Lover Come Back | J. Paxton Miller | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Ham Tucker | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Billy Stowe | 1961 |
| The Rat Race | Mac | 1960 |
| The Wonderful Country | Travis Hyte / Travis Hyle | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Thaddeus Cade | 1959 |
| The Real McCoys | Uncle Rightly McCoy | 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Captain of the 'S. S. Henrietta' / SS Henrietta Captain | 1956 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Joe Kelsey | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Self | 1954 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Tomahawk | Sol Beckworth | 1951 |
| Last of the Buccaneers | Sgt. Dominick | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| Thieves' Highway | Slob | 1949 |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bozo Evans | 1948 |
| Studio One | Frank Rey | 1948 |
| Northwest Stampede | Mike Kirby | 1948 |
| She Wrote the Book | Jerry Marlowe | 1946 |
| On Stage Everybody | Michael Sullivan | 1945 |
| That's the Spirit | Steve 'Slim' Gogarty | 1945 |
| Bowery to Broadway | Michael O'Rourke | 1944 |
| Sweet and Low-Down | Popsy | 1944 |
| The Merry Monahans | Pete Monahan | 1944 |
| Take It or Leave It | Harry Aloysius Calhoun / Himself | 1944 |
| It Happened Tomorrow | Cigolini / Uncle Oscar Smith | 1944 |
| Wintertime | Skip Hutton | 1943 |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | Dan Daley | 1943 |
| Something to Shout About | Larry Martin | 1943 |
| Iceland | Slip Riggs | 1942 |
| Song of the Islands | Rusty Smith / Jefferson Harper | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| Rise and Shine | Boley Bolenciecwcz | 1941 |
| Navy Blues | Cake O'Hara / 'Cake' O'Hara | 1941 |
| The Great American Broadcast | Chuck Hadley | 1941 |
| Little Men | Willie / William "Willie" Deming | 1940 |
| Tin Pan Alley | Harry Calhoun | 1940 |
| The Great Dictator | Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria / Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria | 1940 |
| Young People | Joe Ballantine | 1940 |
| Thanks for Everything | Bates | 1938 |
| Annabel Takes a Tour | Lanny Morgan | 1938 |
| The Affairs of Annabel | Lanny Morgan | 1938 |
| Radio City Revels | Harry Miller / Harry | 1938 |
| Hitting a New High | Corny Davis | 1937 |
| Fight for Your Lady | Honest 'Ham' Hamilton / Honest Hamilton | 1937 |
| The Toast of New York | Luke | 1937 |
| Super-Sleuth | Willard (Bill) Martin / Bill Martin | 1937 |
| Champagne Waltz | Happy Gallagher | 1937 |
| 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 | 1936 |
| The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Spud Miller | 1935 |
| Call of the Wild | 'Shorty' Hoolihan | 1935 |
| Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Himself / Self | 1934 |
| College Rhythm | Francis J. Finnegan | 1934 |
| Hollywood Rhythm | Self | 1934 |
| Shoot the Works | Nicky Nelson | 1934 |
| Murder at the Vanities | Jack Ellery | 1934 |
| Looking for Trouble | Casey | 1934 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Tweedledum | 1933 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
| Sitting Pretty | Chick Parker | 1933 |
| Too Much Harmony | Benny Day | 1933 |
| College Humor | Barney Shirrel | 1933 |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Mike Richards / Mike 'Slug' Richards | 1933 |
| Sailor Be Good | Kelsey Jones | 1933 |
| From Hell to Heaven | Charlie Bayne | 1933 |
| 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 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | 1932 |
| Million Dollar Legs | Migg Tweeny | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Jack Oakie | 1932 |
| Sky Bride | Alec Dugan | 1932 |
| Dancers in the Dark | Duke Taylor | 1932 |
| Touchdown! | Babe Barton | 1931 |
| Dude Ranch | Jennifer / Vance Kilroy | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Jack Oakie | 1931 |
| The Gang Buster | Charlie Case | 1931 |
| 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 | Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym) / Comedy Episode | 1930 |
| Sweetie | Tap-Tap Thompson | 1929 |
| Fast Company | Elmer Kane | 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 |
| Someone to Love | Michael Casey | 1928 |
| The Fleet's In | Searchlight Doyle | 1928 |
| Road House | Sam | 1928 |
| Finders Keepers | B.B. Brown / B. B. Brown | 1928 |
| His Children's Children | Minor Role | 1923 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1941 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
