7.8
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
as Detective (uncredited)
James Burke
Also known as: James Michael Burke
Acting
Born:September 23, 1886
Died:May 23, 1968(aged 81)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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 (138 movies)
7.7
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
as Luke
7.5
7.5
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Sheriff Burlingame
7.3
7.3
Here Comes Cookie
1935
as Broken-Nose Reilly
7.2
7.2
June Bride
1948
as Luke Potter
7.1
7.1
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Jeff Tuttle
7.1
7.1
Nightmare Alley
1947
as Rural Marshal (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Dead End
1937
as Police Officer Mulligan
6.9
6.9
Beau Geste
1939
as Lieutenant Dufour
6.9
6.9
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Bum
6.8
6.8
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Studio Cop
6.8
6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver
6.8
6.8
Queen Christina
1934
as Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
as Sheriff (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
All Through the Night
1942
as Police Lt. Forbes
6.7
6.7
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Policeman Callahan (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
as Sergeant McGowan
6.7
6.7
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Wilkie, house detective
6.7
6.7
Dinky
1935
as Truck Driver
6.7
6.7
California
1947
as Pokey
6.7
6.7
Lucky Me
1954
as Mahoney
6.7
6.7
Body and Soul
1947
as Arnold (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
A Night to Remember
1942
as Pat Murphy (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
6.5
6.5
So Red the Rose
1935
as Major Rushton
6.4
6.4
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Union Secretary
6.4
6.4
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Detective Reardon (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
The Saint Takes Over
1940
as Patrolman Mike
6.4
6.4
Casanova Brown
1944
as O'Leary (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
At the Circus
1939
as John Carter
6.3
6.3
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
as Stackpole
6.3
6.3
Lady by Choice
1934
as Brannigan
6.3
6.3
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Sullivan
6.2
6.2
Great Guy
1936
as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley
6.2
6.2
Gambling Lady
1934
as Detective Making Raid (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Call of the Wild
1935
as Ole
6.1
6.1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
6.1
6.1
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Carrick
6.0
6.0
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as The Train Conductor
6.0
6.0
Within the Law
1939
as 'Red'
6.0
6.0
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
as Police Lt. Burke
6.0
6.0
No Place for a Lady
1943
as Police Substation Chief Moriarty
6.0
6.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Bill Norton
6.0
6.0
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
as Harrigan
6.0
6.0
After the Dance
1935
as Police Lieutenant
6.0
6.0
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Norm
6.0
6.0
All of Me
1934
as Welfare Island Guard (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
as Policeman Arresting Wynn
6.0
6.0
The Virginian
1946
as Andy Jones (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
3 Men in White
1944
as First Policeman (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Patrolman
6.0
6.0
Bowery Bombshell
1946
as Detective O'Malley
6.0
6.0
Million Dollar Baby
1941
as Callahan
5.9
5.9
Down to Earth
1947
as Detective Kelly
5.8
5.8
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Charlie (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
as Sgt. Velie
5.8
5.8
Shady Lady
1945
as Crane
5.8
5.8
Army Surgeon
1942
as Brooklyn
5.8
5.8
Warpath
1951
as Oldtimer
5.8
5.8
Six of a Kind
1934
as Detective (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Joy of Living
1938
as Mac
5.7
5.7
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
as Lt. Burke
5.7
5.7
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Constable Snodgrass
5.7
5.7
Make a Million
1935
as Pete
5.7
5.7
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Sgt. Velie
5.7
5.7
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
as Sgt. Velie
5.7
5.7
To the Last Man
1933
as Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Policeman (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Lone Star
1952
as Luther Kilgore
5.6
5.6
Let's Dance
1950
as George (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
as Police Sergeant Velie
5.5
5.5
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Sgt. Velle
5.5
5.5
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Sheriff Ed Johnson
5.5
5.5
The Last Outpost
1951
as Stagecoach driver (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Lt. Grady
5.4
5.4
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Headquarters Police Officer
5.4
5.4
The Mystery Man
1935
as Managing Editor Marvin
5.4
5.4
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Uncle Andy
5.3
5.3
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Sibley
5.3
5.3
College Humor
1933
as Cromwell Dexter
5.3
5.3
Copper Canyon
1950
as Jeb Bassett
5.3
5.3
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Doyle - Process Server
5.3
5.3
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Sgt. Velie
5.2
5.2
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as O'Neill, Policeman
5.2
5.2
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
as Sgt. Velie
5.2
5.2
The Family Next Door
1939
as Policeman
5.2
5.2
Dancing Feet
1936
as Phil Moore
5.0
5.0
Life Begins with Love
1937
as Darby McGraw
5.0
5.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
as Corrigan
5.0
5.0
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Sudden Money
1939
as McPherson
5.0
5.0
Men with Wings
1938
as J.A. Nolan
4.9
4.9
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
as Pop Saunders
4.8
4.8
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Umpire Shaunnessy
4.7
4.7
Fast and Furious
1939
as Clancy
4.7
4.7
Face in the Sky
1933
as Cop (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
Raton Pass
1951
as Hank
4.6
4.6
Young Widow
1946
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Riding High
1943
as Pete
4.4
4.4
The Unholy Wife
1957
as Sheriff Tom Watling
4.1
4.1
The Way of All Flesh
1940
as Frisco
4.0
4.0
Ticket to a Crime
1934
as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
4.0
4.0
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
as Ike Matthews
4.0
4.0
Rhythm on the Range
1936
as Wabash
4.0
4.0
Music Is Magic
1935
as Mickey (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Muldoon
4.0
4.0
City Limits
1934
as King, a Hobo
4.0
4.0
Double Alibi
1940
as Police Captain Orr
3.5
3.5
The Girl in 419
1933
as Detective Jackson
3.5
3.5
Wharf Angel
1934
as Brooklyn Jack
3.0
3.0
Dixie
1943
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
3.0
3.0
Coronado
1935
as Slug Moran
2.0
2.0
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Sergeant
1.0
1.0
Shamrock Hill
1949
as Michael Rogan
1.0
1.0
Forgotten Faces
1936
as Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Taxi Driver
Night Wind
1948
as Sheriff Hamilton
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as Sheriff N.B.F. Rider
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Harry Weston
Opened by Mistake
1940
as Police Sergeant Wilkins
Hot Money
1935
as Police Sgt. Burke
The Affair of Susan
1935
as Hogan
Love Time
1934
as Emperor Francis I
Welcome Home
1935
as Michael Shaughnessy
I Love a Bandleader
1945
as Charles Gibley
The Timber Trail
1948
as Jed Baker
Little Orphan Annie
1938
as Mike Moriarty
Song and Dance Man
1936
as Lt. Mike Boyle
I'm from Missouri
1939
as Walt Bliss
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934
as Detective
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Mr. Scribner
How DOooo You Do
1945
as Detective
Frisco Waterfront
1935
as Corrigan
Case of the Missing Man
1935
as Police Sergeant Rorty
A Lady's Profession
1933
as Mulroy
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