Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. He is best remembered for portraying Napaloni in Chaplins The Great Dictator , receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Jack Oakie was born as Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri at 522 w 7th Street. His father was a grain dealer and his mother a psychology teacher. When he was five years old the Offield family moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, the source of his Oakie nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. Young LewisJack grew up mostly in Oklahoma but also lived for periods of time with his grandmother in Kansas City, Missouri. While there he attended Woodland Elementary and made spending money as a paperboy for The Kansas City Star. He recalled years later that he made especially good money selling extras in November, 1916 during the reelection of President Woodrow Wilson.

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