James Burke

Q: Has James Burke won any awards?

James Burke has received several accolades for his documentary work, including nominations for Emmy Awards. His contributions to educational programming have been particularly celebrated.

Q: What was James Burke's first film?

James Burke's first notable film appearance was in a small role in a television movie in the late 1980s, but he gained prominence with his documentary series in the 1990s.

Q: What character traits define James Burke's acting style?

James Burke's acting style is characterized by a strong narrative focus and an engaging delivery. He often brings an intellectual depth to his roles, especially in documentary formats.

Q: How did James Burke start his acting career?

James Burke began his career in theatre, performing in various productions before transitioning to television and film, where he found success in documentary storytelling.

Q: What is James Burke's estimated net worth?

James Burke's estimated net worth is approximately $5 million, reflecting his work in television, film, and documentaries over the years.

Q: What are some of James Burke's career highlights?

Career highlights for James Burke include his acclaimed documentary series 'Connections' and its recent revival. His ability to make complex topics accessible has made him a respected figure in educational media.

Q: Is James Burke involved in any current projects?

James Burke is currently involved in producing and hosting new episodes of 'Connections with James Burke', continuing to explore historical and scientific themes.

Known for

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

IMDb 8 / 10

1941 / Crime, Drama / 100mins

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

Name

James Burke

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

1 January 1970, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Jane Doe (1995–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly known

