news news Bringing Up Father 1928 70 min Comedy The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned. watched want to watch oscars IMDb 5.7 director Jack Conway writers Ralph Spence, George McManus, Frances Marion news ✕ loading… cast Marie Dressler Annie Moore Polly Moran Maggie Jiggs J. Farrell MacDonald Jiggs Jules Cowles Dinty Moore Gertrude Olmstead Ellen Grant Withers Dennis Andrés de Segurola The Count Rose Dione Mrs. Smith D David Mir Oswald Tenen Holtz Ginsberg Feitelbaum Blanche Payson M Margaret Lee uncredited