James Burke
Actor, Film actor
1886 – 1968
Who was James Burke?
James Burke was an American 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 appeared in The Maltese Falcon, At the Circus, Lone Star, and many others.
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.
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- Born
- Sep 24, 1886
New York City - Also known as
- Jim Burke
- Spouses
- Eleanor Durkin
( - 1957/09/23)
- Eleanor Durkin
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- May 23, 1968
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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