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.
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- Born:
- Sep 24, 1886 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 169
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Face in the Sky 1933-01-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie Shifting Gears 2024-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Shifting Gears | Ray | 2024-03-23 |
| Movie | Simulant | Residence Manager | 2023-03-29 |
| Movie | Unforgettable Christmas | Geologist | 2023-12-26 |
| Movie | Deadly House Call | Dr. Lund | 2022-01-23 |
| Movie | The Price of Fitting In | 2021-11-04 | |
| Movie | Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound) | 2019-07-07 |
| Movie | Apollo 11: A Night to Remember | James Burke | 2006-02-28 |
| Series | After the Warming | Self - Presenter | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Speed | Narrator (voice) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Series | Tomorrow's World | 1965-07-07 | |
| Movie | Alias Jesse James | Charlie (uncredited) | 1959-03-20 |
| Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Movie | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Harrigan | 1957-05-17 |
| Movie | The Unholy Wife | Sheriff Tom Watling | 1957-06-24 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1957-11-06 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | Lucky Me | Mahoney | 1954-04-09 |
| Series | My Little Margie | Unknown | 1952-06-16 |
| Movie | Denver and Rio Grande | Sheriff Ed Johnson | 1952-05-16 |
| Movie | We're Not Married! | Willie's Sergeant (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
| Movie | Toughest Man in Arizona | 1952-10-10 | |
| Movie | Lone Star | Luther Kilgore | 1952-10-24 |
| Movie | Raton Pass | Hank | 1951-04-07 |
| Movie | The Last Outpost | Stagecoach driver (uncredited) | 1951-04-04 |
| Movie | His Kind of Woman | Barkeeper in Nogales (uncredited) | 1951-08-15 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Movie | Warpath | Oldtimer | 1951-11-22 |
| Movie | Let's Dance | George (uncredited) | 1950-11-29 |
| Movie | Copper Canyon | Jeb Bassett | 1950-11-15 |
| Movie | Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | The Train Conductor | 1950-12-08 |
| Movie | Alias Nick Beal | Bum | 1949-03-04 |
| Movie | Red, Hot and Blue | Doorman (uncredited) | 1949-09-05 |
| Movie | The Timber Trail | Jed Baker | 1948-06-14 |
| Movie | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Cop (uncredited) | 1948-07-16 |
| Movie | The Big Clock | O'Brien | 1948-03-18 |
| Movie | June Bride | Luke Potter | 1948-10-29 |
| Movie | Beyond Glory | Jim, the Bartender (uncredited) | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Night Wind | Sheriff Hamilton | 1948-09-01 |
| Movie | Philo Vance's Gamble | Lt. Burke | 1947-04-12 |
| Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Harry Weston | 1947-03-07 |
| Movie | California | Pokey | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | Down to Earth | Detective Kelly | 1947-08-21 |
| Movie | The Gas House Kids in Hollywood | Police Lt. Burke | 1947-08-23 |
| Movie | Body and Soul | Arnold (uncredited) | 1947-11-11 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Rural Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
| Movie | Song of the Thin Man | Policeman Callahan (uncredited) | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | Young Widow | Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited) | 1946-03-01 |
| Movie | The Virginian | Andy Jones (uncredited) | 1946-05-05 |
| Movie | Two Years Before the Mast | Carrick | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | Bowery Bombshell | Detective O'Malley | 1946-07-20 |
| Movie | The Horn Blows at Midnight | Policeman (uncredited) | 1945-04-28 |
| Movie | Shady Lady | Crane | 1945-09-07 |
| Movie | Anchors Aweigh | Studio Cop | 1945-08-13 |
| Movie | I Love a Bandleader | Charles Gibley | 1945-09-13 |
| Movie | How DOooo You Do | Detective | 1945-12-24 |
| Movie | 3 Men in White | First Policeman (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
| Movie | Casanova Brown | O'Leary (uncredited) | 1944-08-23 |
| Movie | No Place for a Lady | Police Substation Chief Moriarty | 1943-02-11 |
| Movie | Dixie | Riverboat Captain | 1943-06-23 |
| Movie | Riding High | Pete | 1943-11-11 |
| Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Bill, Intern Guard (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
| Movie | A Close Call for Ellery Queen | Sgt. Velie | 1942-01-29 |
| Movie | All Through the Night | Police Lt. Forbes | 1942-01-10 |
| Movie | My Favorite Blonde | Union Secretary | 1942-04-02 |
| Movie | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Sgt. Velie | 1942-05-07 |
| Movie | A Night to Remember | Pat Murphy (uncredited) | 1942-12-10 |
| Movie | Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen | Police Sergeant Velie | 1942-07-30 |
| Movie | Army Surgeon | Brooklyn | 1942-12-04 |
| Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Umpire Shaunnessy | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | Pot o' Gold | Lt. Grady | 1941-04-03 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Sgt. Velie | 1941-03-24 |
| Movie | Reaching for the Sun | Norm | 1941-05-01 |
| Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Luke | 1941-10-18 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Baby | Callahan | 1941-05-31 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Sgt. Velie | 1941-11-18 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Sgt. Velie | 1941-08-14 |
| Movie | Buck Benny Rides Again | Taxi Driver | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | Opened by Mistake | Police Sergeant Wilkins | 1940-05-10 |
| Movie | Double Alibi | Police Captain Orr | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Wilkie, house detective | 1940-05-02 |
