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Joseph Burke (II) (1884–1950)

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Songwriter ("Tip Toe Through the Tulips", "Moon Over Miami", "Rambling Rose"), actor, composer and pianist, educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He then joined the staff of a New York publishing firm, and in 1929 he went to Hollywood. Joining ASCAP in 1920, he collaborated musically with Al Dubin... See full bio »

Born:

Joseph A. Burke
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 66) in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

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2010 Wrecked (music: "Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me" / as Joseph A. Burke / lyrics: "Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me" / as Joseph A. Burke)
 
2010/I Insidious (writer: "Tiptoe Through The Tulips")
 
2009 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.26 (2009) (writer: "Yearning" - uncredited)
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club (writer: "Getting Some Fun Out of Life")
 
2006 Free Jimmy (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" / as Joe Burke)
 
2000 Autumn in New York (writer: "Getting Some Fun Out of Life")
 
1998 Free Enterprise (writer: " Getting Some Fun Out of Life" / as Joe Burke)
 
1990-1991 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
– Viewer Mail Day (1991) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
– The Wide World of Elmyra (1990) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
– Fields of Honey (1990) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1990 Q & A (writer: "TIP-TOE THRU' THE TULIPS WITH ME")
 
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV movie) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1985 Dreamchild (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1983 Phar Lap (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1981 Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1981 Death Hunt (music: "For You" / as Joe Burke)
 
1980 Mr. Patman (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV mini-series)
– Painting the Clouds (1978) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited, "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
– Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited, "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1977 Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (TV special) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1976 ABC's Saturday Sneak Peek (TV movie) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1974 Dad's Army (TV series)
– Gorilla Warfare (1974) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1974 The Best of Benny Hill (writer: "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" - uncredited, "Painting The Clouds With Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1971 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
– Cinema: The Vintage Years (1971) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me")
 
1968 Public Eye (TV series)
– The Bromsgrove Venus (1968) (writer: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips")
 
1967 Fiesta Fiasco (short) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 9 March 1967 (1967) (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1965 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 May 1965 (1965) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1963 Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me")
 
1961 A Scent of the Matterhorn (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1961 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
– Episode #6.31 (1961) (music: "Carolina Moon" - uncredited)
 
1961 Strangled Eggs (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1960 Who Scent You? (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz")
 
1959 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
– Rick Gets Even (1959) (writer: "For You")
 
1959 The Young Philadelphians (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1958 Auntie Mame (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1957) (writer: "For You")
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1957 Birds Anonymous (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1957 Bedevilled Rabbit (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1956 So You Want to Be Pretty (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1954 Where's Raymond? (TV series)
– Redecorate the Coffeshop (1954) (music: "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" - uncredited)
 
1954 The Liberace Show (TV series)
– Great Personalities (1954) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1953 So This Is Love (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1953 She's Back on Broadway (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1952 A Bird in a Guilty Cage (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1952 She's Working Her Way Through College (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1951 Starlift (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited, "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1950 The Glass Menagerie (music: "For You" - uncredited, "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1950 Panic in the Streets (writer: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1950 So You Want to Throw a Party (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1947 Trail to San Antone (music: "By the River of the Roses")
 
1945 Confidential Agent (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1945 No Buddy Atoll (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited)
 
1945 Christmas in Connecticut (music: "For You")
 
1943 Mission to Moscow (music: "For You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1943 The Hard Way (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited, "For You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (writer: "We Must Be Vigilant")
 
1942 Nutty News (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1941 Moon Over Miami (music: "Moon Over Miami" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1941 A Coy Decoy (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1941 A Shot in the Dark (music: "For You" 1930)
 
1941 Knockout (music: "Many Happy Returns of the Day" - uncredited)
 
1940/II She Couldn't Say No (music: "Watching My Dreams Go By" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1940 Calling All Husbands (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1940 Carolina Moon (music: "Carolina Moon" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1940 King of the Lumberjacks (music: "For You" 1930)
 
1939 Screwball Football (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1939 Kid Nightingale (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties (music: "Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1939 Land of the Midnight Fun (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1938 Cinderella Meets Fella (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1938 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1938 A Slight Case of Murder (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1937 Bars and Stripes (short) (music: "Midnight Blue")
 
1937 Kick Me Again (short) (music: "My Jean" - uncredited)
 
1936 Leon Navara and Orchestra (short) (music: "On Treasure Island" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Backyard Broadcast (short) (music: "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" - uncredited)
 
1936 Carl Hoff and His Orchestra (short) (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Hostess (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Passing of the Third Floor Back (writer: "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" - uncredited)
 
1935 Man of the Moment (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1935 Stormy Weather (writer: "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1935 Watch the Birdie (short) (music: "Moonlight for Two" - uncredited)
 
