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American actor
Gender
Male
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Place of death
Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
Age
83 years
Education
Pasadena Playhouse
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Biography

Paul Raymond Burke (July 21, 1926 – September 13, 2009) was an American actor, best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and 12 O'Clock High. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of New York Police Department detective Adam Flint in Naked City.

Life and career

Burke was born in New Orleans, the son of Santa Maria (née Palermo) and Martin Joseph "Marty" Burke, a boxer who fought Gene Tunney and later owned a restaurant and nightclub known as Marty Burke's in the New Orleans French Quarter.

After training at the Pasadena Playhouse, Burke's film career began with a small role in the movie Golden Girl. Early in his career, Burke guest-starred in the syndicated series Highway Patrol and Men of Annapolis. In 1956–57, Burke was cast as Dr. Noah McCann in Noah's Ark, a weekly program produced by Jack Webb which aired on NBC, the story of a pair of dedicated veterinarians. Victor Rodman played the older colleague, Dr. Sam Rinehart.

After Five Fingers Burke was cast in the lead role of the police show Naked City, in which he appeared as Adam Flint from 1960 to 1963. Burke then appeared in the starring role of Captain (later Maj., then Col.) Joe Gallagher on 12 O'Clock High between 1964 and 1967, during which time he met his wife, Lyn. The 12 O'Clock High role was Burke's last lead television role.

In 1967, Burke starred in the film Valley of the Dolls as Lyon Burke, the young lawyer who befriended all three female stars and had a tempestuous relationship with Anne Welles. He also played a police officer who pursued a bank robber played by Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair. He appeared in supporting roles in a number of television series, including recurring roles in Dynasty from 1982 to 1988 and in Tom Selleck's Magnum, P.I., from 1981 to 1985 as Rear Admiral Hawkes. Burke also served as a television commercial spokesman for the electronics retailer RadioShack.

Racketeering charges

In 1989 Burke and Harry Connick Sr., New Orleans district attorney, were indicted on racketeering charges for aiding and abetting a gambling operation by returning gambling records to an arrested gambler. They were both acquitted of the charges.

Later years and death

Burke was the grandfather of actress Alia Shawkat, whose mother is Burke's daughter, Dina. He retired from acting in the early 1990s. Suffering from leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, he died in 2009 at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 83. His second wife, Lyn Peters, died in Palm Springs on September 10, 2013, at the age of 72.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1951Call Me MisterSoldierUncredited
1951Golden GirlBanditUncredited
1951Fixed Bayonets!DoggieUncredited
1952Francis Goes to West PointSergeant SwazeyUncredited
1952Fearless FaganPvt. HawkinsUncredited
1953South Sea WomanEnsign at court-martial
1953Three Sailors and a GirlActorUncredited
1954Return from the SeaGunnery Officer
1955Spy ChasersMichaelUncredited
1955Francis in the NavyTate
1956Screaming EaglesCpl. Dreef
1957The DisembodiedTom Maxwell
1964DellaBarney StaffordAlternative title: Fatal Confinement
1967Valley of the DollsLyon Burke
1968The Thomas Crown AffairLt. Eddy Malone
1969Daddy's Gone A-HuntingJack Byrnes
1969Once You Kiss a StrangerJerry Marshall
1975Psychic KillerLt. Jeff Morgan
1987MaharlikaBob ReynoldsCompleted in 1970
International title: Guerilla Strike Force
Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1955Big TownGardinerEpisode: "The Blood Profiteer"
Navy LogSparksEpisode: "Sky Pilot"
Highway PatrolPatrolman HalseyEpisode: "Prison Break"
Stage 7TommyEpisode: "Fox Hunt"
1955-1956‘’Adventures of Superman’’MoxyEpisode: “Superman Week and The Phantom Ring’’
1957Men of AnnapolisWesley EdmontEpisode: "Seawall"
1958Tales of Wells FargoBud CrawfordEpisode: "The Killer"
1959The MillionaireBill NellisEpisode: "The Karl Miller Story"
1960Hawaiian EyeBrad FinleyEpisode: "Second Fiddle"
Hotel de PareeTad FrisbeeEpisode: "Sundance and the Long Trek"
Wanted: Dead or AliveDaniel TrennerEpisode: "The Trial"
1960-1963Naked CityDetective Adam Flint99 episodes
1963The LieutenantCaptain Kenneth ThomsonEpisode: "Captain Thomson"
1964The Great AdventureCaptain Richard PrattEpisode: "The Special Courage of Captain Pratt"
Combat!Sgt. O'NeillEpisode: "Point of View"
Slattery's PeopleDr. Robert HarrisonEpisode: "Question: What is a Genius Worth This Week?"
1964-196712 O'Clock HighColonel Joseph Anson Gallagher48 episodes
1970Crowhaven FarmBen PorterTelevision movie
1972The RookiesNeil MontgomeryTelevision movie
Lieutenant Schuster's WifeLt. Lou SchusterTelevision movie
1973ThrillerBrad HunterEpisode: “An Echo of Theresa”
The New Perry MasonHerbert NewtonEpisode: "The Case of the Murdered Murderer"
ShaftElliot WilliamsonEpisode: "The Kidnapping"
1974HawkinsFred HyattEpisode: "Candidate for Murder"
Police WomanJoe FennerEpisode: "The End Game"
Harry OPhilip BallingerEpisode: "Ballinger's Choice"
MannixPenn AndersonEpisode: "The Survivor Who Wasn't"
1975McMillan & WifeLes WalkerEpisode: "Night Train to L.A."
1976PetrocelliJohn FlemingEpisode: "Any Number Can Die"
Starsky & HutchLt. Ted CameronEpisodes: "The Las Vegas Strangler" (Parts 1 & 2)
1977Little Ladies of the NightFrank AtkinsTelevision movie
1978Wild and WoolyTobias SingletonTelevision movie
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?McDonaldEpisode: "Mr. Potential"
1978Fantasy IslandBill FredricksEpisode: Lady Of The Evening/The Racer
1979Beach PatrolWes DobbsTelevision movie
The Littlest HoboAndy McClellandEpisode: "The Defector"
1980Charlie's AngelsClifford BurkeEpisode: "Of Ghosts and Angels"
Trapper John, M.D.Dr. MalcolmEpisode: "Hot Line"
1981Vega$Curtis GreenEpisode: "The Killing"
1982-1988DynastyNeal McVane23 episodes
1983T. J. HookerCapt. Frank MedavoyEpisode: "Blue Murder"
1984The Red-Light StingBrockelhurstTelevision movie
Santa BarbaraC.C. Capwell21 episodes
1985Finder of Lost LovesRichard FosterEpisode: "Deadly Silence"
Murder, She WroteHerbert UptonEpisode: "Murder in the Afternoon"
1986Hot ShotsNicholas Broderick13 episodes
1988Cagney & LaceyWinston PrentissEpisode: "Yup"
1990ColumboHorace SherwinEpisode: "Uneasy Lies the Crown" (final appearance)
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