Walter Lawrence Burke (August 25, 1908 - August 4, 1984) was an American character actor best known for Support Your Local Sheriff (1969), All the King's Men (1949), and The President's Analyst (1967).
He was married to Kathryn Patricia Rooney and they had four children.
Burke died in 1984 at the age of 75 from emphysema.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1948: The Naked City as Pete Backalis (Uncredited Role)
- 1949: All the King's Men as Sugar Boy
- 1950: Mystery Street as An Ornithologist
- 1950: Dark City as George (uncredited)
- 1950: The Killer That Stalked New York as Danny (uncredited)
- 1950: Double Deal as Wally (uncredited)
- 1951: M as MacMahan
- 1951: The Guy Who Came Back as O'Mara
- 1958: Never Love A Stranger as Jimmy Keough (uncredited)
- 1959: The Crimson Kimono as Ziggy (uncredited)
- 1960: Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Wart
- 1962: Jack the Giant Killer as Garna
- 1962: Beauty and the Beast as Grimaldi
- 1962: How the West Was Won as Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1963: The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze as Lory Filch
- 1963: The Wheeler Dealers as Billy Joe (uncredited)
- 1963: The Warden as Jimmy Wentworth
- 1964: My Fair Lady as Bystander Who Warns Eliza (uncredited)
- 1966: The Plainsman as Abe Ireland
- 1967: Double Trouble as Mate
- 1967: Stranger On The Run as Abraham Berk
- 1967: The President's Analyst as Henry Lux
- 1969: Support Your Local Sheriff as Fred Johnson
- 1970: The Boy Who Stole The Elephant as Tinker
- 1970: The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again as The Stableman
- 1971: Support Your Local Gunfighter as Morris
- 1971: Chandler as Zeno
- 1972: Goodnight My Love as Wheezer
- 1973: Murdocks Gang as Bert Collins
- 1973: The Stone Killer as J.D.
- 1980: The Hustler Of Muscle Beach as Priest
Television Roles
- 1950: Lux Video Theatre as Benson
- 1951: Martin Kane as Eddie Stevens
- 1952-1959: Schlitz Playhouse as Squeak (2 episodes)
- 1954: Danger as Peaches/Inch (2 episodes)
- 1954-1955: The Jackie Gleason Show as Joe/Lefty (2 episodes)
- 1955: The Elgin Hour as Armstrong
- 1955-1956: The United States Steel Hour as Shorty (2 episodes)
- 1956: Goodyear Playhouse as Sgt. Finny
- 1956: Appointment With Adventure as Houlihan
- 1956: Kraft Theatre as 3rd Class Passenger/Steerage Passenger (2 episodes)
- 1956: The Alcoa Hour as Devlin/Sam Adams (2 episodes)
- 1958: The Californians as The Mole
- 1958-1960: Peter Gunn as Cliffie Thomas/Otto (2 episodes)
- 1959: Yancy Derringer as Sneaky Joe
- 1959: Sugarfoot as Bartender
- 1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Benny
- 1959: The D As Man as Zilo
- 1959: Playhouse 90 as Mr. Jacoby
- 1959: Tales Of Wells Fargo as Marty Saunders
- 1959: The Thin Man as Bert Bender
- 1959: Rescue 8 as Mike Thompson
- 1959: Mike Hammer as Van
- 1959: Goodyear Theatre as Irish Eddie
- 1959: Fury as Grimes
- 1959: Zane Grey Theatre as Gus Henessy/Jeff Marker (2 episodes)
- 1959: The Lineup as Blinky
- 1959: Hennesey as Chester Chadwick
- 1959: Law Of The Plainsman as Mr. Smith
- 1959: One Step Beyond (1959) as Peter Menzies/Sam Barry (2 episodes)
- 1959: Johnny Staccato as Raymond 'Stash' McGill
- 1959-1960: Black Saddle as Tim Potter (5 episodes)
- 1959-1960: The Man From Blackhawk as Tom Abbott/Tyce (2 episodes)
- 1959-1960: The Alaskans as Jenks/Sid Queed (3 episodes)
- 1959-1961: Have Gun – Will Travel as Andy Miggs/Teacher Abbott (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: The Detectives as Malone/Wino (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: Lawman as Ernie/Jimmy Fresco/'Specs' Toynby/Whiskey Jimmie (4 episodes)
- 1959-1962: The Jack Benny Program as Inky Green (2 episodes)
- 1959-1966: Perry Mason as Adams/Gerald Kelso/Jack Grabba/James Blackburn/Freddie Green (5 episodes)
- 1959-1969: Gunsmoke as George Acton/Elko/Willie Kearns/Herman/Bystander (5 episodes)
- 1960: Mr. Lucky as Tobias Foss
- 1960: Tombstone Territory as Harry Ames
- 1960: The Twilight Zone as Joe Mizell
- 1960: Rawhide as Mr. Dimity
- 1960: Johnny Midnight as Aristedes
- 1960: Bourbon Street Beat as Napoleon Gunther/Wilbur Wick (2 episodes)
- 1960: Assignment Underwater as Alonzo
- 1960: The Islanders as Mesrob
- 1960: Klondike as Sam Bronson
- 1960: Shotgun Slade as Gulter
- 1960: This Man Dawson as 'Jumpy' Higgins
- 1960-1963: 77 Sunset Strip as Joe Dolan/Tom Riordan/Benny Markham (3 episodes)
- 1961: Two Faces West as Prof. Gluyas Hatwell
- 1961: Hawaiian Eye as Kilgore
- 1961: Shirley Temples Storybook as Mouse
- 1961: Outlaws as Jim Murphy
- 1961: The Lawless Years as Miles Miller
- 1961: Eighty Seventh Precinct as Danny Gimp
- 1961: General Electric Theater as L.B. Prentiss
- 1961-1963: The Untouchables as Mr. Harman/Herbie Snow (2 episodes)
- 1961-1972: Bonanza as Campbell/Jesse Pierson/Tim O'Brien (3 episodes)
- 1962: King Of Diamonds as Hans Stuger
- 1962: Follow The Sun as Gympy
- 1962: Thriller as Lucas/Croxton (2 episodes)
- 1962: Ben Casey as Joseph Bell/Rabbits (2 episodes)
- 1962: Wide Country as Tim Mayhew
- 1962: Fair Exchange as Travis
- 1963: Empire as Micah
- 1963: The Lloyd Bridges Show as Sean O'Farrell
- 1963: Vacation Playhouse as McChesney
- 1963: Temple Houston as Potts
- 1964: Grindl as Olaf
- 1964: The Great Adventure as Higgins
- 1964: Arrest And Trial as Hoby Osborne
- 1964: The Outer Limits as Dr. Frederick Riner/Invisibles Recruiter (2 episodes)
- 1964: Dr. Kildare as Hotel Clerk
- 1964: Mickey as Grandpa Toddie
- 1964-1968: Death Valley Days as Ben Brown/Gopher Green/Willoughby (3 episodes)
- 1965: Bewitched as The Great Zero
- 1965: The Munsters as Alfred Swanson
- 1965: Branded as Luke
- 1965: My Brother The Angel as Al
- 1965: I Spy as Johnny Sax
- 1966: Batman as Sparrow
- 1966: Hogan's Heroes as Alfred 'Alfie the Artist' Burke
- 1966: The Legend Of Jesse James as Smiley Jaspers
- 1966: The Lucy Show as Cockney
- 1966: The Fugitive as Doc Martin
- 1966-1969: The Big Valley as Ned Stokely/T.J. Dyce/George Gates/Young Billy (4 episodes)
- 1967: Lost in Space as Mr. O.M.
- 1967: Laredo as Jake Taggert
- 1967: Rango as Brooks
- 1967: The Wild Wild West as John P. Cassidy
- 1967: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Leprechaun Micky Moore O'Shaughnessy/Leprechaun Patrick Moore O'Shaughnessy
- 1968: Ironside as Smiley
- 1968: Jud For The Defense as Shimmy Jones
- 1968: The Guns Of Will Sonnett as Ollie/Gideon Stark/Loomis (3 episodes)
- 1969: The Outsider as L.J. Fox
- 1969: Daniel Boone as Hamel
- 1969: Mr Deed Goes To Town as Dylan
- 1969-1974: The F.B.I. as Arnie Hellings/Cab Driver/Charlie Gallo/Benny Logan (4 episodes)
- 1970: It Takes a Thief (1968) as Stanley Wolczak
- 1970: The Virginian as Billy Neal
- 1970: I Dream of Jeannie as The Boss
- 1970: The Magical World Of Disney as Artemus the Peddler/Tinker (2 episodes)
- 1971: Nichols as Hartford
- 1971: The Man And The City as Tony Stapp
- 1971-1973: Love, American Style as Angel/Doc (2 episodes)
- 1972: Mission: Impossible as Nate Ullstead
- 1972: Night Gallery as Jamie
- 1972: Adam-12 as Billy Fuller
- 1972: Longstreet as Virgil Willis
- 1972: Circle Of Fear as Daniel
- 1972: Hec Ramsey as Amos Mole
- 1972: The Doris Day Show as Jimmy Callahan/George Callahan
- 1973: Diana as Mr. Hanrahan
- 1974-1976: Police Story as Tim Riley/Joey (2 episodes)
- 1976: The Streets of San Francisco as Joey Collins
- 1977: The Red Hand Gang as Dolan
- 1978: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as Patrick McGinty
- 1980: Hello Larry as Mr. Vandervellen
Shorts
- 1963: Maggie Brown as McChesney
- 1965: Diamond Jim Skulduggery In Samantha as O'Connell
Theatre Roles
- 1925-1926: Dearest Enemy as Ensemble
- 1930: Yolanda Of Cyrpus as Termitus
- 1930: Madame Butterfly as Registrar
- 1936: Help Yourself as Courier Rockman
- 1937: A Hero Is Born as A Gentleman of Uncertain Age/William
- 1940: The Old Foolishness as Dan Dorian
- 1942: Under This Roof as Shawn O'Shaughnessy
- 1942-1943: The Eve Of St Mark as Pvt. Thomas Mulveroy
- 1943: The Worlds Full Of Girls as Nick
- 1944-1945: Sadie Thompson as Quartermaster Bates
- 1945-1946: Up In Central Park as Danny O'Cahane
- 1951: Billy Budd as O'Daniel
- 1952: Three Wishes For Jamie as Power O'Malley/Owen Roe Tavish/Tim Shanahan
- 1956-1957: Major Barbara as Snobby Price
