James Burke
Acting
1886-09-23 · New 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.
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Stagecoach West
1960 · Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Series
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Series
Trackdown
1957 · Series
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Movie
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Lassie
1954 · Series
Lucky Me
1954 · Movie
Lone Star
1952 · Movie
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
We're Not Married!
1952 · Movie
My Little Margie
1952 · Series
Denver and Rio Grande
1952 · Movie
Warpath
1951 · Movie
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Movie
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Movie
Raton Pass
1951 · Movie
The Last Outpost
1951 · Movie
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Movie
Let's Dance
1950 · Movie
Copper Canyon
1950 · Movie
Red, Hot and Blue
1949 · Movie
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Movie
Shamrock Hill
1949 · Movie
June Bride
1948 · Movie
Night Wind
1948 · Movie
Beyond Glory
1948 · Movie
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · Movie
The Timber Trail
1948 · Movie
The Big Clock
1948 · Movie
Body and Soul
1947 · Movie
Nightmare Alley
1947 · Movie
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Movie
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947 · Movie
Down to Earth
1947 · Movie
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947 · Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 · Movie
California
1947 · Movie
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · Movie
Bowery Bombshell
1946 · Movie
The Virginian
1946 · Movie
Young Widow
1946 · Movie
How DOooo You Do
1945 · Movie
I Love a Bandleader
1945 · Movie
Shady Lady
1945 · Movie
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Movie
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · Movie
Casanova Brown
1944 · Movie
3 Men in White
1944 · Movie
Riding High
1943 · Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
Dixie
1943 · Movie
No Place for a Lady
1943 · Movie
A Night to Remember
1942 · Movie
Army Surgeon
1942 · Movie
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942 · Movie
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Movie
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942 · Movie
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Movie
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942 · Movie
All Through the Night
1942 · Movie
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941 · Movie
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Movie
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941 · Movie
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · Movie
Reaching for the Sun
1941 · Movie
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Movie
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941 · Movie
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · Movie
Little Nellie Kelly
1940 · Movie
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Movie
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Movie
The Way of All Flesh
1940 · Movie
The Saint Takes Over
1940 · Movie
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Movie
Opened by Mistake
1940 · Movie
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · Movie
Double Alibi
1940 · Movie
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939 · Movie
At the Circus
1939 · Movie
Fast and Furious
1939 · Movie
Beau Geste
1939 · Movie
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie
Dodge City
1939 · Movie
I'm from Missouri
1939 · Movie
Sudden Money
1939 · Movie
The Family Next Door
1939 · Movie
Within the Law
1939 · Movie
The Saint Strikes Back
1939 · Movie
The Dawn Patrol
1938 · Movie
Little Orphan Annie
1938 · Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Movie
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
Joy of Living
1938 · Movie
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 · Movie
The Perfect Specimen
1937 · Movie
Life Begins with Love
1937 · Movie
Dead End
1937 · Movie
High, Wide and Handsome
1937 · Movie
Champagne Waltz
1937 · Movie
Laughing at Trouble
1936 · Movie
Great Guy
1936 · Movie
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Movie
36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Movie
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Movie
Forgotten Faces
1936 · Movie
Song and Dance Man
1936 · Movie
Klondike Annie
1936 · Movie
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 · Movie
Dancing Feet
1936 · Movie
So Red the Rose
1935 · Movie
Frisco Waterfront
1935 · Movie
Coronado
1935 · Movie
Hot Money
1935 · Movie
Music Is Magic
1935 · Movie
The Case of the Missing Man
1935 · Movie
The Affair of Susan
1935 · Movie
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · Movie
Call of the Wild
1935 · Movie
Welcome Home
1935 · Movie
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Movie
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Movie
Make a Million
1935 · Movie
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Movie
After the Dance
1935 · Movie
Dinky
1935 · Movie
Mississippi
1935 · Movie
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · Movie
The Mystery Man
1935 · Movie
Ticket to a Crime
1934 · Movie
Love Time
1934 · Movie
Lady by Choice
1934 · Movie
Treasure Island
1934 · Movie
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · Movie
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934 · Movie
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Movie
The Merry Frinks
1934 · Movie
Twentieth Century
1934 · Movie
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · Movie
Sadie McKee
1934 · Movie
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Movie
Sisters Under the Skin
1934 · Movie
City Limits
1934 · Movie
Wharf Angel
1934 · Movie
Gambling Lady
1934 · Movie
It Happened One Night
1934 · Movie
Queen Christina
1934 · Movie
Six of a Kind
1934 · Movie
All of Me
1934 · Movie
Lady Killer
1933 · Movie
The Kennel Murder Case
1933 · Movie
Bombshell
1933 · Movie
The Bowery
1933 · Movie
To the Last Man
1933 · Movie
Torch Singer
1933 · Movie
College Humor
1933 · Movie
The Girl in 419
1933 · Movie
A Lady's Profession
1933 · Movie
Face in the Sky
1933 · Movie
The Hollywood Handicap
1932 · Movie