James Burke
James Burke
American actor James Burke not only had the Irish face and brogueish voice of a New York detective, but even his name conjured up images of a big-city flatfoot. In Columbia's Ellery Queen series of the late 1930s and early 1940s, Burke was cast exquisitely to type as the thick-eared Sergeant Velie, who referred to the erudite Queen as "Maestro." Burke also showed up as a rural law enforcement officer in such films as Nightmare Alley (1947), in which he has a fine scene as a flint-hearted sheriff moved to tears by the persuasive patter of carnival barker Tyrone Power. One of the best of James Burke's non-cop performances was as westerner Charlie Ruggles' rambunctious, handlebar-mustached "pardner" in Ruggles of Red Gap (135), wherein Burke and Ruggles engage in an impromptu game of piggyback on the streets of Paris. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of James Burke:
- Down to Earth with Rita Hayworth , Larry Parks , Roland Culver , William Frawley , James Gleason , Edward Everett Horton , William Haade , Adele Jergens , George MacReady , Fred F. Sears , Eddie Acuff , Al Bridge , Frank Darien , Jean DelVal , Mary Forbes , Myron Healey , Boyd Irwin , Lucien Littlefield , Wilbur Mack , Lynn Merrick , Forbes Murray , Ottola Nesmith , Jack Norton , Cecil Weston , Jean Willes , Cora Witherspoon
- Great Guy with James Cagney , Mae Clarke , Henry Kolker , Edward S. Brophy , Edward Gargan , Joseph Sawyer , Douglas Wood , Gertrude Astor , Eddy Chandler , Wallis Clark , Kernan Cripps , John Dilson , Lester Dorr , Dwight Frye , Bud Geary , Mary Gordon , Mildred Harris , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Arthur Hoyt , Robert Lowery , Murdock MacQuarrie , Kate Price , Henry Roquemore , Lee Shumway , Harry Tenbrook , Frank Mills , Bruce Mitchell , Frank O'Connor , Dennis O'Keefe , Jack Pennick
- Lucky Me with Doris Day , Robert Cummings , Phil Silvers , Eddie Jr. Foy , Nancy Walker , Martha Hyer , Bill Goodwin , Marcel Dalio , Hayden Rorke , William Bakewell , Angie Dickinson , Percy Helton , Tom Powers , Ray Teal , Herb Vigran
- Copper Canyon with Ray Milland , Hedy Lamarr , MacDonald Carey , Mona Freeman , Frank Faylen , Hope Emerson , Taylor Holmes , Peggy Knudsen , Percy Helton , Philip vanZandt , Francis Pierlot , Stanley Andrews , Harry Jr. Carey , Julia Faye , Kit Guard , Earl Hodgins , Robert F. Kortman , Ethan Laidlaw , Buddy Roosevelt , Bobby Watson , Ian Wolfe
- Nightmare Alley with Tyrone Power , Joan Blondell , Coleen Gray , Helen Walker , Taylor Holmes , Ian Keith , Mike Mazurki , Roy Roberts , George Chandler , Harry V. Cheshire , Clancy Cooper , James Flavin , George H. Lloyd , Emmett Lynn , Harry Hays Morgan , Gene Roth , Eddy C. Waller , Jerry Wald , Michael Lally
- The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Peter Lorre , Sydney Greenstreet , Ward Bond , Barton MacLane , Gladys George , Lee Patrick , Jerome Cowan , Elisha Jr. Cook , Murray Alper , John Hamilton , Charles Drake , Creighton Hale , Robert Emmett Homans , William Hopper , Walter Huston , Hank Mann , Jack Mower , Emory Parnell
- Dead End with Sylvia Sidney , Joel D. McCrea , Humphrey Bogart , Wendy Barrie , Claire Trevor , Allen Jenkins , Marjorie Main , William Halop , Huntz Hall , Bobby Jordan , Leo Gorcey , Gabriel Dell , Bernard Punsly , Ward Bond , Esther Dale , Don "Red" Barry , Wade Boteler , Al Bridge , Elizabeth Risdon , Bud Geary , Charles Halton , Robert Emmett Homans , Esther Howard , Tom Ricketts , Minor Watson
- Anchors Aweigh with Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Gene Kelly , Jose Iturbi , Dean Stockwell , Rags Ragland , Billy Gilbert , Henry O'Neill , Edgar Kennedy , Grady Sutton , Leon Ames , James Flavin , Henry Armetta , Chester Clute , Steve Brodie , Wally Cassell , Charles Coleman , William Forrest , John James , Milton Kibbee , Garry Owen , Milton Parsons , William "Bill" Phillips , Renie Riano , Ray Teal
- Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven with Guy Madison , Diana Lynn , James Dunn , Lionel Stander , Florence Bates , Michael Chekhov , Margaret Hamilton , Irene Ryan , Colin Campbell , Clem Bevans , Roscoe Karns , William Frawley , Erskine Sanford , Guy Wilkerson , Audie Murphy , Tom Dugan , John Gallaudet , Jody Gilbert , Ralph Peters , Dewey Robinson , Frank Scannell , Mary Louise Treen , Herb Vigran , Jesse White
- The Big Clock with Ray Milland , Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Sullivan , George MacReady , Elsa Lanchester , Rita Johnson , Richard Webb , Luis vanRooten , Lloyd Corrigan , Philip vanZandt , Douglas Spencer , Lane R. Chandler , Lester Dorr , Ralph Dunn , Julia Faye , Bess Flowers , Theresa Harris , Earl Hodgins , Edna M. Holland , Norman Leavitt , Bert Moorhouse , Frances Morris , Barry Norton , Frank Orth , Joey Ray , Ruth Roman , Bobby Watson , Charlie Hall
- You Can't Take It with You with Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart , Edward Arnold , Mischa Auer , Ann Miller , Spring Byington , Samuel S. Hinds , Donald Meek , H.B. Warner , Halliwell Hobbes , Dub Taylor , Mary Forbes , Clarence H. Wilson , Josef Swickard , Ann Doran , Christian Rub , Charles Lane , Harry Davenport , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Stanley Andrews , Irving Bacon , Joseph Bernard , Gladys Blake , Ward Bond , Eddy Chandler , Eddy Chandler , Wallis Clark , Chester Clute , Nell Craig , Dick Curtis , Edgar Dearing , Vernon Dent , Lester Dorr , James Farley , Eddie Fetherstone , James Flavin , Bess Flowers , Byron K. Foulger , Jack Gardner , Robert Greig , Kit Guard , Chuck Hamilton , John Hamilton , Sam Harris , Edward Hearn , Russell Hicks , John Ince , Boyd Irwin , Eddie Kane , Edward Keane , Pert Kelton , Robert F. Kortman , Margaret Mann , Edwin Maxwell , James Millican , Gene Morgan , Edward Sr. Peil , Dick Rush , Harry Semels , Frank Shannon , Edwin Stanley , Rosemary Theby , John Tyrrell , Walter Walker , Pierre Watkin , Pat West , Ian Wolfe , Louis King , Frank Mills , Bruce Mitchell , Betty Farrington
- We're Not Married with Ginger Rogers , Fred Allen , Victor Moore , Marilyn Monroe , David Wayne , Eve Arden , Paul Douglas , Eddie Bracken , Mitzi Gaynor , Louis Calhern , Zsa Zsa Gabor , James Gleason , Paul Stewart , Jane Darwell , Al Bridge , Tom Powers , Maurice Cass , Lee Marvin , Marjorie Weaver , Selmer Jackson , Byron K. Foulger , Dabbs Greer , Harry Sr. Harvey , Emile G. Meyer , Forbes Murray
- Twentieth Century with John Barrymore , Carole Lombard , Walter Connolly , Roscoe Karns , Etienne Girardot , Ralph Forbes , Edgar Kennedy , Dale Fuller , James P. Burtis , Herman Bing , Eddy Chandler , Pat Flaherty , Edward Gargan , Sherry Hall , Howard C. Hickman , Fred A. Kelsey , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , George H. Reed , Harry Semels , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Charles Lane
- Treasure Island with Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper , Lionel Barrymore , Otto Kruger , Lewis S. Stone , Nigel Bruce , William V. Mong , Dorothy Peterson , Robert Anderson , Cora Sue Collins , Harry Cording , Douglas Dumbrille , Frank S. Hagney , Olin Howland , Charles Irwin , Cornelius Keefe , John Kerr , Joseph M. Kerrigan , John Anderson , Edwin Brady
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game with Frank Sinatra , Esther Williams , Gene Kelly , Betty Garrett , Edward Arnold , Jules Munshin , Richard Lane , Tom Dugan , Murray Alper , Saul Gorss , Si Jenks , Gordon Jones , Henry Kulky , Joi Lansing , Gil Perkins , Jack Rice , Frank Scannell , Almira Sessions , Charles Sullivan , Dick Wessel , Sally Forrest , Douglas Fowley
- Lady Killer with James Cagney , Mae Clarke , Leslie Fenton , Margaret Lindsay , Henry O'Neill , Willard Robertson , Raymond Hatton , Russell Hopton , Marjorie Gateson , Douglas Dumbrille , George Chandler , Luis Alberni , Herman Bing , Harry C. Bradley , Spencer Charters , William B. Davidson , Grace Hayle , Al Hill , Robert Emmett Homans , Olaf Hytten , Jack LaRue , Edwin Maxwell , Sam McDaniel , Dewey Robinson , Harry Strang , Phil Tead , Clarence H. Wilson , Dennis O'Keefe
