Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a person who makes a witty retort or smart comment, or a joke at someone else’s expense.

1905		F. Hutchison Philosophy of Johnny the Gent 5: [T]he Wise Cracker swears he’ll get even if it takes till two years from Tuesday.
1920		R. Lardner Big Town 181 : The brother-in-law’s a smart Aleck that thinks he’s a wise cracker.
1937		J. Curtis There Ain’t No Justice 32: The Master of Ceremonies was in the ring reading out next week’s bills. Everybody was laughing. He was a wisecracker.
1943		H.A. Smith Life in a Putty Knife Factory (1948) 145: Wisecrackers who know him are always yelling, ‘Curtin going up!’.
1975		L. Rosten Dear ‘Herm’ 300: Wise-crackers like ‘Bobo’ Blattberg used to say it got ‘hotter than the hinges of H---!’.