Jack Oakie Net Worth
Jack Oakie Net Worth is
$2 Million
Jack Oakie Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jack Oakie was born on November 12, 1903 in Sedalia, Missouri, USA as Lewis Delaney Offield. He was an actor, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Lover Come Back (1961) and The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935). He was married to Victoria Horne and Venita Varden. He died on January 23, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. | Date Of Birth | November 12, 1903 |
| Died | 1978-01-23 |
| Place Of Birth | Sedalia, Missouri, USA |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Victoria Horne |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | When the situation is funny or when the line is funny, play it straight. When the situation is straight or when the line is straight, then you add the comedy. |
| 2 | The pictures I made were called the bread and butter pictures of the studio. They cost nothing and made millions, and supported the prestige productions that cost millions and made nothing. |
| 3 | [Observation, late in his career] I looked like a walking blimp. I was even too fat for the big screens. |
| 4 | I've appeared in hundred of movies, but the only one people remember me for is "Napaloni" in The Great Dictator (1940). |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He died only 29 days after his The Great Dictator (1940) co-star and director Charles Chaplin. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Jack Oakie's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard, and his hand and footprints can be found at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. |
| 4 | He and his wife Victoria spent their entire marriage living on a 10-acre estate in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles. |
| 5 | Refused to appear on talk shows because they only paid scale. |
| 6 | Jack is mentioned in the Coen Brothers film Barton Fink (1991), which is set in Hollywood during the 1940s. |
| 7 | A small display celebrating the comedy and fame of Jack is at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. There is also a plaque in the ground in front of the home where he was born in Sedalia, Missouri. |
| 8 | When a shocked Jack told Chaplin that maybe he should find an Italian actor to play "Il Duce" in The Great Dictator (1940), Chaplin supposedly told him, "What's funny about an Italian playing Mussolini?" Chaplin, in a Hitler parody, and Oakie were both nominated for acting Oscars. |
| 9 | Oakie did not enjoy working with Spencer Tracy in Looking for Trouble (1934) because Tracy had the habit of mumbling his lines for a natural effect. Oakie had too hard a time reading his lips in their shared scenes. They never worked together again. |
| 10 | Jack's widow, Victoria Horne wrote a book called When the Line Is Straight: Jack Oakie's Comedy and Motion Pictures in 1997. |
| 11 | It's been often stated that Jack and Charles Chaplin never spoke after filming The Great Dictator (1940) because Chaplin was upset that Oakie stole the picture away from him, receiving an Oscar nomination. |
| 12 | On October 19, 1959, was a pallbearer at Errol Flynn's funeral along with Raoul Walsh, Mickey Rooney, 'Guinn "Big Boy' Williams', Mike Romanoff and Otto Reichow at the Church of the Recessional at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA. |
| 13 | His boisterous "Benzino Napaloni" in Charlie Chaplin's satire The Great Dictator (1940) is based on Italy's Benito Mussolini. |
| 14 | His mother worked as a teacher in New York at the time Oakie studied business at De La Salle School. |
| 15 | His first job was as a telephone clerk for a brokerage firm. The clerks let off steam by pelting each other with cream filled pies. Someone recognised his comic potential and asked him to appear in an annual show of the Cardiac Society for Wall Street executives. The director of the show, May Leslie, eventually persuaded Oakie to quit his job and become an actor. He was first on stage proper, in the chorus of George M. Cohan's 'Little Nellie Kelly' in 1922. He then formed a popular vaudeville double act with Lulu McConnell. From there on,the rest is history. |
| 16 | His stage name was taken from his mother's maiden name, Evelyn Oakie. |
| 17 | Worked at Paramount, 1928-36; RKO 1936-38; 20th Century Fox, 1940-43; and Universal 1944-45. At the peak of his popularity, in the 1940's, he earned up to $7,500 a week. |
| 18 | For many years, he lived on a ranch in the San Fernando Valley with his wife, the actress Victoria Horne. |
| 19 | Stepbrother-in-law of June Horne and James Horne Jr.. |
| 20 | Stepson-in-law of Cleo Ridgely. |
| 21 | Son-in-law of James W. Horne. |
| 22 | Divorced from actress Venita Varden in 1945, she was among the many who perished in a June 17, 1948 plane crash on the Aristes mountain near Wilburton, Pennsylvania, that killed 43 passengers in all. Also included were night club owner Earl Carroll, famous for his Vanities Showgirls, and his leading lady, showgirl Beryl Wallace. |
| 23 | In 1981, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Jack Oakie Lecture on Comedy in Film, as an annual event. |
| 24 | Working as a Wall Street clerk, he narrowly escaped death in 1920 after the Treasury Building was bombed by terrorists. |
