James Burke

Born: 1886 New York City, NY

Decades Active:
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1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Biography: 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

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• 07/07/2009 - Beau Geste
• 07/07/2009 - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
• 03/31/2009 - Ticket to a Crime
• 03/25/2008 - Lady Killer
• 08/07/2007 - Song of the Thin Man
• 05/22/2007 - Casanova Brown
• 04/10/2007 - Lucky Me
• 03/27/2007 - The Dawn Patrol
• 12/22/2006 - Make a Million
• 11/21/2006 - Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven