- Films
- 35
- Avg rating
- 6.88
- Peak run
- 1935’49
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Jack by the numbers
Average
6.88
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.96
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
33y
1929 to 1961
Total votes
308K
across every film
Best
8.4
The Great Dictator
Worst
7.1
Lover Come Back
Newest first
Filmography
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | J. Paxton Miller | 7.1 | 9,843 |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Mac | 6.6 | 1,732 |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Travis Hyte | 6.1 | 2,615 |
| 1951 | Tomahawk | Sol Beckworth | 6.4 | 1,290 |
| 1949 | Thieves' Highway | Slob | 7.5 | 7,669 |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bozo Evans | · | 251 |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Cigolini | 7.0 | 3,451 |
| 1944 | Sweet and Low-Down | Popsy | · | 319 |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello | Dan Daley | · | 631 |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Rusty Smith | · | 314 |
| 1941 | The Great American Broadcast | Chuck Hadley | · | 310 |
| 1941 | Navy Blues | Cake O'Hara | · | 393 |
| 1940 |  The Great Dictator | Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria | 8.4 | 261K |
| 1940 | Little Men | Willie | · | 476 |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Harry Calhoun | · | 625 |
| 1940 | Young People | Joe Ballantine | · | 505 |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Lanny Morgan | · | 610 |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Lanny Morgan | · | 341 |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Corny Davis | · | 388 |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth | Willard (Bill) Martin | · | 403 |
Better together?
Jack Oakie's regulars
- Alice FayeCo-star · 4 films
- John PayneCo-star · 3 films
- Betty GrableCo-star · 3 films
- Walter LangDirector and actor · 3 films
- Archie MayoDirector and actor · 2 films
- Wesley RugglesDirector and actor · 2 films
- Benjamin StoloffDirector and actor · 2 films
- Lew LandersDirector and actor · 2 films
- H. Bruce HumberstoneDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.07
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.07
- William A. WellmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.07
- Mitchell LeisenDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.75 avg▼−0.19
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Jack Oakie
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1941Jack Oakie
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.