| 25 | Dubbed "The World's Oldest Freshman" because he was rather long in the tooth (30 something) for the collegiates he was asked to play, including roles in College Humor (1933), College Rhythm (1934), and Collegiate (1936). In the movie Rise and Shine (1941), the 38-year-old was asked to play an 18-year-old senior. |
| 26 | Once teamed with fellow vaudevillian Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher in the hopes of being another Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, but it didn't pan out. They did perform in six films together. |
| 27 | Oakie fought with cameramen for years about screen makeup -- he never wore any and refused to wear makeup under any circumstances. |
| 28 | Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Whispering Pines section at the top of the hill. |
| 29 | Son of actress Evelyn Oakie. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancers in the Dark | 1932 | Duke Taylor | |
| Touchdown! | 1931 | Babe Barton | |
| Dude Ranch | 1931 | Jennifer / Vance Kilroy | |
| The Stolen Jools | 1931 | Short | Jack Oakie |
| June Moon | 1931 | Frederick Martin Stevens | |
| The Gang Buster | 1931 | Charlie Case | |
| Sea Legs | 1930 | Searchlight Doyle | |
| Galas de la Paramount | 1930 | Comedy Episode | |
| Let's Go Native | 1930 | Voltaire McGinnis | |
| The Sap from Syracuse | 1930 | Littleton Looney | |
| The Social Lion | 1930 | Marco Perkins | |
| Hit the Deck | 1929 | Bilge | |
| Sweetie | 1929 | Tap-Tap Thompson | |
| Fast Company | 1929 | Elmer Kane | |
| Hard to Get | 1929 | Marty Martin | |
| Street Girl | 1929 | Joe Spring | |
| The Man I Love | 1929 | Lew Layton | |
| Close Harmony | 1929 | Ben Barney | |
| The Wild Party | 1929 | Al | |
| Chinatown Nights | 1929 | The Reporter | |
| The Dummy | 1929 | Dopey Hart | |
| Sin Town | 1929 | 'Chicken' O'Toole | |
| Someone to Love | 1928 | Michael Casey | |
| The Fleet's In | 1928 | Searchlight Doyle | |
| Road House | 1928 | Sam | |
| Finders Keepers | 1928 | B.B. Brown | |
| Classmates | 1924 | uncredited | |
| His Darker Self | 1924 | uncredited | |
| Big Brother | 1923 | uncredited | |
| His Children's Children | 1923 | Minor Role (uncredited) | |
| Bonanza | 1966 | TV Series | Thadeus Cole |
| Daniel Boone | 1966 | TV Series | Otis Cobb |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1965 | TV Series | Joe Kelsey |
| The Real McCoys | 1963 | TV Series | Uncle Rightly McCoy |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1962 | TV Series | Billy Stowe |
| The New Breed | 1961 | TV Series | Ham Tucker |
| Lover Come Back | 1961 | J. Paxton Miller | |
| The Rat Race | 1960 | Mac, Owner of Macs Bar | |
| The Wonderful Country | 1959 | Travis Hyte | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1958 | TV Series | Frank Rey |
| Kraft Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | Captain of the 'S. S. Henrietta' | |
| Shower of Stars | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Tomahawk | 1951 | Sol Beckworth | |
| Last of the Buccaneers | 1950 | Sgt. Dominick | |
| Thieves' Highway | 1949 | Slob | |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | 1948 | Bozo Evans | |
| Northwest Stampede | 1948 | Mike Kirby | |
| She Wrote the Book | 1946 | Jerry Marlowe | |
| On Stage Everybody | 1945 | Michael Sullivan | |
| That's the Spirit | 1945 | Steve 'Slim' Gogarty | |
| Bowery to Broadway | 1944 | Michael O'Rourke | |
| Sweet and Low-Down | 1944 | Popsy | |
| The Merry Monahans | 1944 | Pete Monahan | |
| It Happened Tomorrow | 1944 | Uncle Oscar Smith / Cigolini | |
| Wintertime | 1943 | Skip Hutton | |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | 1943 | Dan Daley | |
| Something to Shout About | 1943 | Larry Martin | |
| Iceland | 1942/I | Slip Riggs | |
| Song of the Islands | 1942 | Rusty Smith | |
| Rise and Shine | 1941 | Boley Bolenciecwcz | |
| Navy Blues | 1941 | Cake O'Hara | |
| The Great American Broadcast | 1941 | Chuck Hadley | |
| Little Men | 1940 | Willie | |
| Tin Pan Alley | 1940 | Harry Calhoun | |
| The Great Dictator | 1940 | Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria | |
| Young People | 1940 | Joe Ballantine | |
| Thanks for Everything | 1938 | Bates | |
| Annabel Takes a Tour | 1938 | Lanny Morgan | |
| The Affairs of Annabel | 1938 | Lanny Morgan | |
| Radio City Revels | 1938 | Harry Miller | |
| Hitting a New High | 1937 | Corny Davis | |
| Fight for Your Lady | 1937 | Honest 'Ham' Hamilton | |
| The Toast of New York | 1937 | Luke | |
| Super-Sleuth | 1937 | Bill Martin | |
| Champagne Waltz | 1937 | Happy Gallagher | |
| That Girl from Paris | 1936 | Whammo Lonsdale | |
| The Texas Rangers | 1936 | Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones | |
| Florida Special | 1936 | Bangs Carter | |
| Colleen | 1936 | Joe Cork | |
| Collegiate | 1936 | Jerry Craig | |
| King of Burlesque | 1936 | Joe Cooney | |
| The Big Broadcast of 1936 | 1935 | Spud Miller | |
| Call of the Wild | 1935 | 'Shorty' Hoolihan | |
| College Rhythm | 1934 | Francis J. Finnegan | |
| Shoot the Works | 1934 | Nicky Nelson | |
| Murder at the Vanities | 1934 | Jack Ellery | |
| Looking for Trouble | 1934 | Casey | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1933 | Tweedledum | |
| Sitting Pretty | 1933 | Chick Parker | |
| Too Much Harmony | 1933 | Benny Day | |
| College Humor | 1933 | Barney Shirrel | |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | 1933 | Mike Richards | |
| Sailor Be Good | 1933 | Kelsey Jones | |
| From Hell to Heaven | 1933 | Charlie Bayne | |
| Uptown New York | 1932 | Eddie Doyle | |
