James Michael Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an Irish-American film and television character actor born in New York City.

[citation needed] He was often cast as a police officer, usually a none-too-bright one, such as his role as Sergeant Velie in Columbia Pictures' Ellery Queen crime dramas in the early 1940s.

[citation needed] In 1955 Burke appeared as Buckshot on the TV western Cheyenne in the episode "Border Showdown."

In 1958, he appeared as Sheriff John Tatum in the episode, "Bounty" in the TV series, Wanted: Dead or Alive.

[citation needed] - "Wagon Train" S1 E17 "The Jesse Cowan Story"-TV 1957-Anse Beale, the peace-loving patriarch of a feuding family • Stagecoach West - TV (1960/61) - Zeke Bonner (recurring character)