1935 Show Kids (short) (music: "How Can You Say No When All the World Is Saying Yes?" - uncredited)
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (music: "Moonlight Waltz")
 
1934 Here Comes the Navy (music: "The Kiss Waltz" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1934 Midnight Alibi (music: "Summer Is Over" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts (music: "Carolina Moon" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1934 Palooka (music: "Palooka, It's a Grand Old Name" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 Lady Killer (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1933 Female (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1933 Bosko the Musketeer (short) (music: "Crosby, Columbo and Vallee")
 
1933 Picture Snatcher (music: "For You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Moonlight for Two (short) (music: "Moonlight for Two" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 Blessed Event (music: "How Can You Say No When All the World Is Saying Yes?" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 Three on a Match (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Bosko the Lumberjack (short) (music: "How Can You Say No When All the World Is Saying Yes?" - uncredited)
 
1932 Crooner (music: "I Send My Love with These Roses" - uncredited)
 
1932 Bosko's Store (short) (music: "How Can You Say No When All the World Is Saying Yes?" - uncredited)
 
1932 The Queen Was in the Parlor (short) (music: "For You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Bosko and Bruno (short) (music: "Moonlight for Two")
 
1932 Man Wanted (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Billboard Girl (short) (music: "For You" - uncredited)
 
1932 Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (short) (music: "Crosby, Columbo and Vallee", "Many Happy Returns of the Day", "This Is My Love Song")
 
1932 Play-Girl (music: "This Is My Love Song" - uncredited)
 
1932 Pagan Moon (short) (music: "Pagan Moon" - uncredited)
 
1932 Union Depot (music: "The Kiss Waltz" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1931 Safe in Hell (music: "Pagan Moon" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1931 Peach-O-Reno (music: "Carolina Moon" 1928 - uncredited, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1931 Bosko's Fox Hunt (short) (music: "Many Happy Returns of the Day" - uncredited)
 
1931 The Tree's Knees (short) (writer: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes")
 
1931 A Holy Terror (music: "FOR YOU")
 
1931 Three Who Loved (writer: "Who Wouldn't Love You" - uncredited)
 
1931 Sweepstakes (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1931 Dumb Patrol (short) (music: "When Love Comes in the Moonlight" - uncredited)
 
1931 Ain't Nature Grand! (short) (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1931 Big Man from the North (short) (music: "Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark" - uncredited)
 
1931 Other Men's Women (music: "The Kiss Waltz" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (short) (music: "In Memory of You" 1930 - uncredited / as Joe Burke / music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1930 Top Speed (music: "As Long as I Have You" 1930 - uncredited, "If You Were a Traveling Salesman and I Were a Chambermaid" 1930 - uncredited, "Knock Knees" 1930 - uncredited, "Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Dancing Sweeties (music: "The Kiss Waltz" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Envy (short) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1930 One Good Turn (short) ("The Kiss Waltz")
 
1930 Box Car Blues (short) (music: "Highway to Heaven" - uncredited)
 
1930 Going Wild (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1930 College Lovers (music: "The Kiss Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1930 Roseland (short) (music: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1930 Big Boy (music: "What Will I Do Without You?" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1930 Congo Jazz (short) (music: "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You")
 
1930 Oh, Sailor Behave (music: "Leave a Little Smile" - uncredited, "When Love Comes in the Moonlight" - uncredited, "Highway to Heaven" - uncredited)
 
1930 Sweethearts on Parade (writer: "Yearning Just for You")
 
1930 The South Sea Pearl (short) (writer: "Pingo Pongo")
 
1930 Sinkin' in the Bathtub (short) (music: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited, "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1930 Hold Everything (music: "Sing A Little Theme Song", "When The Little Red Roses Get the Blues For You", "Isn't This A Cock-Eyed World?" / as Joe Burke)
 
1930 She Couldn't Say No (music: "Bouncing the Baby Around", "A Darn Fool Woman Like Me", "Ping Pongo", "The Poison Kiss of That Spaniard", "Watching My Dreams Go By")
 
1930 Lilies of the Field (music: "Song of the Gold Diggers" - uncredited)
 
1929 The Show of Shows (music: "Ping Pongo" 1929 - uncredited, "If Your Best Friend Won't Tell You" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Sally (music: "If I'm Dreaming Don't Wake Me Too Soon" 1929 - uncredited, "All I Want to Do Do Do Is Dance" 1929 - uncredited, "After Busines Hours" 1929 - uncredited, "Walking Off Those Balkan Blues" 1929 - uncredited, "What Will I Do Without You" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Faint Heart (short) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1929 Little Johnny Jones (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1929 Applause (music: "Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin'")
 
