James Burke
Acting
Born 1886-09-23
Died 1968-05-23
New York City, New York, USA
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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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Acting
54 credits
I Love Lucy
Cheyenne
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Dinah!
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Maltese Falcon
Stagecoach West
It Happened One Night
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
You Can't Take It with You
Treasure Island
Nightmare Alley
Anchors Aweigh
Queen Christina
Beau Geste
June Bride
Body and Soul
His Kind of Woman
Dodge City
Lone Star
Dead End
Down to Earth
The Big Clock
Alias Jesse James
Call of the Wild
Copper Canyon
At the Circus
The Unholy Wife
Warpath
The Virginian
California
Twentieth Century
We're Not Married!
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Casanova Brown
Alias Nick Beal
All Through the Night
College Humor
The Last Outpost
The Kennel Murder Case
Pot o' Gold
The Mad Miss Manton
Song of the Thin Man
Dixie
Raton Pass
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Denver and Rio Grande
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Lady Killer
Let's Dance
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Torch Singer
The Perfect Specimen
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Lassie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
My Little Margie
The Scarlet Empress
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