| Movie | The Saint Takes Over | Patrolman Mike | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | No Time for Comedy | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 1940-09-14 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Sgt. Velle | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Sergeant McGowan | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | The Way of All Flesh | Frisco | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | The Golden Fleecing | Sibley | 1940-08-16 |
| Movie | Sudden Money | McPherson | 1939-03-31 |
| Movie | The Family Next Door | Policeman | 1939-03-30 |
| Movie | The Saint Strikes Back | Headquarters Police Officer | 1939-03-08 |
| Movie | Dodge City | Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | Within the Law | 'Red' | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | On Borrowed Time | Sheriff Burlingame | 1939-07-07 |
| Movie | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Pop Saunders | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | Fast and Furious | Clancy | 1939-10-06 |
| Movie | At the Circus | John Carter | 1939-10-20 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Lieutenant Dufour | 1939-07-24 |
| Movie | Men with Wings | J.A. Nolan | 1938-07-16 |
| Movie | Joy of Living | Mac | 1938-05-06 |
| Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Chief Detective (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
| Movie | Flight Into Nowhere | Ike Matthews | 1938-04-19 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Annabel | Muldoon | 1938-09-09 |
| Movie | The Dawn Patrol | Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver | 1938-12-24 |
| Movie | Little Orphan Annie | Mike Moriarty | 1938-12-02 |
| Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Sullivan | 1938-10-21 |
| Movie | Champagne Waltz | Mr. Scribner | 1937-02-05 |
| Movie | High, Wide and Handsome | Stackpole | 1937-07-21 |
| Movie | Dead End | Police Officer Mulligan | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | The Perfect Specimen | Constable Snodgrass | 1937-10-23 |
| Movie | Life Begins with Love | Darby McGraw | 1937-10-06 |
| Movie | Klondike Annie | 1936-02-21 | |
| Movie | Dancing Feet | Phil Moore | 1936-01-20 |
| Movie | Song and Dance Man | Lt. Mike Boyle | 1936-03-11 |
| Movie | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Corrigan | 1936-02-17 |
| Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Wabash | 1936-07-01 |
| Movie | Laughing at Trouble | Bill Norton | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Great Guy | Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley | 1936-12-01 |
| Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | Doyle - Process Server | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Man Hauling Rifles and Bullets | 1935-07-05 |
| Movie | Broadway Gondolier | Uncle Andy | 1935-07-27 |
| Movie | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Patrolman | 1935-08-03 |
| Movie | Make a Million | Pete | 1935-07-24 |
| Movie | Mississippi | Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | The Mystery Man | Managing Editor Marvin | 1935-02-12 |
| Movie | Ruggles of Red Gap | Jeff Tuttle | 1935-03-08 |
| Movie | Dinky | Truck Driver | 1935-05-11 |
| Movie | After the Dance | Police Lieutenant | 1935-06-25 |
| Movie | Case of the Missing Man | Police Sergeant Rorty | 1935-10-20 |
| Movie | Coronado | Slug Moran | 1935-11-27 |
| Movie | Frisco Waterfront | Corrigan | 1935-12-03 |
| Movie | Call of the Wild | Ole | 1935-08-09 |
| Movie | Hot Money | Police Sgt. Burke | 1935-11-16 |
| Movie | So Red the Rose | Major Rushton | 1935-12-20 |
| Movie | The Affair of Susan | Hogan | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | Here Comes Cookie | Broken-Nose Reilly | 1935-09-10 |
| Movie | Music Is Magic | Mickey (uncredited) | 1935-11-01 |
| Movie | City Limits | King, a Hobo | 1934-04-14 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Empress | 1934-05-09 | |
| Movie | Wharf Angel | Brooklyn Jack | 1934-03-15 |
| Movie | A Very Honorable Guy | Sergeant | 1934-04-18 |
| Movie | It Happened One Night | Detective (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | All of Me | Welfare Island Guard (uncredited) | 1934-02-01 |
| Movie | Six of a Kind | Detective (uncredited) | 1934-02-09 |
| Movie | Gambling Lady | Detective Making Raid (uncredited) | 1934-03-08 |
| Movie | Sadie McKee | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 1934-05-09 |
| Movie | Love Time | Emperor Francis I | 1934-11-03 |
| Movie | Ticket to a Crime | Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis | 1934-12-14 |
| Movie | Twentieth Century | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | 1934-08-17 |
| Movie | Lady by Choice | Brannigan | 1934-10-15 |
| Movie | Friends of Mr. Sweeney | Policeman Arresting Wynn | 1934-07-28 |
| Movie | Little Miss Marker | Detective Reardon (uncredited) | 1934-06-01 |
| Movie | The Merry Frinks | 3rd Expressman (uncredited) | 1934-05-26 |
| Movie | Such Women Are Dangerous | Detective | 1934-06-08 |
| Movie | College Humor | Cromwell Dexter | 1933-07-05 |
| Movie | The Girl in 419 | Detective Jackson | 1933-05-26 |
| Movie | Face in the Sky | Cop (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | Torch Singer | Taxi Driver | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | A Lady's Profession | Mulroy | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | Queen Christina | Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited) | 1933-12-26 |
| Movie | Lady Killer | 1933-12-09 | |
| Movie | The Kennel Murder Case | Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited) | 1933-10-28 |
| Movie | Bombshell | First Immigration Officer (uncredited) | 1933-10-13 |
| Movie | To the Last Man | Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited) | 1933-09-15 |