Personal Info
Birth date
1881-01-25 (144 Years)
Day of death
1967-05-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Paul Burns
Paul E. Burns
Biography
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Filmography
Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.The Texan
5.5
Overview:
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.Father Knows Best
6.5
Overview:
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.The Twilight Zone
8.45
Overview:
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.Dragnet
6.4
Overview:
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
Overview:
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.Public Defender
6
Overview:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.Alcoa Theatre
6.5
Overview:
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.Annie Oakley
5.2
Overview:
Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication, for a total of 81 black and white episodes, each 25 minutes long. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1965.Broken Arrow
5
Overview:
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.The Wonderful World of Disney
7.818
Overview:
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.The Restless Gun
3.7
Overview:
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict wherever possible. He is gregarious, intelligent, and public-spirited. The half-hour black-and-white program aired seventy-eight episodes. Jeanne Bates appeared in varying roles with Payne in five episodes of The Restless Gun. The Restless Gun theme song begins: "I ride with the wind, my eyes on the sun, and my hand on my restless gun..." The song composer is probably Paul Dunlap, credited as the primary series composer, but could have been contributed to by either of the two other series composers, Dave Kahn and Stanley Wilson, also. Two versions are currently posted on YouTube, but neither posting lists any composer or performance credits.Temple Houston
5.7
Overview:
Temple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network during his ten months as the head of production at Warner Bros. Television. It was also the lone series in which actor Jeffrey Hunter played a regular part.87th Precinct
7.5
Overview:
87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.Meet McGraw
5
Overview:
Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced by the Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by CBS. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer's To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS. After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. A number of episodes of the series, including "Mohave" and "Lady in Limbo," are available on DVD.Adventures of Superman
6.67
Overview:
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Spartacus
7.541
Overview:
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Overview:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.The Ox-Bow Incident
7.71
Overview:
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.Apache
6.121
Overview:
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.Saboteur
6.889
Overview:
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.Pocketful of Miracles
7.3
Overview:
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.Another Thin Man
7.1
Overview:
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.The Man with the Golden Arm
7.153
Overview:
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.Barefoot in the Park
7.1
Overview:
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.Acting
1967Barefoot in the Park as Bum in Park (uncredited)
1964Stage to Thunder Rock as Joe Withers
1964Bristle Face as Bailiff
1963Temple Houston (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Summer Magic as Drinker (uncredited)
1962Mooncussers as Mose
1961Pocketful of Miracles as Mallethead (uncredited)
196187th Precinct (1 Episode) as Herman Weller
1960Spartacus as Fimbria (uncredited)
1960Guns of the Timberland as Bill Burroughs
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Janitor
1959Face of a Fugitive as Jake the Barber
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Fred Waller
1958Gunman's Walk as Cook
1957Domino Kid as Unknown
1957Alcoa Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Papa Saintene, Proprietor
1957The Restless Gun (1 Episode) as Pete Drum
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Richy
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Fred Elkins
1957The Hired Man as Knute Matthews
1957Meet McGraw (1 Episode) as Oscar
1956Love Me Tender as Jethro (uncredited)
1956Broken Arrow (1 Episode) as Hotel Clerk
1956The Proud Ones as Billy Smith (uncredited)
1956Stranger at My Door as Unknown
1956Fury at Gunsight Pass as Squint
1956Glory as Squeaky Bob
1955The Man with the Golden Arm as Unknown
1955The Desperate Hours as Chef at Al's Dining Room
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Furrier Assistant, Fisherman, Proprietor
1955Cheyenne (1 Episode) as Marty
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1 Episode) as Dooley Dolan (uncredited)
1955Lay That Rifle Down as Mr. Gribble
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (2, 2 Episode) as Bailiff, Mose
1954Father Knows Best (1 Episode) as Shoe repairman (uncredited)
1954Lassie (1, 1 Episode) as Old Jason, Mr. Hanby
1954Apache as General Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1954Public Defender (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Adams, Harry Nelson, Farmer
