Cast
James Burke
Acting
Cast
James Burke
Known for
Acting
Born
1886-09-23
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1968-05-23
Also known as Jim Burke, James Michael Burke
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 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.
★7.7
MOVIE1941
The Maltese Falcon
as Luke
★7.8
MOVIE1934
It Happened One Night
as Detective (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Nightmare Alley
as Rural Marshal (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Shady Lady
as Crane
★7.1
MOVIE1948
June Bride
as Luke Potter
★7.5
MOVIE1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Chief Detective (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Dodge City
as Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1935
The Case of the Missing Man
as Police Sergeant Rorty
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Call of the Wild
as Ole
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Little Miss Marker
as Detective Reardon (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1934
Queen Christina
as Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1934
The Scarlet Empress
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Anchors Aweigh
as Studio Cop
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Dead End
as Mulligan
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Down to Earth
as Detective Kelly
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Let's Dance
as George (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1944
Casanova Brown
as O'Leary (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1952
Denver and Rio Grande
as Sheriff Ed Johnson
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Alias Jesse James
as Charlie (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1948
The Big Clock
as O'Brien
★6.8
MOVIE1951
His Kind of Woman
as Barkeeper in Nogales (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1947
Body and Soul
as Arnold (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1946
The Virginian
as Andy Jones (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Six of a Kind
as Detective (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
All Through the Night
as Police Lt. Forbes
★5.9
MOVIE1952
We're Not Married!
as Willie's Sergeant (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1933
A Lady's Profession
as Mulroy
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Dixie
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1957
The Unholy Wife
as Sheriff Tom Watling
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Twentieth Century
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1935
So Red the Rose
as Major Rushton
★5.7
MOVIE1952
Lone Star
as Luther Kilgore
★6.4
MOVIE1939
At the Circus
as John Carter
★6.1
MOVIE1933
The Kennel Murder Case
as Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Beau Geste
as Lieutenant Dufour
★6.1
MOVIE1951
The Last Outpost
as Stagecoach driver (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1934
Sisters Under the Skin
as Conroy
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Within the Law
as 'Red'
★6.2
MOVIE1949
Red, Hot and Blue
as Doorman (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1950
Copper Canyon
as Jeb Bassett
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Warpath
as Oldtimer
★7.6
MOVIE1939
On Borrowed Time
as Sheriff Burlingame
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Song and Dance Man
as Lt. Mike Boyle
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as Sullivan
★8.0
MOVIE1948
Beyond Glory
as Jim, the Bartender (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1933
The Bowery
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bill, Intern Guard (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1933
Torch Singer
as Taxi Driver
★6.4
MOVIE1937
The Perfect Specimen
as Constable Snodgrass
★5.3
MOVIE1940
No Time for Comedy
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Million Dollar Baby
as Callahan
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Bum
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Taxi Driver
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Mississippi
as Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Patrolman
★5.9
MOVIE1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Policeman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1947
California
as Pokey
★7.1
MOVIE1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Jeff Tuttle
★5.4
MOVIE1951
Here Comes the Groom
as O'Neill, Policeman
★6.2
MOVIE1937
High, Wide and Handsome
as Stackpole
★6.8
MOVIE1938
The Dawn Patrol
as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver
★5.4
MOVIE1938
The Affairs of Annabel
as Muldoon
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Wilkie, house detective
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sgt. Velie
★6.9
MOVIE1933
Lady Killer
as Panhandler (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1938
Men with Wings
as J.A. Nolan
★6.7
MOVIE1947
Song of the Thin Man
as Policeman Callahan (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1940
The Saint Takes Over
as Patrolman Mike
★5.9
MOVIE1938
Joy of Living
as Mac
★6.2
MOVIE1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Man Hauling Rifles and Bullets
★6.4
MOVIE1942
My Favorite Blonde
as Union Secretary
★7.0
MOVIE1950
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as The Train Conductor
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Klondike Annie
★6.8
MOVIE1954
Lucky Me
as Mahoney
