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James Burke

English
Filmography

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940
as Taxi Driver

Classified X

1998
as Self (archive footage)

The Dawn Patrol

1938
as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942
as Sgt. Velie

Dodge City

1939
as Cattle Auctioneer

The Affair of Susan

1935
as Hogan

Here Comes Cookie

1935
as Broken-Nose Reilly

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

1947
as Police Lt. Burke

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957
as Harrigan

Life Begins with Love

1937
as Darby McGraw

Joy of Living

1938
as Mac

The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936
as Corrigan

Champagne Waltz

1937
as Mr. Scribner

Reaching for the Sun

1941
as Norm

The Last Outpost

1951
as Stagecoach driver

The Mad Miss Manton

1938
as Sullivan

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950
as The Train Conductor

Men with Wings

1938
as J.A. Nolan

Rhythm on the Range

1936
as Wabash

Two Years Before the Mast

1946
as Carrick

The Timber Trail

1948
as Jed Baker

The Maltese Falcon

1941
as Luke

Orphans of the Street

1938
as Police Officer Lou Manning

The Mystery Man

1935
as Managing Editor Marvin

Re-Connections

2004
as Himself

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947
as Harry Weston

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

1942
as Sgt. Velie

Down to Earth

1947
as Detective Kelly

Song and Dance Man

1936
as Lt. Mike Boyle

Old Hutch

1936
as Bank Teller

A Night to Remember

1942
as Pat Murphy

Can This Be Dixie?

1936
as Sheriff N.B.F. Rider

Philo Vance's Gamble

1947
as Lt. Burke

At the Circus

1939
as John Carter

Within the Law

1939
as 'Red'

Case of the Missing Man

1935
as Police Sergeant Rorty

All of Me

1934
as Welfare Island Guard

Fast and Furious

1939
as Clancy

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941
as Sgt. Velie

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945
as Policeman

Denver and Rio Grande

1952
as Sheriff Ed Johnson

Laughing at Trouble

1936
as Sheriff Bill Norton

On Borrowed Time

1939
as Sheriff Burlingame

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939
as Pop Saunders

Dinky

1935
as Truck Driver

Double Alibi

1940
as Police Captain Orr

The Golden Fleecing

1940
as Sibley

How DOooo You Do

1945
as Detective

Call of the Wild

1935
as Ole

Lady by Choice

1934
as Brannigan

The Saint Strikes Back

1939
as Headquarters Police Officer

Sisters Under the Skin

1934
as Conroy

So Red the Rose

1935
as Major Rushton

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935
as Patrolman No.2

California

1947
as Pokey

Frisco Waterfront

1935
as Corrigan

The Unholy Wife

1957
as Sheriff Tom Watling

Great Guy

1936
as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley

Friends Of Mr. Sweeney

1934
as Policeman Arresting Wynn

High, Wide and Handsome

1937
as Stackpole

I Love a Bandleader

1945
as Charles Gibley

The Affairs of Annabel

1938
as Muldoon

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

1941
as Sgt. Velie

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

1942
as Police Sergeant Velie

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

1940
as Wilkie

Lone Star

1952
as Luther Kilgore

36 Hours to Kill

1936
as Doyle - Process Server

Beau Geste

1939
as Lieutenant Dufour

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935
as Jeff Tuttle

No Time for Comedy

1940
as Police Sergeant

The Girl in 419

1933
as Detective Jackson

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

1941
as Sgt. Velie

Pot o' Gold

1941
as Lt. Grady

Broadway Gondolier

1935
as Uncle Andy

Flight Into Nowhere

1938
as Ike Matthews

I'm from Missouri

1939
as Walt Bliss

Army Surgeon

1942
as Brooklyn

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

1940
as Sgt. Velle

Anchors Aweigh

1945
as Studio Cop

After the Dance

1935
as Police Lieutenant

Shamrock Hill

1949
as Michael Rogan

Dancing Feet

1936
as Phil Moore

It Happened in Flatbush

1942
as Umpire Shaunnessy

June Bride

1948
as Luke Potter

All Through the Night

1941
as Police Lt. Forbes

No Place for a Lady

1943
as Moriarity

Speed

1984
as Narrator (voice)

Sudden Money

1939
as McPherson

College Humor

1933
as Cromwell Dexter

Lucky Me

1954
as Mahoney

Raton Pass

1951
as Hank

Million Dollar Baby

1941
as Callahan

The Saint Takes Over

1940
as Patrolman Mike

Dead End

1937
as Police Officer Mulligan

Song of the Thin Man

1947
as Policeman Callahan

Alias Nick Beal

1949
as Bum

My Favorite Blonde

1942
as Union Secretary

Body and Soul

1947
as Arnold

The Perfect Specimen

1937
as Constable Snodgrass

Little Nellie Kelly

1940
as Sergeant McGowan

Copper Canyon

1950
as Jeb Bassett

Producer

Movie The Perfect Weapon 2016

Crew

Movie Beat Angel 2004
Movie Creatures of Light 2015