James Burke
ActingBorn
September 23, 1886
Died
May 23, 1968
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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 notabl…
Known For
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Alias Jesse James
1959
The Unholy Wife
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
Lucky Me
1954
Lone Star
1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
We're Not Married!
1952
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
Warpath
1951
Here Comes the Groom
1951
His Kind of Woman
1951
Raton Pass
1951
The Last Outpost
1951
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
Let's Dance
1950
Copper Canyon
1950
Red, Hot and Blue
1949
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Shamrock Hill
1949
June Bride
1948
Night Wind
1948
Beyond Glory
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
The Timber Trail
1948
The Big Clock
1948
Body and Soul
1947
Nightmare Alley
1947
Song of the Thin Man
1947
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
Down to Earth
1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
California
1947
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Bowery Bombshell
1946
The Virginian
1946
Young Widow
1946
How DOooo You Do
1945
I Love a Bandleader
1945
Shady Lady
1945
Anchors Aweigh
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
Casanova Brown
1944
3 Men in White
1944
Riding High
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Dixie
1943
No Place for a Lady
1943
A Night to Remember
1942
Army Surgeon
1942
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
My Favorite Blonde
1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
All Through the Night
1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Pot o' Gold
1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
No Time for Comedy
1940
The Golden Fleecing
1940
The Way of All Flesh
1940
The Saint Takes Over
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Opened by Mistake
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
Double Alibi
1940
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
At the Circus
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Beau Geste
1939
On Borrowed Time
1939
Dodge City
1939
I'm from Missouri
1939
Sudden Money
1939
The Family Next Door
1939
Within the Law
1939
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
The Dawn Patrol
1938
Little Orphan Annie
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Men with Wings
1938
Joy of Living
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Life Begins with Love
1937
Dead End
1937
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
Champagne Waltz
1937
Laughing at Trouble
1936
Great Guy
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Forgotten Faces
1936
Song and Dance Man
1936
Klondike Annie
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
Dancing Feet
1936
So Red the Rose
1935
Frisco Waterfront
1935
Coronado
1935
Hot Money
1935
Music Is Magic
1935
Case of the Missing Man
1935
The Affair of Susan
1935
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Welcome Home
1935
Call of the Wild
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Make a Million
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
After the Dance
1935
Dinky
1935
Mississippi
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
The Mystery Man
1935
Ticket to a Crime
1934
Love Time
1934
Lady by Choice
1934
Treasure Island
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934
Little Miss Marker
1934
The Merry Frinks
1934
Twentieth Century
1934
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Sadie McKee
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
City Limits
1934
Wharf Angel
1934
Gambling Lady
1934
It Happened One Night
1934
Six of a Kind
1934
Queen Christina
1934
All of Me
1934
Lady Killer
1933
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Bombshell
1933
The Bowery
1933
To the Last Man
1933
Torch Singer
1933
College Humor
1933
The Girl in 419
1933
A Lady's Profession
1933
Face in the Sky
1933
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
Dinah!
1974
Stagecoach West
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Trackdown
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Lassie
1954
My Little Margie
1952
I Love Lucy
1951