James P. Burtis
Acting
Biography
No biography available for James P. Burtis.
Born: May 11, 1893
Place of Birth: Emporia, Kansas, USA
Known For
The Undie-World
A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
How to Behave
Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert Benchley always has the best advice about any social situation. Hilarity ensues.
Sitting Pretty
Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.
Twentieth Century
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
Show Boat
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Let Us Live
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Picture Snatcher
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
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.
Five Star Final
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Filmography
as Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Sergeant
as Portly Gentleman
as Dance Judge
as Detective
as Waiter
as Police Officer at Bureau
as Boat Captain
as Waiter
as Moving Man (Uncredited)
as Henry Brownlee
as Detective (uncredited)
as Joe - Man in Manhole (uncredited)
as Mike 'Jeff' Jefferies
as Stupe
as Private (uncredited)
as Greasy
as Bill McGuire
as Lacey
as Motorcycle Cop
as Second State Trooper (uncredited)
as Convict
as Red
as Winch Control Operator (Uncredited)
as Motor Cop
as Joe
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Whalen
as Red - Newsreel Photographer
as Card Player (Uncredited)
as Moe
as George Dobbs
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
as Eddie Boston
as 1st Cop
as 4th Expressman (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Cab Driver
as Sweeney
as Mover Foreman (uncredited)
as Dink Hoops (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Kretz (uncredited)
as Officer Butterworth
as 1st Mechanic (as Jimmy Burtis)
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
as Marine Jailer (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as The Railroad Detective's Assistant
as Mike - First Mate
as Nolan (as James Burtis)
as Joe's Mechanic Red
as Detective Watson
as Cookie (uncredited)
as Men's Room Patron (uncredited)
as Police Sgt. Jardine
as Chief of Detectives
as Race Track Crook
as Bill
as Cop (uncredited)
as Ollie (as James Burtis)
as Al Pine