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Opened by Mistake
as Police Sergeant Wilkins
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Policeman Arresting Wynn
★5.6
MOVIE1935
The Mystery Man
as Managing Editor Marvin
★4.8
MOVIE1934
The Merry Frinks
as 3rd Expressman (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1942
It Happened in Flatbush
as Umpire Shaunnessy
★4.2
MOVIE1933
The Girl in 419
as Detective Jackson
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Two Years Before the Mast
as Carrick
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Rhythm on the Range
as Wabash
★5.9
MOVIE1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Sibley
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Sgt. Velie
★6.2
MOVIE1934
Gambling Lady
as Detective Making Raid (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Hollywood Handicap
★6.9
MOVIE1934
Lady by Choice
as Brannigan
★6.3
MOVIE1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
as Lt. Burke
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Reaching for the Sun
as Norm
★7.0
MOVIE1939
I'm from Missouri
as Walt Bliss
★4.6
MOVIE1940
The Way of All Flesh
as Frisco
★5.6
MOVIE1933
College Humor
as Cromwell Dexter
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Flight Into Nowhere
as Ike Matthews
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Pot o' Gold
as Lt. Grady
★5.3
MOVIE1935
Music Is Magic
as Mickey (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1939
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Pop Saunders
★5.8
MOVIE1939
The Saint Strikes Back
as Headquarters Police Officer
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Champagne Waltz
as Mr. Scribner
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Sadie McKee
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Sgt. Velie
★4.9
MOVIE1951
Raton Pass
as Hank
★5.0
MOVIE1935
Coronado
as Slug Moran
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Double Alibi
as Police Captain Orr
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Here Comes Cookie
as Broken-Nose Reilly
★5.8
MOVIE1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Sgt. Velle
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Bombshell
as First Immigration Officer (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Sgt. Velie
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Great Guy
as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley
★6.4
MOVIE1944
3 Men in White
as First Policeman (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1939
Fast and Furious
as Clancy
★6.0
MOVIE1943
No Place for a Lady
as Police Substation Chief Moriarty
★5.8
MOVIE1933
Face in the Sky
as Cop (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Bowery Bombshell
as Detective O'Malley
★8.0
MOVIE1945
I Love a Bandleader
as Charles Gibley
★5.6
MOVIE1943
Riding High
as Pete
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Bill Norton
★6.7
MOVIE1942
A Night to Remember
as Pat Murphy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
★6.3
MOVIE1935
Make a Million
as Pete
★5.8
MOVIE1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Cop (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Police Sergeant Velie
★5.9
MOVIE1933
To the Last Man
as Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Forgotten Faces
as Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend
★6.3
MOVIE1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Harrigan
★10.0
MOVIE1935
The Affair of Susan
as Hogan
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Corrigan
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Broadway Gondolier
as Uncle Andy
★6.7
MOVIE1937
Life Begins with Love
as Darby McGraw
★7.5
MOVIE1945
How DOooo You Do
as Detective
★7.0
MOVIE1934
All of Me
as Welfare Island Guard (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Such Women Are Dangerous
as Detective
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Harry Weston
★6.0
MOVIE1934
A Very Honorable Guy
as Sergeant
★8.0
MOVIE1947
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
as Police Lt. Burke
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Ticket to a Crime
as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
★5.5
MOVIE1934
City Limits
as King, a Hobo
★7.3
MOVIE1935
Dinky
as Truck Driver
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Little Nellie Kelly
as Sergeant McGowan
★4.8
MOVIE1946
Young Widow
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1935
Hot Money
as Police Sgt. Burke
★6.3
MOVIE1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Sgt. Velie
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Army Surgeon
as Brooklyn
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Sudden Money
as McPherson
★6.5
MOVIE1935
After the Dance
as Police Lieutenant
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Little Orphan Annie
as Mike Moriarty
★10.0
MOVIE1948
The Timber Trail
as Jed Baker
★5.8
MOVIE1939
The Family Next Door
as Policeman
★4.2
MOVIE1934
Wharf Angel
as Brooklyn Jack
★9.0
MOVIE1948
Night Wind
as Sheriff Hamilton
★6.1
MOVIE1936
36 Hours to Kill
as Doyle - Process Server
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as Sheriff N.B.F. Rider
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Dancing Feet
as Phil Moore
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Welcome Home
as Michael Shaughnessy
★4.5
MOVIE1949
Shamrock Hill
as Michael Rogan
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Frisco Waterfront
as Corrigan
★10.0
MOVIE1934
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I