1954Annie Oakley (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Telegrapher, Clem Lacey, Paul Denain, Station Agent Jim, Station Agent Phil (uncredited), Justice of the Peace
1953Girls in the Night as Blind Minosa
1952Toughest Man in Arizona as Unknown
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Seth Means, Pop
1952Adventures of Superman (1, 1 Episode) as Lu Song, Mr. Whitlock
1952Son of Paleface as Ebenezer Hawkins
1952Flaming Feather as Unknown
1951Dragnet (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1951Silver City as Ed Paxton (uncredited)
1951Warpath as Bum
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1, 1 Episode) as Old Pete, Unknown
1951The Big Gusher as Cappy Groves
1951The Texas Rangers as Pete - Newspaper Printer (uncredited)
1951Santa Fe as Uncle Dick Wootton
1951Vengeance Valley as Dr. Irwin (uncredited)
1951Storm Warning as Frank Hauser
1950Frenchie as Rednose
1950Chain Gang as Dr. Evans (uncredited)
1950Sunset in the West as Telegrapher Blinky Adams
1950The Fuller Brush Girl as Pop (uncredited)
1950Summer Stock as Frank (uncredited)
1950It's a Small World as Italian Truck Farmer
1950Tarzan and the Slave Girl as Unknown
1950The Woman on Pier 13 as J.T. Arnold
1950Armored Car Robbery as Mr. Kelly - Valley Auto Court Manager (uncredited)
1950No Sad Songs for Me as Florist (uncredited)
1950The Good Humor Man as Mr. Watkins (uncredited)
1950Young Man with a Horn as First Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1950Tarnished as Sam Haines
1950Montana as Tecumseh Burke
1950The Grass Is Always Greener as Granny
1949The Reckless Moment as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1949Chinatown at Midnight as Unknown
1949Mary Ryan, Detective as Collins
1949Lust for Gold as Bill Bates
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Al (uncredited)
1949Johnny Allegro as Gray
1949Tulsa as Tooley (uncredited)
1949Hideout as Pops, the janitor
1949Cover Up as Mr. Abbey
1948Ladies of the Chorus as Mr. Craig
1948Whispering Smith as Unknown
1948Belle Starr's Daughter as Clearwater Doctor
1948Rusty Leads the Way as Postman (uncredited)
1948Black Eagle as Hank Daniels
1948Hollow Triumph as Clerk
1948Four Faces West as Conductor #1 (uncredited)
1948Coroner Creek as Townsman (uncredited)
1948Relentless as Len Briggs (uncredited)
1948The Fuller Brush Man as Gardener (uncredited)
1948Adventures in Silverado as Sam Perkins
1948Madonna of the Desert as Hank Davenport
1948The Wreck of the Hesperus as Rudolph Zeiss
1947Unconquered as Dan McCoy
1947Exposed as Professor Ordson
1947Smoky River Serenade as Pop Robinson
1947Desperate as Uncle Jan
1947Framed as (uncredited)
1947Blind Spot as The Night Watchman
1947The Pilgrim Lady as Oscar
1946My Dog Shep as Sheriff
1946Shadowed as Lefty
1946Gallant Journey as 'Peacock' Fox (uncredited)
1946Renegades as Alkali Kid
1946The Devil's Mask as Leon Hartman
1946Mysterious Intruder as Edward Stillwell
1946The Hoodlum Saint as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
1946Night Editor as Ole Strom
1945Fallen Angel as News Vendor (uncredited)
1945Purity Squad as Janitor John Billings (uncredited)
1945The Royal Mounted Rides Again as 'Latitude' Bucket
1945Along Came Jones as Small Man (uncredited)
1945The Southerner as Uncle Pete Tucker
1944Alaska as Carter
1944Barbary Coast Gent as Tim Shea
1944The Seventh Cross as Pelzer (uncredited)
1944Dragon Seed as Shen - Neighbor
1943Young Ideas as Gardener-Caretaker (uncredited)
1943Crash Dive as Simmons - Desk Clerk
1943Dixie Dugan as Sign Painter
1943The Ox-Bow Incident as Winder (uncredited)
1943The Meanest Man in the World as Farmer in Traffic Accident
1942The Mummy's Tomb as Jim, the Caretaker
1942Timber! as Pop Turner (as Paul Burns)
1942Tough as They Come as Phillips
1942Moontide as General Store Clerk (uncredited)
1942Saboteur as Farmer (uncredited)
1942The Mystery of Marie Roget as Gardner
1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Kidnapper
1941Swamp Water as Tulle McKenzie
1941Belle Starr as Sergeant
1941Men of the Timberland as Lucky
1941Western Union as Stagecoach Depot Master
1940Chad Hanna as Budlong
1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Furniture Company Move
1940Bitter Sweet as Lathered Man (uncredited)
1940Brigham Young as Man with California Gold News
1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Reporter Calling Elinor (uncredited)
1940Young People as Unknown
1940The Way of All Flesh as First Hobo
1940New Moon as Guard on Ship
1940Florian as Riding School Records Clerk
1940Lillian Russell as Soldier
1940Little Orvie as Angelo, Grocer
1940Broadway Melody of 1940 as Waiter (uncredited)
1939The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Jake
1939Reno as Hank--Waiter
1939Another Thin Man as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
1939Too Busy to Work as Tavern Keeper
1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Railroad Dispatcher
1939The Housekeeper's Daughter as Suspect
1939The Day the Bookies Wept as Racetrack Taxi Patron (uncredited)
1939The Spellbinder as Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
1939Undercover Doctor as Mack Belton
1939Young Mr. Lincoln as Loafer (uncredited)
1939Rose of Washington Square as Chump
1939The Return of the Cisco Kid as Hotel Clerk
1939The Saint Strikes Back as Organ Grinder (Uncredited)
1939Jesse James as Hank
1930Hell Harbor as Blinky