Parents

John Burke, Mary Burke

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
1975	Movie Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1960	TV Stagecoach West Stagecoach West is an American Western drama television series which ran for thirty-eight episodes on the ABC network from October...	Zeke Bonner	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1960	TV Stagecoach West Stagecoach West is an American Western drama television series which ran for thirty-eight episodes on the ABC network from October...	James Burke	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1959	TV The DuPont Show with June Allyson The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959...	Policeman	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1959	Movie Alias Jesse James Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the...	Charlie (uncredited)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1958	TV Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	TV Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It...	Sheriff Blore	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1958	TV Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It...	Sheriff M. Comstock	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1958	TV Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It...	Sheriff John Tatum	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1957	TV The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served...	Horse Handler (uncredited)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1957	TV Trackdown Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1957	Movie The Unholy Wife A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run...	Sheriff Tom Watling	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1957	Movie Public Pigeon No. 1 Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.	Harrigan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1955	TV The 20th Century Fox Hour The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1955	TV Cheyenne Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted...	Buckshot	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1954	TV Lassie Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1954	Movie Lucky Me Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical...	Mahoney	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1952	Movie Lone Star Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a...	Luther Kilgore	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1952	Movie Toughest Man in Arizona Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	Movie We're Not Married! A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five...	Willie's Sergeant (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1952	TV My Little Margie My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1952	Movie Denver and Rio Grande Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a...	Sheriff Ed Johnson	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1951	Movie Warpath John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He finds one,...	Oldtimer	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1951	TV I Love Lucy Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly...	Mr. Watson	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1951	Movie Here Comes the Groom Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.	O'Neill, Policeman	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1951	Movie His Kind of Woman Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled...	Barkeeper in Nogales (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1951	Movie Raton Pass Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a...	Hank	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1951	Movie The Last Outpost The cavalry defend a small town from indians.	Stagecoach driver (uncredited)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1950	Movie Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.	The Train Conductor	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1950	Movie Let's Dance Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy...	George (uncredited)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1950	Movie Copper Canyon A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask...	Jeb Bassett	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1949	Movie Red, Hot and Blue In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.	Doorman (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1949	Movie Alias Nick Beal After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local...	Bum	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1949	Movie Shamrock Hill A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to...	Michael Rogan	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1948	Movie June Bride A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.	Luke Potter	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1948	Movie Night Wind A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking...	Sheriff Hamilton	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1948	Movie Beyond Glory Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She...	Jim, the Bartender (uncredited)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1948	Movie Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his...	Cop (uncredited)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1948	Movie The Timber Trail Monte Hale is a stagecoach driver for Jed Baker's stage-line. Jed believes his brother, Ralph, is behind the many hold-ups...	Jed Baker	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1948	Movie The Big Clock George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a...	O'Brien	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1947	Movie Body and Soul Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded...	Arnold (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1947	Movie Nightmare Alley A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic...	Rural Marshal (uncredited)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1947	Movie Song of the Thin Man Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.	Policeman Callahan (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1947	Movie The Gas House Kids in Hollywood The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.	Police Lt. Burke	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1947	Movie Down to Earth Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a...	Detective Kelly	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1947	Movie Philo Vance's Gamble Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald...	Lt. Burke	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1947	Movie Easy Come, Easy Go Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.	Harry Weston	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1947	Movie California "Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the...	Pokey	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1946	Movie Two Years Before the Mast In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one...	Carrick	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1946	Movie Bowery Bombshell Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous...	Detective O'Malley	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1946	Movie The Virginian Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on...	Andy Jones (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1946	Movie Young Widow A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.	Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1945	Movie How DOooo You Do Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.	Detective	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1945	Movie I Love a Bandleader A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy...	Charles Gibley	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1945	Movie Shady Lady A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.	Crane	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1945	Movie Anchors Aweigh Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs...	Studio Cop	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1945	Movie The Horn Blows at Midnight A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to...	Policeman (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1944	Movie Casanova Brown Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he...	O'Leary (uncredited)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1944	Movie 3 Men in White Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So,...	First Policeman (uncredited)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1943	Movie Riding High No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a...	Pete	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1943	Movie Thank Your Lucky Stars An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.	Bill, Intern Guard (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1943	Movie Dixie A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in...	Riverboat Captain (uncredited)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1943	Movie No Place for a Lady A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in...	Police Substation Chief Moriarty	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1942	Movie A Night to Remember A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery...	Pat Murphy (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1942	Movie Army Surgeon Drama about military doctors and nurses during wartime.	Brooklyn	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1942	Movie Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize of industrial diamonds.	Police Sergeant Velie	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1942	Movie It Happened in Flatbush A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager...	Umpire Shaunnessy	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1942	Movie A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and...	Sgt. Velie	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1942	Movie My Favorite Blonde Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent...	Union Secretary	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1942	Movie A Close Call for Ellery Queen Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.	Sgt. Velie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1942	Movie All Through the Night Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.	Police Lt. Forbes	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1941	Movie Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause...	Sgt. Velie	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1941	Movie The Maltese Falcon A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest...	Luke	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1941	Movie Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company...	Sgt. Velie	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1941	Movie Million Dollar Baby A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.	Callahan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1941	Movie Reaching for the Sun Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto...	Norm	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1941	Movie Pot o' Gold Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory....	Lt. Grady	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1941	Movie Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery Ventriloquist and world traveler Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector...	Sgt. Velie	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1940	Movie Ellery Queen, Master Detective Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors...	Sgt. Velle	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1940	Movie Little Nellie Kelly Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the...	Sergeant McGowan	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1940	Movie No Time for Comedy An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1940	Movie The Golden Fleecing A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.	Sibley	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1940	Movie The Way of All Flesh Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the...	Frisco	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1940	Movie The Saint Takes Over The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon...	Patrolman Mike	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1940	Movie Buck Benny Rides Again Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival...	Taxi Driver	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1940	Movie Opened by Mistake A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.	Police Sergeant Wilkins	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1940	Movie Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to...	Wilkie, house detective	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1940	Movie Double Alibi A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.	Police Captain Orr	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1939	Movie The Cisco Kid and the Lady An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and...	Pop Saunders	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1939	Movie At the Circus Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal...	