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Walter Burke (I) (1908–1984)

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Highly recognizable Irish-American character actor whose small stature and wizened features made him resemble a leprechaun (a role which he played on more than one occasion). Probably best known as Willie Stark's bodyguard in All the King's Men. See full bio »

Born:

Walter Lawrence Burke
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 75) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV movie)
Priest
 
1980 Hello, Larry (TV series)
Mr. Vandervellen
– The Neighbor Dies (1980) … Mr. Vandervellen
 
1978 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV series)
– The Littlest Greenhorn (1978)
 
1977 The Red Hand Gang (TV series)
– Devil's Canyon (1977)
– Monkey Business (1977)
– The Photo Clue (1977)
 
1977 Insight (TV series)
Jack Werner
– I Want to Die (1977) … Jack Werner
 
1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Joey Collins
– Runaway (1976) … Joey Collins
 
1974-1976 Police Story (TV series)
Joey / Tim Riley
– The Other Side of the Fence (1976) … Tim Riley
– Glamour Boy (1974) … Joey
 
1973 Diana (TV series)
Mr. Hanrahan
– Who's Minding the Cat? (1973) … Mr. Hanrahan
 
1973 The Stone Killer
J D
 
1973 Murdock's Gang (TV movie)
Bert Collins
 
1971-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Angel (segment "Love and the Family Hour") / Doc (segment "Love and the Heist")
– Love and the Cryptic Gift/Love and the Family Hour/Love and the Legend/Love and the Sexpert (1973) … Angel (segment "Love and the Family Hour")
– Love and the Heist/Love and the Love Potion/Love and the Teddy Bear (1971) … Doc (segment "Love and the Heist")
 
1972 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
George Callahan / Jimmy
– Jimmy the Gent (1972) … Jimmy/George Callahan
 
1961-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Campbell / Jesse Pierson / Tim O'Brien
– The Twenty-Sixth Grave (1972) … Campbell
– Destiny's Child (1966) … Jesse Pierson
– Bank Run (1961) … Tim O'Brien
 
1972 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Amos Mole
– Hangman's Wages (1972) … Amos Mole
 
1972 Goodnight, My Love (TV movie)
Wheezer
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Daniel
– The Concrete Captain (1972) … Daniel
 
1972 Longstreet (TV series)
Virgil Willis
– The Sound of Money Talking (1972) … Virgil Willis
 
1972 Adam-12 (TV series)
Billy Fuller
– Backup 1-L20 (1972) … Billy Fuller
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Jamie (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
– Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (1972) … Jamie (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Nate Ullstead
– Image (1972) … Nate Ullstead
 
1971 Chandler
Zeno
 
1971 Nichols (TV series)
Hartford
– The One Eyed Mule's Time Has Come (1971) … Hartford
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
Morris
 
1969-1971 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Benny Logan / Charlie Gallo
– The Natural (1971) … Charlie Gallo
– Silent Partners (1969) … Benny Logan
 
1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV movie)
The Stableman
 
1970 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Artemus the Peddler
– The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 2 (1970) … Artemus the Peddler (uncredited)
 
1970 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
The Boss
– One Jeannie Beats Four of a Kind (1970) … The Boss
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Billy Neal
– The Gift (1970) … Billy Neal
 
1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Stanley Wolczak
– Beyond a Treasonable Doubt (1970) … Stanley Wolczak
 
1959-1969 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Bystander / Elko / George Acton / …
– Roots of Fear (1969) … George Acton
– Circus Trick (1965) … Elko
– Extradition: Part 1 (1963) … Willie
– Hinka Do (1960) … Herman
– Wind (1959) … Bystander
 
1969 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (TV series)
Dylan
– The Wonderful Old Saloon (1969) … Dylan
 
1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Hamel
– Benvenuto... Who? (1969) … Hamel
 
1966-1969 The Big Valley (TV series)
George Gates / Ned Stokely / T. J. Dyce / …
– Point and Counterpoint (1969) … Ned Stokely
– Fall of a Hero (1968) … T. J. Dyce
– The Disappearance (1967) … George Gates
– The Iron Box (1966) … Young Billy
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
L.J. Fox
– Through a Stained Glass Window (1969) … L.J. Fox
 