1929 In the Headlines (music: "Love Will Find A Way")
 
1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway (music: "And Still They Fall in Love" - uncredited, "Go to Bed" - uncredited, "Keeping the Wolf from the Door" - uncredited, "Song of the Gold Diggers" - uncredited, "What Will I Do Without You" - uncredited, "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited, "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" - uncredited, "In a Kitchenette" - uncredited, "Mechanical Man" - uncredited)
 
1929/II Horace Heidt and His Californians (short) (music: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" - uncredited)
 
1928 Winnie Lightner: The Song a Minute Girl (short) (writer: "Heaven Help a Sailor on a Night Like This" - uncredited)
 
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1929 The Show of Shows
Joe Burke (as Joe Burke)
 
1929 The Royal Rider
Kings Tutor
 
1928 South of Panama
Garcia
 
1928 Manhattan Knights
Barry
 
1928 Obey Your Husband
Jim
 
1928 Hangman's House
Neddy Joe - Dermot's Servant (uncredited)
 
1926 Striving for Fortune
 
1926 The Kick-Off
 
1926 Fascinating Youth
Ward's Secretary
 
1926 'Morning, Judge (short)
The Judge
 
1925 Share and Share Alike
Le Blanc
 
1925 The Pinch Hitter
Charlie
 
1925 The Lucky Devil
The Professor
 
1925 The Adventurous Sex
 
1925 The Fool
Mr. Barnsby, Sexton
 
1925 Too Many Kisses
Mr. Simmons
 
1924 The Law and the Lady
Butler
 
1924 Two Shall Be Born
Wenceslaus
 
1924 Pied Piper Malone
Mr. Thomas
 
1923 West of the Water Tower
Town Drunk
 
1923 His Children's Children
Uncle Billy McGaw
 
1923 The White Rose
The Landlord
 
1922 The Prophet's Paradise
John Talbot
 
1921 The Wakefield Case
James Krogan
 
1921 Princess Jones
Jed Bramson
 
1920 Heritage
Edward Brackett
 
1920 The Perfect Woman
J.J. Simmons
 
1920 The Silent Barrier
Professor Lammenois
 
1919 The Winchester Woman
Simon Scudder (as Joe Burke)
 
1919 The Girl-Woman
Hobbs (as Joe Burke)
 
1919 The Trap
The father
 
1919 Through the Toils
Benson
 
1919 Oh, You Women!
Joe Bush
 
1919 Help! Help! Police!
The Judge
 
1918 Good-Bye, Bill
Herr Dresser
 
1918 Independence, B'Gosh (short)
 
1918 Come on In
Professor G. Wottan Orphul-Schmell
 
1918 The Green God
Priest of Buddha
 
1918 Opportunity
Robert Hitchins
 
1918 The Whirlpool
Guide
 
1918 De Luxe Annie
Cyrus Monroe
 
1918 Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Dr. McNeil
 
1918 Life or Honor?
J.T. Manly
 
1917/II Outwitted
Butler
 
1917 The Story That the Keg Told Me (short)
 
1917 The Awakening of Ruth
Reuben Hoagland
 
1917 The Customary Two Weeks
'Pop' Grinell
 
1917 The Little Chevalier
Chapron
 
1917 Billy and the Big Stick
Monsieur Paillard
 
1917 Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Professor Cipher
 
1917/II Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
 
1917 Barnaby Lee
Peter Stuyvesant
 
1916 The City of Illusion
Father Burton
 
1916 The Immortal Flame
James Forbes
 
1916 A Fool's Paradise
Wilfred Morgan
 
1915 The Senator
Sen. Keene
 
1915 Clarissa's Charming Calf (short) (as Joe Burke)
 
1915 Rip Van Winkle Badly Ripped (short)
The Burgomeister (as Joe Burke)
 
1915 Miss Trillie's Big Feet (short)
Svengali (as Joe Burke)
 
1915 The Corsican Brothers Up to Date (short) (as Joe Burke)
 
1914 September Morn (short)
Ali - the Tattoo Artist
 
1914 Dishing Dick's Dishwasher (short)
The 2nd Tramp (as Joe Burke)
 
1913 The Sleeping Beauty (short)
Jester
 
1913 Beauty and the Beast (short) (as Joe Burke)
 
1913 Having Their Picture Took (short)
The photographer (as Joe Burke)
 
1913 The Hawkins' Roomer (short)
Hawkins (as Joe Burke)
 
1912 Hawkins Moves (short)
Hawkins (as Joe Burke)
 
1912/I The Way of the Transgressor (short)
Henry Hawkins
 
1912 As the Wind Blows (short)
The Broker-Barber
 
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1930 Top Speed (composer: additional music)
 
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