
James Burke
Born September 23, 1886 · 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.
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Queen Christina

On Borrowed Time

We're Not Married!

Call of the Wild

Dodge City

The Scarlet Empress

All Through the Night

Anchors Aweigh

Treasure Island

Alias Jesse James

The Mad Miss Manton

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Red, Hot and Blue

June Bride

At the Circus

Lone Star

Dead End

Here Comes the Groom

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Six of a Kind

36 Hours to Kill

A Night to Remember

Public Pigeon No. 1

Dixie

Body and Soul

Denver and Rio Grande

The Kennel Murder Case

Beau Geste

The Case of the Missing Man

The Virginian

Ruggles of Red Gap

No Time for Comedy

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Twentieth Century

Casanova Brown

Copper Canyon

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

So Red the Rose

The Saint Strikes Back

Down to Earth

Easy Come, Easy Go

To the Last Man

The Saint Takes Over

Sisters Under the Skin

The Unholy Wife

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Sadie McKee

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Rhythm on the Range

It Happened in Flatbush

The Last Outpost

Life Begins with Love

The Way of All Flesh

Song and Dance Man

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Shady Lady

A Lady's Profession

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

3 Men in White

California

Buck Benny Rides Again

Bombshell

Alias Nick Beal

Little Miss Marker

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

High, Wide and Handsome

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Broadway Gondolier

Philo Vance's Gamble

Joy of Living

Fast and Furious

Gambling Lady

Reaching for the Sun

Within the Law

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Warpath

My Favorite Blonde

The Affairs of Annabel

The Dawn Patrol

Toughest Man in Arizona

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

The Girl in 419

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Can This Be Dixie?

How DOooo You Do

Million Dollar Baby

A Very Honorable Guy

The Affair of Susan

The Family Next Door

Face in the Sky

Young Widow

The Bowery

Pot o' Gold

Lady Killer

Men with Wings

The Golden Fleecing

Great Guy

I'm from Missouri

Such Women Are Dangerous

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

Let's Dance

Ticket to a Crime

The Mystery Man

Raton Pass

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

College Humor

Klondike Annie

Lucky Me

No Place for a Lady

Beyond Glory

Here Comes Cookie

The Merry Frinks

Music Is Magic

Little Nellie Kelly

I Love a Bandleader

Champagne Waltz

Torch Singer

Sudden Money

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Dancing Feet

Mississippi

After the Dance

The Perfect Specimen

Dinky

Forgotten Faces

Double Alibi

Opened by Mistake

Riding High

Bowery Bombshell

Coronado

Flight Into Nowhere

Laughing at Trouble

Wharf Angel

Love Time

Lady by Choice

City Limits

Make a Million

Night Wind

All of Me

Hot Money

Shamrock Hill

Welcome Home

Frisco Waterfront

Army Surgeon




