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
Fred Johnson
 
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
Gideon Stark / Loomis / Ollie
– The Straw Man (1968) … Ollie
– The Trap (1968) … Gideon Stark
– A Fool and His Money (1968) … Loomis
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Shimmy Jones
– Square House (1968) … Shimmy Jones
 
1968 Ironside (TV series)
Smiley
– All in a Day's Work (1968) … Smiley
 
1968 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Leprechaun Mickey Moore O'Shaughnessy / Leprechaun Patrick Moore O'Shaughnessy
– Terrible Leprechaun (1968) … Leprechaun Mickey Moore O'Shaughnessy/Leprechaun Patrick Moore O'Shaughnessy
 
1967 The President's Analyst
Henry Lux
 
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
John P. Cassidy
– The Night of the Cut-Throats (1967) … John P. Cassidy
 
1967 Stranger on the Run (TV movie)
Berk
 
1967 Rango (TV series)
– The Rustlers (1967)
 
1967 Double Trouble
Mate
 
1967 Laredo (TV series)
Jake Taggert
– A Question of Guilt (1967) … Jake Taggert
 
1967 Lost in Space (TV series)
Om
– The Toymaker (1967) … Om
 
1964-1966 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Gopher Burke
– The Hero of Apache Pass (1966) … Gopher Burke
– Law of the Round Tent (1964)
 
1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
Doc Martin
– Joshua's Kingdom (1966) … Doc Martin
 
1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Cockney
– Lucy Flies to London (1966) … Cockney
 
1966 The Plainsman
Abe Ireland
 
1959-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Freddie Green / Jack Grabba / James Blackburn / …
– The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper (1966) … Private Investigator Adams
– The Case of the Wooden Nickels (1964) … Jerry Kelso - Panhandler
– The Case of the Missing Melody (1961) … Jack Grabba
– The Case of the Ominous Outcast (1960) … James Blackburn
– The Case of the Jaded Joker (1959) … Freddie Green
 
1966 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
Smiley Jaspers
– A Burying for Rosey (1966) … Smiley Jaspers
 
1966 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Alf the Artist
– The Safecracker Suite (1966) … Alf the Artist
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Sparrow
– The Penguin's a Jinx (1966) … Sparrow
– Fine Feathered Finks (1966) … Sparrow
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
Sax
– Dragon's Teeth (1965) … Sax
 
1965 The Smothers Brothers Show (TV series)
Al
– Take a Tramp to Lunch This Week (1965) … Al
 
1965 Branded (TV series)
Luke
– A Taste of Poison (1965) … Luke
 
1965 The Munsters (TV series)
Alfred Swanson
– Movie Star Munster (1965) … Alfred Swanson
 
1965 Bewitched (TV series)
The Great Zeno
– It's Magic (1965) … The Great Zeno
 
1965 Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (TV movie)
O'Connell
 
1964 Mickey (TV series)
Grandpa Toddie
– For the Love of Grandpa Toddie (1964) … Grandpa Toddie
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Hotel Clerk
– A Candle in the Window (1964) … Hotel Clerk
 
1964 My Fair Lady
Bystander Who Warns Eliza (uncredited)
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Dr. Frederick Riner / Invisibles Recruiter
– The Mutant (1964) … Dr. Frederick Riner
– The Invisibles (1964) … Invisibles Recruiter
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Hoby Osborne
– The Black Flower (1964) … Hoby Osborne
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Higgins
– The Night Raiders (1964) … Higgins
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Olaf
– The Mad Bomber (1964) … Olaf
 
1963 The Wheeler Dealers
Billy Joe (uncredited)
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Potts
– Toll the Bell Slowly (1963) … Potts
 
1963 Maggie Brown (TV movie)
McHesney
 
1963 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
McChesney
– Maggie Brown (1963) … McChesney
 
1963 The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
Lory Filch
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
O'Farrell
– The Rising Moon (1963) … O'Farrell
 
