James Durkin
Acting
Biography
James Durkin (May 21, 1876 – March 12, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor of the stage and screen and director.
Born: May 21, 1876
Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada
Known For
South of the Rio Grande
Sergeant Carlos Olivarez (Buck Jones) becomes entangled in the machinations of an oil baron, havoc-wreaking bandits, and the femme fatale who ruined his brother.
House of Mystery
Two hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff, he proceeds to press the wealthy owner for an explanation. At first it looks like his son has killed his unfaithful wife, but the wife's lover and the family butler are acting suspiciously enough to be followed.
Scarface
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
This Side of Heaven
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
The Vice Squad
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
Heat Lightning
Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind.
If I Had a Million
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
The Vanishing Shadow
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'
Shopworn
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Shadow of the Law
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.
Filmography
as Detective (uncredited)
as Prof. Carl Van Dorn
as Mr. Weston
as The Sheriff
as Raymond - Company Man (uncredited)
as Prof. Hargrave
as Warden
as Kruger, Commissioner's Assistant
as Silas Warner
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
as Madison Clay (uncredited)
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
as District Attorney
as Señor Ruiz
as John Craig
as Detective
as Mr. Girard
as Mr. Rankin - Detective (uncredited)
as Second Ex-Soldier
as Second Magistrate
as J.K. Horton
as Amos Corley
as Prison Warden