James Burke

James Burke

1886-09-23 New York City, New York, USA 156 Credits

Biography

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 ...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

1959

as Charlie (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent t...

The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife

1957

as Sheriff Tom Watling

4.6
Acting

A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accident...

Public Pigeon No. 1

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957

as Harrigan

6.0
Acting

Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.

Lucky Me

Lucky Me

1954

as Mahoney

6.7
Acting

Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...

Lone Star

Lone Star

1952

as Luther Kilgore

5.6
Acting

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam ...

Toughest Man in Arizona

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

Acting

Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring ...

We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952

as Willie's Sergeant (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally m...

Denver and Rio Grande

Denver and Rio Grande

1952

as Sheriff Ed Johnson

5.5
Acting

Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sab...

Warpath

Warpath

1951

as Oldtimer

5.8
Acting

John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He finds one, Woodson, and kills him in a gunfight, but ...

Here Comes the Groom

Here Comes the Groom

1951

as O'Neill, Policeman

5.2
Acting

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman

1951

as Barkeeper in Nogales (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resor...

Raton Pass

Raton Pass

1951

as Hank

4.8
Acting

Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and wife,...

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost

1951

as Stagecoach driver (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

The cavalry defend a small town from indians.

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950

as The Train Conductor

6.0
Acting

Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

1950

as George (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and joble...

Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

1950

as Jeb Bassett

5.3
Acting

A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny...

Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue

1949

as Doorman (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

Alias Nick Beal

Alias Nick Beal

1949

as Bum

6.9
Acting

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking ...

Shamrock Hill

Shamrock Hill

1949

as Michael Rogan

1.0
Acting

A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to stop it from having a television station built on i...

June Bride

June Bride

1948

as Luke Potter

7.2
Acting

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.

Night Wind

Night Wind

1948

as Sheriff Hamilton

Acting

A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.

Beyond Glory

Beyond Glory

1948

as Jim, the Bartender (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls f...

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

as Cop (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and ...

The Timber Trail

The Timber Trail

1948

as Jed Baker

Acting

Monte Hale is a stagecoach driver for Jed Baker's stage-line. Jed believes his brother, Ralph, is behind the many hold-ups of his stagecoaches but has...

The Big Clock

The Big Clock

1948

as O'Brien

7.3
Acting

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned b...

Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1947

as Arnold (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, in...

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947

as Rural Marshal (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoho...

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

as Policeman Callahan (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

1947

as Police Lt. Burke

6.0
Acting

The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947

as Detective Kelly

5.8
Acting

Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a part in the show and change it.

Philo Vance's Gamble

Philo Vance's Gamble

1947

as Lt. Burke

5.7
Acting

Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggl...

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

as Harry Weston

Acting

Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

California

California

1947

as Pokey

6.5
Acting

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Jo...

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

as Carrick

6.2
Acting

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ship...

Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Bombshell

1946

as Detective O'Malley

6.0
Acting

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidate...

The Virginian

The Virginian

1946

as Andy Jones (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...

Young Widow

Young Widow

1946

as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)

4.8
Acting

A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.

How DOooo You Do

How DOooo You Do

1945

as Detective

Acting

Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.

I Love a Bandleader

I Love a Bandleader

1945

as Charles Gibley

Acting

A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.

Shady Lady

Shady Lady

1945

as Crane

5.8
Acting

A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Studio Cop

6.8
Acting

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

as Policeman (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactl...

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown

1944

as O'Leary (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, C...

3 Men in White

3 Men in White

1944

as First Policeman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competi...

Riding High

Riding High

1943

as Pete

4.5
Acting

No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and...

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Bill, Intern Guard (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Dixie

Dixie

1943

as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music ...

No Place for a Lady

No Place for a Lady

1943

as Police Substation Chief Moriarty

6.0
Acting

A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only it...

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

1942

as Pat Murphy (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to creat...

Army Surgeon

Army Surgeon

1942

as Brooklyn

5.8
Acting

Drama about military doctors and nurses during wartime.

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

1942

as Police Sergeant Velie

5.5
Acting

Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize of industrial diamonds.

