Birthday
1886/09/23
Day of death
1968/05/23 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Jim Burke, James Michael Burke
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 ...Read more
(1941) The Maltese Falcon
as Luke
(1948) The Big Clock
as O'Brien
(1957) Public Pigeon No. 1
as Harrigan
(1952) We're Not Married!
as Willie's Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939) At the Circus
as John Carter
(1933) Bombshell
as First Immigration Officer (uncredited)
(1954) Lucky Me
as Mahoney
(1935) Welcome Home
as Michael Shaughnessy
(1933) Lady Killer
as ---
(1937) Dead End
as Police Officer Mulligan
(1939) Beau Geste
as Lieutenant Dufour
(1942) All Through the Night
as Police Lt. Forbes
(1936) 36 Hours to Kill
as Doyle - Process Server
(1952) Toughest Man in Arizona
as ---
(1940) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Wilkie, house detective
(1945) The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1936) Great Guy
as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley
(1946) Bowery Bombshell
as Detective O'Malley
(1947) Body and Soul
as Arnold (uncredited)
(1938) The Dawn Patrol
as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver
(1934) Such Women Are Dangerous
as Detective
(1939) The Saint Strikes Back
as Headquarters Police Officer
(1942) A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Sgt. Velie
(1942) A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Sgt. Velie
(1941) Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Sgt. Velie
(1942) Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Police Sergeant Velie
(1941) Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Sgt. Velie
(1940) Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Sgt. Velle
(1941) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sgt. Velie
(1947) Philo Vance's Gamble
as Lt. Burke
(1934) Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
(1940) The Saint Takes Over
as Patrolman Mike
(1934) Little Miss Marker
as Detective Reardon (uncredited)
(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Patrolman
(1942) A Night to Remember
as Pat Murphy (uncredited)
(1941) Million Dollar Baby
as Callahan
(1942) My Favorite Blonde
as Union Secretary
(1934) Six of a Kind
as Detective (uncredited)
(1951) Warpath
as Oldtimer
(1951) The Last Outpost
as Stagecoach driver (uncredited)
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Sibley
(1933) College Humor
as Cromwell Dexter
(1939) The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Pop Saunders
(1951) Raton Pass
as Hank
(1934) The Scarlet Empress
as ---
(1935) Here Comes Cookie
as Broken-Nose Reilly
(1934) Ticket to a Crime
as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
(1935) Dinky
as Truck Driver
(1947) Easy Come, Easy Go
as Harry Weston
(1938) Men with Wings
as J.A. Nolan
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Chief Detective (uncredited)
(1935) So Red the Rose
as Major Rushton
(1948) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Cop (uncredited)
(1950) Let's Dance
as George (uncredited)
(1944) Casanova Brown
as O'Leary (uncredited)
(1939) On Borrowed Time
as Sheriff Burlingame
(1937) The Perfect Specimen
as Constable Snodgrass
(1945) Anchors Aweigh
as Studio Cop
(1946) Two Years Before the Mast
as Carrick
(1933) To the Last Man
as Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited)
(1938) Joy of Living
as Mac
(1948) June Bride
as Luke Potter
(1938) The Mad Miss Manton
as Sullivan
(1935) Call of the Wild
as Ole
(1949) Shamrock Hill
as Michael Rogan
(1935) Hot Money
as Police Sgt. Burke
(1935) The Affair of Susan
as Hogan
(1934) Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
(1937) High, Wide and Handsome
as Stackpole
(1935) The Mystery Man
as Managing Editor Marvin
(1952) Lone Star
as Luther Kilgore
(1934) Lady by Choice
as Brannigan
(1947) Down to Earth
as Detective Kelly
(1942) Army Surgeon
as Brooklyn
(1938) The Affairs of Annabel
as Muldoon
(1934) A Very Honorable Guy
as Sergeant
(1943) Dixie
as Riverboat Captain
(1935) Broadway Gondolier
as Uncle Andy
(1935) After the Dance
as Police Lieutenant
(1939) The Family Next Door
as Policeman
(1934) City Limits
as King, a Hobo
