James Burke

Known for ActingBorn 1886-09-23Died 1968-05-23New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Timber Trail

Champagne Waltz

Hot Money

The Affair of Susan

Love Time

Sisters Under the Skin

Night Wind

Welcome Home

Frisco Waterfront

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Beyond Glory

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

I Love a Bandleader

I Love Lucy

Little Orphan Annie

Laughing at Trouble

It Happened One Night

The Maltese Falcon

So Red the Rose

On Borrowed Time

How DOooo You Do

You Can't Take It with You

The Big Clock

Reaching for the Sun

Dinah!

June Bride

Nightmare Alley

Dinky

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Here Comes Cookie

Toughest Man in Arizona

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Easy Come, Easy Go

Trackdown

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Ruggles of Red Gap

Dead End

Opened by Mistake

Beau Geste

Sudden Money

I'm from Missouri

Song and Dance Man

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Can This Be Dixie?

Case of the Missing Man

Such Women Are Dangerous

All of Me

The DuPont Show with June Allyson