It Happened in Flatbush

It Happened in Flatbush

1942

as Umpire Shaunnessy

4.8
Acting

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

1942

as Sgt. Velie

5.7
Acting

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

My Favorite Blonde

My Favorite Blonde

1942

as Union Secretary

6.4
Acting

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded...

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942

as Sgt. Velie

5.2
Acting

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942

as Police Lt. Forbes

7.0
Acting

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941

as Sgt. Velie

5.7
Acting

The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by ...

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941

as Luke

7.7
Acting

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

1941

as Sgt. Velie

5.8
Acting

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to...

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby

1941

as Callahan

6.0
Acting

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun

1941

as Norm

6.0
Acting

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

Pot o' Gold

Pot o' Gold

1941

as Lt. Grady

5.5
Acting

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family ...

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

1941

as Sgt. Velie

5.3
Acting

Ventriloquist and world traveler Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen asks his son,...

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

1940

as Sgt. Velle

5.7
Acting

Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.

Little Nellie Kelly

Little Nellie Kelly

1940

as Sergeant McGowan

6.7
Acting

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway...

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as Sibley

5.3
Acting

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

1940

as Frisco

4.0
Acting

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver so...

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over

1940

as Patrolman Mike

6.3
Acting

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the...

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

as Taxi Driver

Acting

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing ...

Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

1940

as Police Sergeant Wilkins

Acting

A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

1940

as Wilkie, house detective

6.7
Acting

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a ...

Double Alibi

Double Alibi

1940

as Police Captain Orr

4.5
Acting

A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939

as Pop Saunders

4.9
Acting

An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.

At the Circus

At the Circus

1939

as John Carter

6.3
Acting

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...

Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious

1939

as Clancy

5.1
Acting

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, ...

Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939

as Lieutenant Dufour

7.0
Acting

When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in t...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

1939

as Sheriff Burlingame

7.5
Acting

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future...

Dodge City

Dodge City

1939

as Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

I'm from Missouri

I'm from Missouri

1939

as Walt Bliss

Acting

Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to bu...

Sudden Money

Sudden Money

1939

as McPherson

5.0
Acting

Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $15...

The Family Next Door

The Family Next Door

1939

as Policeman

5.2
Acting

Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her sm...

Within the Law

Within the Law

1939

as 'Red'

6.0
Acting

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful wa...

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

1939

as Headquarters Police Officer

5.6
Acting

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after b...

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1938

as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver

6.8
Acting

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty r...

Little Orphan Annie

1938

as Mike Moriarty

Acting

Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a...

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

as Sullivan

6.4
Acting

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves t...

The Affairs of Annabel

The Affairs of Annabel

1938

as Muldoon

4.0
Acting

Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for pu...

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

1938

as Chief Detective (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...

Men with Wings

Men with Wings

1938

as J.A. Nolan

5.0
Acting

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. ...

Joy of Living

Joy of Living

1938

as Mac

5.7
Acting

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic...

Flight Into Nowhere

Flight Into Nowhere

1938

as Ike Matthews

4.0
Acting

When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing fields in uncharted Latin American country, he en...

The Perfect Specimen

The Perfect Specimen

1937

as Constable Snodgrass

5.7
Acting

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wish...

Life Begins with Love

Life Begins with Love

1937

as Darby McGraw

5.0
Acting

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He d...

Dead End

Dead End

1937

as Police Officer Mulligan

7.0
Acting

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his...

High, Wide and Handsome

High, Wide and Handsome

1937

as Stackpole

6.3
Acting

The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when the...

Champagne Waltz

Champagne Waltz

1937

as Mr. Scribner

Acting

In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss a...

Laughing at Trouble

Laughing at Trouble

1936

as Bill Norton

6.0
Acting

A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the re...

Great Guy

Great Guy

1936

as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley

6.2
Acting

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?

1936

as Sheriff N.B.F. Rider

Acting

A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.

36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill

1936

as Doyle - Process Server

5.3
Acting

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 i...

Rhythm on the Range

Rhythm on the Range

1936

as Wabash

4.0
Acting

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner o...

Forgotten Faces

Forgotten Faces

1936

as Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend

Acting

Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One day, Harry catches his wife, Cleo...

Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man

1936

as Lt. Mike Boyle

Acting

Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.

