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Walter Burke

Actor

Walter Burke

Born August 25, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADied August 4, 198424 films

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The Naked City posterFirst watchThe Naked City19487.2as Pater Backalis (Uncredited)After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
How the West Was Won poster7.0How the West Was Won1962All the King's Men poster7.0All the King's Men1949Support Your Local Sheriff! poster6.9Support Your Local Sheriff!1969Support Your Local Gunfighter poster6.6Support Your Local Gunfighter1971The Stone Killer poster6.3The Stone Killer1973Mystery Street poster6.8Mystery Street1950M poster6.5M1951Jack the Giant Killer poster6.6Jack the Giant Killer1962

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1980The Hustler of Muscle BeachPriest
  2. 1973The Stone KillerJ D
  3. 1972Goodnight, My LoveWheezer
  4. 1971ChandlerZeno
  5. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterMorris
  6. 1970The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides AgainThe Stableman
  7. 1970The Boy Who Stole the ElephantTinker
  8. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Fred Johnson
  9. 1967The President's AnalystHenry Lux
  10. 1967Stranger on the RunAbraham Berk
  11. 1967Double TroubleMate
  12. 1966The PlainsmanAbe Ireland
  13. 1963The Wheeler DealersBilly Joe (uncredited)
  14. 1963The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a DazeLory Filch
  15. 1962How the West Was WonWagon Poker Player (uncredited)
  16. 1962Jack the Giant KillerGama
  17. 1962Beauty and the BeastGrimaldi
  18. 1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphWart
  19. 1951The Guy Who Came BackO'Mara
  20. 1951MMacMahan
  21. 1950The Killer That Stalked New YorkDanny - Bellhop (uncredited)
  22. 1950Mystery StreetThe Ornithologist
  23. 1949All the King's MenSugar Boy
  24. 1948The Naked CityPater Backalis (Uncredited)