| If I Had a Million | 1932 | Private Mulligan | |
| Madison Sq. Garden | 1932 | Eddie Burke | |
| Once in a Lifetime | 1932 | George Lewis | |
| Million Dollar Legs | 1932 | Migg Tweeny | |
| Make Me a Star | 1932 | Jack Oakie (uncredited) | |
| Sky Bride | 1932 | Alec Dugan |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lover Come Back | 1961 | performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" - uncredited | |
| That's the Spirit | 1945 | performer: "Fella with a Flute" | |
| Sweet and Low-Down | 1944 | performer: "Ten Days with Baby" 1944 | |
| The Merry Monahans | 1944 | 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 | |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | 1943 | "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 | |
| Song of the Islands | 1942 | performer: "Home on the Range" 1904 uncredited, "What's Buzzin' Cousin?" 1942 | |
| Navy Blues | 1941 | performer: "When Are We Going to Land Abroad" - uncredited | |
| The Great American Broadcast | 1941 | performer: "I Take to You", "Give My Regards to Broadway" uncredited, "Chi Mi frena in tal momento?" uncredited | |
| Tin Pan Alley | 1940 | performer: "You Say The Sweetest Things Baby" 1940, "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" 1917, "K-K-K-Katy" 1918 | |
| Young People | 1940 | 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 | |
| Radio City Revels | 1938 | "TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP" 1938 / performer: "YOU'RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE YOU LITTLE PEACH" 1938 - uncredited | |
| Hitting a New High | 1937 | performer: "Let's Give Love Another Chance" 1937 | |
| That Girl from Paris | 1936 | "There's No Place Like Home Home, Sweet Home" 1823, uncredited / 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 | |
| Colleen | 1936 | lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" 1936, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited | |
| Collegiate | 1936 | performer: "My Grandfather's Clock in the Hallway", "Rhythmatic", "You Hit the Spot" | |
| King of Burlesque | 1936 | "Whose Big Baby Are You?" 1935 / performer: "Shooting High" 1935, "Too Good to Be True" 1935 | |
| The Big Broadcast of 1936 | 1935 | performer: "Double Trouble" | |
| Hollywood Rhythm | 1934 | Short performer: "College Rhythm" | |
| Sitting Pretty | 1933 | performer: "You're Such a Comfort to Me", "Blonde, Blasé and Beautiful" | |
| Too Much Harmony | 1933 | performer: "Mingle with the Hoy Palloy" | |
| College Humor | 1933 | performer: "Down the Old Ox Road" | |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | 1932 | Short performer: "The Girl Who Used to be You" | |
| Million Dollar Legs | 1932 | : uncredited} - 1932, performer: "The Klopstakian Love Song", uncredited | |
| Let's Go Native | 1930 | performer: "Joe Jazz" | |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 | performer: "I'm in Training for You", "We're the Masters of Ceremony" | |
| Hit the Deck | 1929 | performer: "Keeping My Self For You", "Harbor of My Heart", "Join the Navy", "Nothing Could Be Sweeter", "Sometimes I'm Happy" | |
| Sweetie | 1929 | performer: "Alma Mammy", "Prep Step" - uncredited | |
| Street Girl | 1929 | performer: "Lovable and Sweet" 1929 - uncredited | |
| Close Harmony | 1929 | performer: "She's So, I Dunno" |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 | 1972 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Academy Awards | 1966 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| This Is Your Life | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Polo with the Stars | 1941 | Short | Himself - Watching Polo Match (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself, Tour Guide |
| Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood Rhythm | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 | 1933 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots | 1932/II | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | 1932 | Short | Himself |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 | Himself / Master of Ceremonies / Fu Manchu's Victim (Murder Will Out) / ... | |
| Paramount op parade | 1930 | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Masters | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series | Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 2007 | Documentary | Mac |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Benzini Napaloni (uncredited) |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 | Documentary | |
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'The Call of the Wild' (uncredited) |
| Secret Lives | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Funeral Guest |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - Unidentfied Film (uncredited) |
| That's Hollywood | 1978 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Hollywood My Home Town | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Take It or Leave It | 1944 | Harry Aloysius Calhoun (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | 1933 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6752 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Great Dictator (1940) |
Known for movies
The Great Dictator (1940)
as Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria
Lover Come Back (1961)
as J. Paxton Miller
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Uncle Oscar Smith / Cigolini
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Spud Miller