1961-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Herbie Snow / Mr. Harman
– Globe of Death (1963) … Mr. Harman
– Ring of Terror (1961) … Herbie Snow
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
Micah
– Where the Hawk Is Wheeling (1963) … Micah
 
1960-1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Benny Markham / Joe Dolan / Riordan
– Terror in Silence (1963) … Joe Dolan
– The Baker Street Caper (1962) … Riordan
– The Double Death of Benny Markham (1960) … Benny Markham
 
1962 Fair Exchange (TV series)
Travis
– 'Twas the Fortnight Before Christmas (1962) … Travis
– To Each His Own (1962) … Travis
 
1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
Tim Mayhew
– Good Old Uncle Walt (1962) … Tim Mayhew
 
1962 Ben Casey (TV series)
Joseph Bell / Rabbits
– The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (1962) … Joseph Bell
– The Big Trouble with Charlie (1962) … Rabbits
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1962 Beauty and the Beast
Grimaldi
 
1962 Jack the Giant Killer
Garna
 
1962 Thriller (TV series)
Croxton / Lucas
– Man of Mystery (1962) … Lucas
– The Hollow Watcher (1962) … Croxton
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Gympy
– Annie Beeler's Place (1962) … Gympy
 
1959-1962 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Inky Green
– Jack Gets Passport (1962)
– Ernie Kovacs Show (1959) … Inky Green
 
1962 King of Diamonds (TV series)
Hans Stuger
– The Magic Act (1962) … Hans Stuger
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
L.B. Prentiss
– A Friendly Tribe (1961) … L.B. Prentiss
 
1959-1961 Lawman (TV series)
'Specs' Toynby / Ernie / Jimmy Fresco / …
– By the Book (1961) … Ernie
– Samson the Great (1960) … Jimmy Fresco
– Shadow Witness (1959) … 'Specs' Toynby
– Red Ransom (1959) … Whiskey Jimmie
 
1961 87th Precinct (TV series)
Danny Gimp
– Line of Duty (1961) … Danny Gimp
 
1961 The Lawless Years (TV series)
Miles Miller
– The Miles Miller Story (1961) … Miles Miller
 
1961 Outlaws (TV series)
Murphy
– Sam Bass (1961) … Murphy
 
1961 The Best of the Post (TV series)
– Groper in the Dark (1961)
 
1959-1961 The Detectives (TV series)
Malone / Wino
– Terror on Ice (1961) … Malone
– The Streger Affair (1959) … Wino
 
1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Mouse
– The Return of Long John Silver (1961) … Mouse
 
1959-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Andy Miggs / Mr. Abbott
– Shadow of a Man (1961) … Andy Miggs
– The Fifth Man (1959) … Mr. Abbott
 
1961 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Kilgore
– Talk and You're Dead (1961) … Kilgore
 
1961 Two Faces West (TV series)
Professor Gluyas Hatwell
– The Drought (1961) … Professor Gluyas Hatwell
 
1960 Klondike (TV series)
Sam Bronson
– Bathhouse Justice (1960) … Sam Bronson
 
1960 The Islanders (TV series)
Mesrob
– The Phantom Captain (1960) … Mesrob
– Operation Dollar Sign (1960) … Mesrob
 
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Wart
 
1960 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Alonzo
– The Hot Chihuaha (1960) … Alonzo
 
1959-1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Jenks / Sid Queed
– The Devil Made Fire (1960) … Jenks
– Kangaroo Court (1960) … Sid Queed
– The Blizzard (1959) … Jenks
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Napoleon Gunther / Wilbur Wick, the chauffeur
– Wagon Show (1960) … Napoleon Gunther
– Kill with Kindness (1960) … Wilbur Wick, the chauffeur
 
1959-1960 The Man from Blackhawk (TV series)
Tom Abbott / Tyce
– The Harpoon Story (1960) … Tom Abbott
– Death Is the Best Policy (1959) … Tyce
 
1960 Rawhide (TV series)
Mr. Dimity
– Incident of the Deserter (1960) … Mr. Dimity
 
1960 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Joe Mizell
– The Big Tall Wish (1960) … Joe Mizell
 