- The Kennel Murder Case with William Powell , Mary Astor , Eugene Pallette , Ralph Morgan , Helen Vinson , Etienne Girardot , Jack LaRue , Paul Cavanagh , Robert H. Barrat , Henry O'Neill , Robert McWade , Frank Conroy , Spencer Charters , Charles Wilson , Wade Boteler , Don Brodie , George Chandler , Arthur Hohl , Milton Kibbee , Leo White
- It Happened One Night with Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Walter Connolly , Roscoe Karns , Jameson Thomas , Alan Sr. Hale , Ernie S. Adams , Irving Bacon , Ward Bond , Harry C. Bradley , Charles D. Brown , Eddy Chandler , Wallis Clark , Joseph Crehan , Bess Flowers , Blanche Frederici , Kit Guard , Sherry Hall , Arthur Hoyt , Eddie Kane , Milton Kibbee , Claire McDowell , Hal Price , Tom Ricketts , Charles Wilson , Frank Yaconelli , George Breakston
- Dodge City with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Ann Sheridan , Bruce Cabot , Frank McHugh , Alan Sr. Hale , John Litel , Henry Travers , Henry O'Neill , Victor Jory , William Lundigan , Gloria Holden , Douglas Fowley , Charles Halton , Ward Bond , Russell Simpson , Monte Blue , Clem Bevans , Spencer Charters , Chester Clute , Joseph Crehan , Fred Graham , Thurston Hall , Robert Emmett Homans , Milton Kibbee , Wilfred Lucas , Pat O'Malley , Bud Osborne , Ralph Sanford , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Cora Witherspoon , George Guhl
- Arrowhead with Charlton Heston , Jack Palance , Katy Jurado , Brian Keith , Mary Sinclair , Milburn Stone , Frank DeKova , Robert J. Wilke , Bob Wilke
James Burke Trivia
Who did James Burke play in Down to Earth?
James Burke was Kelly in Down to Earth
What role did James Burke portray in Great Guy?
James Burke played Pat Haley in Great Guy
Who did James Burke play in Make a Million?
James Burke was Pete in Make a Million
Who did James Burke play in The Mystery Man?
James Burke was Marvin in The Mystery Man
Who did James Burke portray in Pot O' Gold?
James Burke was Lieutenant Grady in Pot O' Gold
Who did James Burke play in Lucky Me?
James Burke was Mahoney in Lucky Me
What role did James Burke portray in Copper Canyon?
James Burke played Jeb Bassett in Copper Canyon
Who did James Burke play in Nightmare Alley?
James Burke was Town Marshal in Nightmare Alley
What role did James Burke play in Cavalry Charge?
James Burke played Gregory in Cavalry Charge
What role did James Burke portray in The Maltese Falcon?
James Burke played Luke in The Maltese Falcon
Who did James Burke portray in The Dawn Patrol?
James Burke was Flaherty, the Motorcycle Driver in The Dawn Patrol
Who did James Burke play in Dead End?
James Burke was Mulligan in Dead End
Who did James Burke play in Anchors Aweigh?
James Burke was Studio Cop in Anchors Aweigh
Who did James Burke portray in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven?
James Burke was Cop in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven
Who did James Burke play in The Big Clock?
James Burke was O'Brien in The Big Clock
What role did James Burke play in You Can't Take It with You?
James Burke played Detective in You Can't Take It with You
Who did James Burke play in We're Not Married?
James Burke was Master Sgt. Nuckols in We're Not Married
What role did James Burke play in Twentieth Century?
James Burke played Chicago Detective in Twentieth Century
Who did James Burke portray in Treasure Island?
James Burke was George Merry in Treasure Island
Who did James Burke play in To the Last Man?
James Burke was Sheriff in To the Last Man
What role did James Burke portray in Take Me Out to the Ball Game?
James Burke played Policeman in Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Who did James Burke play in The Scarlet Empress?
James Burke was Guard in The Scarlet Empress
Who did James Burke portray in Lady Killer?
James Burke was Hand-out in Lady Killer
Who did James Burke portray in The Kennel Murder Case?
James Burke was Cop in The Kennel Murder Case
Who did James Burke portray in Dodge City?
James Burke was Cattle Auctioneer in Dodge City