(1935) Music Is Magic
as Mickey (uncredited)
(1936) Dancing Feet
as Phil Moore
(1945) I Love a Bandleader
as Charles Gibley
(1936) Laughing at Trouble
as Bill Norton
(1933) Face in the Sky
as Cop (uncredited)
(1957) The Unholy Wife
as Sheriff Tom Watling
(1934) Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Policeman Arresting Wynn
(1939) Within the Law
as 'Red'
(1939) Dodge City
as Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1939) Fast and Furious
as Clancy
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Detective (uncredited)
(1936) Song and Dance Man
as Lt. Mike Boyle
(1935) Make a Million
as Pete
(1936) Klondike Annie
as ---
(1948) The Timber Trail
as Jed Baker
(1946) The Virginian
as Andy Jones (uncredited)
(1944) 3 Men in White
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1948) Beyond Glory
as Jim, the Bartender (uncredited)
(1952) Denver and Rio Grande
as Sheriff Ed Johnson
(1942) It Happened in Flatbush
as Umpire Shaunnessy
(1936) The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Corrigan
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Taxi Driver
(1945) Shady Lady
as Crane
(1947) The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
as Police Lt. Burke
(1933) Queen Christina
as Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
(1933) A Lady's Profession
as Mulroy
(1935) Coronado
as Slug Moran
(1938) Flight Into Nowhere
as Ike Matthews
(1940) Little Nellie Kelly
as Sergeant McGowan
(1940) No Time for Comedy
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1949) Red, Hot and Blue
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1940) The Way of All Flesh
as Frisco
(1937) Champagne Waltz
as Mr. Scribner
(1947) California
as Pokey
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bill, Intern Guard (uncredited)
(1934) Gambling Lady
as Detective Making Raid (uncredited)
(1936) Rhythm on the Range
as Wabash
(1933) The Girl in 419
as Detective Jackson
(1934) All of Me
as Welfare Island Guard (uncredited)
(1950) Copper Canyon
as Jeb Bassett
(1945) How DOooo You Do
as Detective
(1935) Ruggles of Red Gap
as Jeff Tuttle
(1938) Little Orphan Annie
as Mike Moriarty
(1940) Double Alibi
as Police Captain Orr
(1935) Frisco Waterfront
as Corrigan
(1939) Sudden Money
as McPherson
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) Life Begins with Love
as Darby McGraw
(1947) Song of the Thin Man
as Policeman Callahan (uncredited)
(1948) Night Wind
as Sheriff Hamilton
(1949) Alias Nick Beal
as Bum
(1934) Twentieth Century
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1943) No Place for a Lady
as Police Substation Chief Moriarty
(1941) Reaching for the Sun
as Norm
(1933) Torch Singer
as Taxi Driver
(1934) Wharf Angel
as Brooklyn Jack
(1933) The Kennel Murder Case
as Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited)
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Charlie (uncredited)
(1934) The Merry Frinks
as 3rd Expressman (uncredited)
(1943) Riding High
as Pete
(1941) Pot o' Gold
as Lt. Grady
(1940) Opened by Mistake
as Police Sergeant Wilkins
(1946) Young Widow
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
(1950) Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as The Train Conductor
(1935) Case of the Missing Man
as Police Sergeant Rorty
(1947) Nightmare Alley
as Rural Marshal (uncredited)
(1936) Can This Be Dixie?
as Sheriff N.B.F. Rider
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1936) Forgotten Faces
as Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend
(1935) Mississippi
as Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Man Hauling Rifles and Bullets
(1951) His Kind of Woman
as Barkeeper in Nogales (uncredited)
(1955) Cheyenne
as Buckshot
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Horse Handler (uncredited)
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mr. Watson
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1952) My Little Margie
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff John Tatum
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Policeman
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff M. Comstock
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Blore