James Burke
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.
170 acting credits
Acting · 170
Lassie
1954
Cheyenne
1955
I Love Lucy
1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Dinah!
1974
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Trackdown
1957
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Stagecoach West
1960
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
My Little Margie
1952
The Maltese Falcon
1941
It Happened One Night
1934
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Nightmare Alley
1947
Dead End
1937
Call of the Wild
1935
Dodge City
1939
Queen Christina
1934
Alias Jesse James
1959
Lone Star
1952
Treasure Island
1934
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Twentieth Century
1934
California
1947
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Copper Canyon
1950
We're Not Married!
1952
Beau Geste
1939
All Through the Night
1942
Lady Killer
1933
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
The Big Clock
1948
Body and Soul
1947
Warpath
1951
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Pot o' Gold
1941
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
At the Circus
1939
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
Red, Hot and Blue
1949
His Kind of Woman
1951
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
The Last Outpost
1951
The Virginian
1946
Sadie McKee
1934
Dinky
1935
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
June Bride
1948
Fast and Furious
1939
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Klondike Annie
1936
The Bowery
1933
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Bombshell
1933
Mississippi
1935
To the Last Man
1933
The Saint Takes Over
1940
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Unholy Wife
1957
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Casanova Brown
1944
Raton Pass
1951
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Life Begins with Love
1937
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Young Widow
1946
Lucky Me
1954
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
The Timber Trail
1948
The Golden Fleecing
1940
Down to Earth
1947
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Riding High
1943
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
The Way of All Flesh
1940
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
Men with Wings
1938
All of Me
1934
Laughing at Trouble
1936
Double Alibi
1940
Torch Singer
1933
No Time for Comedy
1940
A Night to Remember
1942
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
Case of the Missing Man
1935
Champagne Waltz
1937
Great Guy
1936
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Joy of Living
1938
The Dawn Patrol
1938
The Perfect Specimen
1937
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
Face in the Sky
1933
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Gambling Lady
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Coronado
1935
The Girl in 419
1933
Love Time
1934
So Red the Rose
1935
Reaching for the Sun
1941
3 Men in White
1944
Welcome Home
1935
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934
I'm from Missouri
1939
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
Beyond Glory
1948
Let's Dance
1950
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
The Mystery Man
1935
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
No Place for a Lady
1943
College Humor
1933
Little Miss Marker
1934
The Family Next Door
1939
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Bowery Bombshell
1946
Wharf Angel
1934
Sudden Money
1939
Dixie
1943
Little Orphan Annie
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
Hot Money
1935
Within the Law
1939
How DOooo You Do
1945
Forgotten Faces
1936
Six of a Kind
1934
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
The Merry Frinks
1934
Shady Lady
1945
Opened by Mistake
1940
Frisco Waterfront
1935
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Lady by Choice
1934
City Limits
1934
Night Wind
1948
Ticket to a Crime
1934
After the Dance
1935
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Music Is Magic
1935
Dancing Feet
1936
Shamrock Hill
1949
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
Song and Dance Man
1936
The Affair of Susan
1935
Army Surgeon
1942
Make a Million
1935
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
I Love a Bandleader
1945
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
A Lady's Profession
1933