John Carter	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1939	Movie Fast and Furious Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a...	Clancy	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1939	Movie Beau Geste Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff....	Lieutenant Dufour	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1939	Movie On Borrowed Time Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable....	Sheriff Burlingame	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1939	Movie Dodge City In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a...	Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1939	Movie I'm from Missouri Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying...	Walt Bliss	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1939	Movie Sudden Money Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win...	McPherson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1939	Movie The Family Next Door Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming...	Policeman	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1939	Movie Within the Law Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her...	'Red'	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1939	Movie The Saint Strikes Back Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father...	Headquarters Police Officer	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1938	Movie The Dawn Patrol In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in...	Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1938	Movie Little Orphan Annie Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film...	Mike Moriarty	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1938	Movie The Mad Miss Manton When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until...	Sullivan	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1938	Movie The Affairs of Annabel Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star...	Muldoon	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1938	Movie You Can't Take It with You Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy...	Chief Detective (uncredited)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1938	Movie Men with Wings Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take...	J.A. Nolan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1938	Movie Joy of Living Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the...	Mac	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1938	Movie Flight Into Nowhere When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing fields in uncharted Latin American...	Ike Matthews	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1937	Movie The Perfect Specimen Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following...	Constable Snodgrass	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1937	Movie Life Begins with Love A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy,...	Darby McGraw	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1937	Movie Dead End The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day...	Mulligan	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1937	Movie High, Wide and Handsome The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their...	Stackpole	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1937	Movie Champagne Waltz In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace,...	Mr. Scribner	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1936	Movie Laughing at Trouble A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher...	Bill Norton	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1936	Movie Great Guy A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to...	Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1936	Movie Can This Be Dixie? A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.	Sheriff N.B.F. Rider	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1936	Movie 36 Hours to Kill Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake...	Doyle - Process Server	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1936	Movie Rhythm on the Range Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond,...	Wabash	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1936	Movie Forgotten Faces Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One...	Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1936	Movie Song and Dance Man Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of...	Lt. Mike Boyle	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1936	Movie Klondike Annie Singer Rose Carlton, otherwise known as 'The San Francisco Doll', accidentally kills her controlling boyfriend when he tries to prevent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1936	Movie The Leathernecks Have Landed Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead...	Corrigan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1936	Movie Dancing Feet Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given...	Phil Moore	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1935	Movie So Red the Rose During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she...	Major Rushton	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1935	Movie Frisco Waterfront As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring...	Corrigan	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1935	Movie Coronado Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the...	Slug Moran	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1935	Movie Hot Money A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.	Police Sgt. Burke	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1935	Movie Music Is Magic An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the...	Mickey (uncredited)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1935	Movie The Case of the Missing Man After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job and takes up free-lancing as a...	Police Sergeant Rorty	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1935	Movie The Affair of Susan Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.	Hogan	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1935	Movie Here Comes Cookie A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her...	Broken-Nose Reilly	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1935	Movie Call of the Wild Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields....	Ole	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1935	Movie Welcome Home A con artist attends a reunion in his hometown and discovers that his former classmates are trying to trick an...	Michael Shaughnessy	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1935	Movie Man on the Flying Trapeze Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.	Patrolman	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1935	Movie Broadway Gondolier A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.	Uncle Andy	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1935	Movie Make a Million A college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice,...	Pete	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1935	Movie The Farmer Takes a Wife A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on...	Man Hauling Rifles and Bullets	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1935	Movie After the Dance Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf...	Police Lieutenant	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1935	Movie Dinky A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison...	Truck Driver	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1935	Movie Mississippi A young pacifist, after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat...	Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1935	Movie Ruggles of Red Gap In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and...	Jeff Tuttle	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1935	Movie The Mystery Man Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up...	Managing Editor Marvin	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1934	Movie Ticket to a Crime After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while...	Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1934	Movie Love Time Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young...	Emperor Francis I	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1934	Movie Lady by Choice To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.	Brannigan	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1934	Movie Treasure Island In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with...	Pirate of the Spanish Main	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1934	Movie Friends of Mr. Sweeney Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to...	Policeman Arresting Wynn	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1934	Movie Such Women Are Dangerous An aspiring young writer becomes infatuated with a successful romance novelist, who realizes his life as a philandering Lothario is...	Detective	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1934	Movie Little Miss Marker Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for...	Detective Reardon (uncredited)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1934	Movie The Merry Frinks An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.	3rd Expressman (uncredited)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1934	Movie Twentieth Century A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.	Sheriff (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1934	Movie The Scarlet Empress During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1934	Movie Sadie McKee A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1934	Movie A Very Honorable Guy Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides...	Sergeant	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1934	Movie Sisters Under the Skin Wealthy, aging millionaire John Hunter Yates (Frank Morgan) seeks to recapture his youth by pursuing a young actress, Blossom Bailey...	Conroy	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1934	Movie City Limits The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical...	King, a Hobo	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1934	Movie Wharf Angel On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como...	Brooklyn Jack	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1934	Movie Gambling Lady A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow...	Detective Making Raid (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1934	Movie It Happened One Night A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with...	Detective (uncredited)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1934	Movie Queen Christina Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for...	Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1934	Movie Six of a Kind The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in...	Detective (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1934	Movie All of Me A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand...	Welfare Island Guard (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1933	Movie Lady Killer An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.	Panhandler (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1933	Movie The Kennel Murder Case Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken...	Policeman Who Lets Dog Out (uncredited)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1933	Movie Bombshell A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.	First Immigration Officer (uncredited)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1933	Movie The Bowery "In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown...	Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1933	Movie To the Last Man In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15...	Kentucky Sheriff (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1933	Movie Torch Singer When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career...	Taxi Driver	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1933	Movie College Humor A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.	Cromwell Dexter	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1933	Movie The Girl in 419 A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.	Detective Jackson	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1933	Movie A Lady's Profession A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.	Mulroy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1933	Movie Face in the Sky Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge,...	Cop (uncredited)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1932	Movie The Hollywood Handicap 1930s Thalians Club comedy.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 / TMDB 6.3

Alias Jesse James

1959 / TMDB 6.0

The Unholy Wife

1957 / TMDB 4.7

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957 / TMDB 6.3

Lucky Me

1954 / TMDB 6.8

Lone Star

1952 / TMDB 5.7

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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