Klondike Annie

Klondike Annie

1936

6.4
Acting

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

The Leathernecks Have Landed

The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936

as Corrigan

5.0
Acting

Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead "Woody" Da...

Dancing Feet

Dancing Feet

1936

as Phil Moore

5.2
Acting

Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfath...

So Red the Rose

So Red the Rose

1935

as Major Rushton

6.5
Acting

During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a wido...

Frisco Waterfront

Frisco Waterfront

1935

as Corrigan

Acting

As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponen...

Coronado

Coronado

1935

as Slug Moran

3.0
Acting

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San...

Hot Money

1935

as Police Sgt. Burke

Acting

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Music Is Magic

Music Is Magic

1935

as Mickey (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.

Case of the Missing Man

Case of the Missing Man

1935

as Police Sergeant Rorty

Acting

After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job and takes up free-lancing as a street-photographer f...

The Affair of Susan

The Affair of Susan

1935

as Hogan

Acting

Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.

Here Comes Cookie

Here Comes Cookie

1935

as Broken-Nose Reilly

7.3
Acting

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to ...

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

1935

as Michael Shaughnessy

Acting

A con artist attends a reunion in his hometown and discovers that his former classmates are trying to trick an old millionaire into returning to build...

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

1935

as Ole

6.3
Acting

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck...

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935

as Patrolman

5.9
Acting

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier

1935

as Uncle Andy

5.4
Acting

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

Make a Million

Make a Million

1935

as Pete

5.7
Acting

A college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice, he finds that they a...

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

as Man Hauling Rifles and Bullets

6.1
Acting

A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.

After the Dance

After the Dance

1935

as Police Lieutenant

6.0
Acting

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis...

Dinky

Dinky

1935

as Truck Driver

6.7
Acting

A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.

Mississippi

Mississippi

1935

as Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, ac...

Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

as Jeff Tuttle

7.1
Acting

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a...

The Mystery Man

The Mystery Man

1935

as Managing Editor Marvin

5.4
Acting

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Lou...

Ticket to a Crime

Ticket to a Crime

1934

as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis

4.0
Acting

After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the p...

Love Time

Love Time

1934

as Emperor Francis I

Acting

Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him t...

Lady by Choice

Lady by Choice

1934

as Brannigan

6.3
Acting

To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1934

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

6.5
Acting

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

as Policeman Arresting Wynn

6.0
Acting

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten dow...

Such Women Are Dangerous

Such Women Are Dangerous

1934

as Detective

Acting

An aspiring young writer becomes infatuated with a successful romance novelist, who realizes his life as a philandering Lothario is suddenly threatene...

Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1934

as Detective Reardon (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especia...

The Merry Frinks

The Merry Frinks

1934

as 3rd Expressman (uncredited)

3.7
Acting

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

1934

as Sheriff (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934

6.9
Acting

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Gran...

Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

1934

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

A Very Honorable Guy

A Very Honorable Guy

1934

as Sergeant

2.0
Acting

Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to se...

City Limits

City Limits

1934

as King, a Hobo

4.0
Acting

The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical problems, meets up ...

Wharf Angel

Wharf Angel

1934

as Brooklyn Jack

3.7
Acting

On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides ...

Gambling Lady

Gambling Lady

1934

as Detective Making Raid (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

1934

as Detective (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them be...

Six of a Kind

Six of a Kind

1934

as Detective (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand ...

All of Me

All of Me

1934

as Welfare Island Guard (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.

Queen Christina

Queen Christina

1933

as Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Lady Killer

Lady Killer

1933

6.8
Acting

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

The Kennel Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case

1933

as Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broke...

Bombshell

Bombshell

1933

as First Immigration Officer (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

To the Last Man

To the Last Man

1933

as Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Neva...

Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933

as Taxi Driver

5.2
Acting

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, ...

College Humor

College Humor

1933

as Cromwell Dexter

5.6
Acting

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.

The Girl in 419

The Girl in 419

1933

as Detective Jackson

4.3
Acting

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.

A Lady's Profession

A Lady's Profession

1933

as Mulroy

Acting

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

Face in the Sky

Face in the Sky

1933

as Cop (uncredited)

4.5
Acting

Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her f...

The Hollywood Handicap

1932

Acting

1930s Thalians Club comedy.