Jack Oakie: movies and TV shows
Jack Oakie has 111 credits in the archive: 104 films and 7 TV series, from 1923 to 2025. Highest rated: The Great Dictator (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1923 – 2025 · busiest year: 1929 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | One to One: John & Yoko | Napaloni - Dictator of Bactera (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 121 |
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 110 |
| 2011 | The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 107 |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Benzini Napaloni (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 103 |
| 1965 | Kilroy | Joe Kelsey | Film | — | 61 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Otis Cobb | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | TV | 7.4 | 59 | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Ham Tucker | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | TV | 5.7 | 57 | |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | J. Paxton Miller | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Mac | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Thaddeus Cade | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Travis Hyle | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | SS Henrietta Captain | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1951 | Tomahawk | Sol Beckworth | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | Last of the Buccaneers | Sgt. Dominick | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1949 | Thieves' Highway | Slob | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Frank Rey | TV | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1948 | Northwest Stampede | Mike Kirby | Film | 3.3 | 44 |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bozo Evans | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Jerry Marlowe | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1945 | That's the Spirit | Steve 'Slim' Gogarty | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Michael Sullivan | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Uncle Oscar Smith | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1944 | Bowery to Broadway | Michael O'Rourke | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1944 | Take It or Leave It | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1944 | The Merry Monahans | Pete Monahan | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1944 | Sweet and Low-Down | Popsy | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1943 | Hello, Frisco, Hello | Dan Daley | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | Larry Martin | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1943 | Wintertime | Skip Hutton | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Rusty Smith | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1942 | Iceland | Slip Riggs | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1941 | Navy Blues | 'Cake' O'Hara | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1941 | The Great American Broadcast | Chuck Hadley | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1941 | Rise and Shine | Boley Bolenciecwcz | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1941 | Polo with the Stars | Self - Watching Polo Match | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1940 | The Great Dictator | Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria | Film | 8.3 | 36 |
| 1940 | Young People | Joe Ballantine | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1940 | Little Men | William "Willie" Deming | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Harry Calhoun | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1938 | Thanks for Everything | Bates | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Lanny Morgan | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1938 | Radio City Revels | Harry | Film | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Lanny Morgan | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth | Bill Martin | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1937 | Fight for Your Lady | "Honest Ham" Hamilton | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Luke | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1937 | Champagne Waltz | Happy Gallagher | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Corny Davis | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1936 | The Texas Rangers | Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1936 | King of Burlesque | Joe Cooney | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1936 | Florida Special | Bangs Tucker | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Whammo Lonsdale | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1936 | Colleen | Joe Cork | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1935 | Call of the Wild | 'Shorty' Hoolihan | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1935 | Collegiate | Jerry Craig | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Spud Miller | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | Jack Ellery | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1934 | Hollywood Rhythm | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1934 | College Rhythm | Francis J. Finnegan | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1934 | Shoot the Works | Nicky Nelson | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble | Casey | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Tweedledum | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1933 | College Humor | Barney Shirrel | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Mike 'Slug' Richards | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 29 |
| 1933 | Too Much Harmony | Benny Day | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven | Charlie Bayne | Film | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Chick Parker | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1933 | Sailor Be Good | Kelsey Jones | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Private Mulligan | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Migg Tweeny | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1932 | Sky Bride | Alec Dugan | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Jack Oakie (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Duke Taylor | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1932 | Uptown New York | Eddie Doyle | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime | George Lewis | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1932 | Madison Square Garden | Eddie Burke | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Jack Oakie | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1931 | June Moon | Frederick Martin Stevens | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1931 | Dude Ranch | Jennifer | Film | 5.5 | 27 |
| 1931 | Touchdown! | Babe Barton | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Charlie Case | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / Girls Gym Instructor (In a Girls' Gym) | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1930 | The Sap from Syracuse | Littleton Looney | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 1930 | Sea Legs | Searchlight Doyle | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Voltaire McGinnis | Film | 7.7 | 26 |
| 1930 | The Social Lion | Marco Perkins | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1929 | Sin Town | 'Chicken' O'Toole | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | Al | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1929 | The Man I Love | Lew Layton | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1929 | Sweetie | Tap-Tap Thompson | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1929 | Hit the Deck | Bilge | Film | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1929 | Chinatown Nights | James "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter | Film | 4.4 | 25 |
| 1929 | The Dummy | Dopey Hart | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1929 | Fast Company | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Joe Spring | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1929 | Close Harmony | Ben Barney | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1929 | Hard to Get | Marty Martin | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1928 | Road House | Sam | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1928 | Someone to Love | Michael Casey | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1928 | The Fleet's In | Searchlight Doyle | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1928 | Finders Keepers | B. B. Brown | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1923 | Big Brother | Film | 10.0 | 19 | |
| 1923 | His Children's Children | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 19 |