1960 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Harry Ames
– Memory (1960) … Harry Ames
 
1960 Mr. Lucky (TV series)
Tobias Foss
– The Tax Man (1960) … Tobias Foss
 
1958-1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Cliffie Thomas / Ditto
– See No Evil (1960) … Cliffie Thomas
– The Torch (1958) … Ditto
 
1960 This Man Dawson (TV series)
'Jumpy' Higgins
– Plague (1960) … 'Jumpy' Higgins
 
1960 Shotgun Slade (TV series)
Gulter
– The Blue Dog (1960) … Gulter
 
1959-1960 Black Saddle (TV series)
Tim Potter
– The Killer (1960) … Tim Potter
– The Freebooters (1959) … Tim Potter
– Client: Brand (1959) … Tim Potter
– Client: Neal Adams (1959) … Tim Potter
– Client: Starkey (1959) … Tim Potter
 
1959 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Raymond 'Stash' McGill
– A Piece of Paradise (1959) … Raymond 'Stash' McGill
 
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Peter Menzies / Sam Barry
– The Stone Cutter (1959) … Peter Menzies
– Front Runner (1959) … Sam Barry
 
1959 Law of the Plainsman (TV series)
Mr. Smith
– The Gibbet (1959) … Mr. Smith
 
1959 The Crimson Kimono
Ziggy (uncredited)
 
1959 The Lineup (TV series)
Blinky
– Death of a Puppet (1959) … Blinky
 
1959 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Gus Henessy / Jeff Marker
– Confession (1959) … Gus Henessy
– Hanging Fever (1959) … Jeff Marker
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
– Hello, Charlie (1959)
 
1959 Mike Hammer (TV series)
Van
– See No Evil (1959) … Van
 
1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)
Mike Thompson
– Left Hook to Hades (1959) … Mike Thompson
 
1959 The Thin Man (TV series)
– Dear Dead Days (1959)
 
1959 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Marty Saunders
– The Little Man (1959) … Marty Saunders
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Benny
– Relative Value (1959) … Benny (as Walter L. Burke)
 
1959 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Bartender
– The Mysterious Stranger (1959) … Bartender
 
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Sneaky Joe
– Panic in Town (1959) … Sneaky Joe
 
1958 Never Love a Stranger
Jimmy Keough (uncredited)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Devlin / Sam Adams
– The Big Vote (1956) … Devlin
– The Archangel Harrigan (1956) … Sam Adams
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
3rd Class Passenger / Steerage Passenger
– A Night to Remember (1956) … 3rd Class Passenger
– A Night to Remember (1956) … Steerage Passenger
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
– The Matrimony Shoppe (1955)
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Shorty
– The Gambler (1955) … Shorty
 
1954-1955 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Joe, poolhall attendant / Lefty
– A Little Man Who Wasn't There (1955) … Joe, poolhall attendant (uncredited)
– Episode dated 18 December 1954 (1954) … Lefty (uncredited)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Armstrong
– The Bridge (1955) … Armstrong
 
1954 Danger (TV series)
– Knife in the Dark (1954)
– Knee High to a Corpse (1954)
 
1953 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Shadow Line (1953)
 
1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Lights Are Bright (1952)
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Squeak
– Billy Budd (1952) … Squeak
 
1951 The Guy Who Came Back
O'Mara
 
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– The Buccaneer (1951)
 
1951 M
MacMahan
 
1951 Martin Kane (TV series)
Eddie Stevens
– A Jockey Is Murdered (1951) … Eddie Stevens
 
1950 Double Deal
Wally - Karnes' Thug (uncredited)
 
1950 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Benson
– To Thine Own Self (1950) … Benson
 
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
Danny - Bellhop (uncredited)
 
1950 Dark City
George the Bartender (uncredited)
 
1950 Mystery Street
An Ornithologist
 
1949 All the King's Men
Sugar Boy
 
1948 The Naked City
Pete Backalis (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Walter L. Burke
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Often cast as henchmen or Runyonesque gangsters. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo