James P. Burtis
Twentieth Century
as Train Conductor (uncredited)A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she...
Movie page
Show Boat
as uncreditedDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
Movie page
If I Had a Million
as Marine Jailer (uncredited)An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
Movie page
Five Star Final
as uncreditedSearching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...
Movie page
The Keeper of the Bees
as RedA severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes...
Movie page
Craig's Wife
as Moving Man (Uncredited)Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material...
Movie page
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective (uncredited)In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...
Movie page
Caravan
as Card Player (Uncredited)A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine...
Movie page
Murder in the Fleet
as Winch Control Operator (Uncredited)A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to...
Movie page
Let Us Live
as Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...
Movie page
The Jazz Cinderella
as Ollie (as James Burtis)Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most...
Movie page
The Hurricane Express
as The Railroad Detective's AssistantThe Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father....
Movie page
The Crowd Roars
as Joe's Mechanic RedFamous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race,...
Movie page
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as SergeantDrummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is...
Movie page
Slave Ship
as WaiterAction-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced...
Movie page
The Accusing Finger
as WaiterA proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...
Movie page
Here Comes the Navy
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Movie page
Wells Fargo
as Portly GentlemanIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
Movie page
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
as SweeneyHips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth...
Movie page
That Man's Here Again
as Police Officer at BureauAn elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...
Movie page
Ghost Patrol
as Henry BrownleeA Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is...
Movie page
Rendezvous
as Private (uncredited)A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Movie page
Men with Wings
as ReporterReporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
Movie page
She Couldn't Take It
as Motorcycle CopThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the...
Movie page
The Case of the Howling Dog
as George DobbsA very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for...
Movie page
Mary Jane's Pa
as Motor CopSam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family,...
Movie page
Murder at Glen Athol
as Mike 'Jeff' JefferiesA famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is...
Movie page
The Winning Ticket
as Red - Newsreel PhotographerA barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Movie page
The Mystery Man
as WhalenHard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating...
Movie page
The Undie-World
as Cab DriverA gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist...
Movie page
Sitting Pretty
as Mover Foreman (uncredited)Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their...
Movie page
The Finger Points
as Cop (uncredited)Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment...
Movie page
Public Wedding
as DetectiveThe operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...
Movie page
General Spanky
as Boat CaptainOrphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There...
Movie page
The Racing Strain
as 1st Mechanic (as Jimmy Burtis)A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society...
Movie page
Suicide Fleet
as Cookie (uncredited)Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally...
Movie page
Show Business
as Policeman (uncredited)The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
Movie page
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Eddie BostonCharlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder...
Movie page
One Sunday Afternoon
as Dink Hoops (uncredited)Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia...
Movie page
Woman Wanted
as Second State Trooper (uncredited)Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
Movie page
Roar of the Dragon
as Mike - First MateA boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky...
Movie page
Confidential
as LaceyA Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime...
Movie page
Gentlemen Are Born
as MoeA well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in...
Movie page
Sinister Hands
as Detective WatsonDuring a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives...
Movie page
Stormy
as GreasyA young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.
Movie page
Here Comes the Groom
as 1st CopPiccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to...
Movie page
Dancing Feet
as StupePeyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate...
Movie page
The Lady from Nowhere
as Chief of DetectivesA young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.
Movie page
How to Behave
as Joe - Man in Manhole (uncredited)Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This...
Movie page
Ladies in Love
as Al PineA small town Vermont fellow falls in love with a New York City radio singing star, but she is...
Movie page
She Loved a Fireman
as Dance JudgeA young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
Movie page
Grief Street
as Police Sgt. JardineA reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who...
Movie page
Strangers of the Evening
as Nolan (as James Burtis)Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine...
Movie page
The Merry Frinks
as 4th Expressman (uncredited)An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Movie page
Sweepstakes
as Race Track CrookA popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Movie page
The Tip-Off
as Men's Room PatronA young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he...
Movie page
The Daring Young Man
as ConvictThe Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...
Movie page
The Bargain of the Century
as Officer ButterworthComedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend...
Movie page
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Bill McGuireA 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time...
Movie page
Mister Dynamite
as JoeA gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
Movie page
The Lawless Woman
as BillDancer June Page is charged with the murder of gangster "Honest Ed" Baker. Allan Perry, an...
Movie page