James Burke

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

139

Movies

158

Born: September 23, 1886 – May 23, 1968
From: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an American film and television actor born in New York City. He made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career, which ranged from 1932 to 1964; he was more often than not cast as a cop, usually a none-too-bright one, most notably as Sgt. Velie in Columbia's Ellery Queen mysteries in the early 1940s. He appeared in The Maltese Falcon, At the Circus, Lone Star, and many others. One of his best roles was as Charles Ruggles' rowdy rancher pal in Ruggles of Red Gap. In the early 1950s, Burke appeared with Tom Conway in the ABC detective drama series then called Inspector Mark Saber -- Homicide Detective, later renamed, reformatted, and switched to NBC under the title Saber of London. From 1960-1961, Burke appeared in the role of Zeke Bonner in seven episodes of the ABC western television series Stagecoach West, starring Wayne Rogers, Robert Bray, and Richard Eyer. Burke suffered from a heart condition, which took his life at the age of eighty-one.

Works

158 films

The Maltese Falcon

19417.7

It Happened One Night

19347.8

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

Nightmare Alley

19477.2

June Bride

19487.1

Queen Christina

19346.9

Treasure Island

19346.5

Call of the Wild

19356.2

Beau Geste

19397.0

Dodge City

19396.9

Dead End

19377.1

The Big Clock

19487.3

The Scarlet Empress

19346.9

His Kind of Woman

19516.8

Down to Earth

19476.0

Body and Soul

19476.7

Lone Star

19525.7

Alias Jesse James

19596.0

The Unholy Wife

19574.7

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

The Virginian

19466.2

All Through the Night

19426.7

Dixie

19435.0

Shady Lady

19456.0

Casanova Brown

19446.4

We're Not Married!

19525.9

At the Circus

19396.4

A Lady's Profession

19337.0

Copper Canyon

19505.7

Sisters Under the Skin

193410.0

Red, Hot and Blue

19496.2

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Warpath

19516.0

Alias Nick Beal

19496.8

Denver and Rio Grande

19525.6

California

19476.8

The Last Outpost

19516.1

The Girl in 419

19334.2

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

19416.5

The Mad Miss Manton

19386.4

Torch Singer

19335.3

Lady Killer

19336.9

Twentieth Century

19346.8

College Humor

19335.6

Life Begins with Love

19376.7

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

19426.5

On Borrowed Time

19397.6

Champagne Waltz

193710.0

Song of the Thin Man

19476.7

Let's Dance

19506.1

The Kennel Murder Case

19336.1

The Farmer Takes a Wife

19356.2

Lucky Me

19546.8

Here Comes the Groom

19515.4

The Bowery

19335.4

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

19406.8

Mississippi

19356.8

Man on the Flying Trapeze

19356.2

Great Guy

19366.3

Pot o' Gold

19415.7

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

19415.6

The Perfect Specimen

19376.4

Raton Pass

19514.9

Young Widow

19464.8

Thank Your Lucky Stars

19436.2

36 Hours to Kill

19366.1

Toughest Man in Arizona

19527.0

Buck Benny Rides Again

19405.0

Rhythm on the Range

19365.5

Little Miss Marker

19346.5

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

19507.0

Two Years Before the Mast

19466.5

Sadie McKee

19347.0

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

So Red the Rose

19357.7

Men with Wings

19385.4

My Favorite Blonde

19426.4

The Dawn Patrol

19386.8

A Night to Remember

19426.7

Within the Law

19396.5

Joy of Living

19385.9

Music Is Magic

19355.3

The Golden Fleecing

19405.9

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

19395.4

The Merry Frinks

19344.8

No Time for Comedy

19405.3

Beyond Glory

19488.0

Ruggles of Red Gap

19357.1

Bombshell

19336.5

It Happened in Flatbush

19425.4

Million Dollar Baby

19416.3

Song and Dance Man

19367.0

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

19415.8

Sudden Money

19397.0

Fast and Furious

19395.2

No Place for a Lady

19436.0

Dancing Feet

19366.0

Opened by Mistake

19407.0

Riding High

19435.6

Broadway Gondolier

19356.0

Gambling Lady

19346.2

The Mystery Man

19355.6

The Saint Strikes Back

19395.8

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

19485.8

The Way of All Flesh

19404.6

Six of a Kind

19345.9

The Affairs of Annabel

19385.4

Laughing at Trouble

19368.0

The Case of the Missing Man

19357.0

Public Pigeon No. 1

19576.3

The Horn Blows at Midnight

19455.9

High, Wide and Handsome

19376.2

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

19405.8

After the Dance

19356.5

Face in the Sky

19335.8

3 Men in White

19446.4

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

19426.1

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

19346.8

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

19478.0

All of Me

19347.0

Klondike Annie

19366.3

The Hollywood Handicap

19327.0

Reaching for the Sun

19417.3

Little Nellie Kelly

19406.8

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

19426.3

Here Comes Cookie

19357.2

The Family Next Door

19395.8

Philo Vance's Gamble

19476.3

Dinky

19357.3

I'm from Missouri

19397.0

How DOooo You Do

19457.5

Can This Be Dixie?

19367.0

The Timber Trail

194810.0

Lady by Choice

19346.9

Easy Come, Easy Go

19477.0

A Very Honorable Guy

19346.0

Bowery Bombshell

19466.5

The Leathernecks Have Landed

19367.0

Frisco Waterfront

19359.0

The Affair of Susan

193510.0

Night Wind

19489.0

Ticket to a Crime

19346.0

Little Orphan Annie

19388.0

Double Alibi

19405.3

Wharf Angel

19344.2

Coronado

19355.0

To the Last Man

19335.9

Flight Into Nowhere

19385.3

I Love a Bandleader

19458.0

Hot Money

193510.0

Forgotten Faces

19365.5

Love Time

193410.0

Such Women Are Dangerous

19347.0

Welcome Home

19359.0

Army Surgeon

19426.0

Shamrock Hill

19494.5

City Limits

19345.5

Make a Million

19356.3