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Eldon Burke

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Actor
  • Stunts
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Eldon Burke was born on 23 September 1935 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Hart to Hart (1979) and The Maker (1997).
BornSeptember 23, 1935
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    Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
    Beneath the Planet of the Apes
    6.0
    • Gorilla Sgt.
    • 1970
    Hart to Hart (1979)
    Hart to Hart
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    The Maker (1997)
    The Maker
    5.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1997
    In the Heat of the Night (1988)
    In the Heat of the Night
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Eldon Kent Burke)

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Maker (1997)
      The Maker
      5.5
      • second assistant director
      • 1997
    • In the Heat of the Night (1988)
      In the Heat of the Night
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Eldon Kent Burke)
      • 1988–1991
    • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
      Hotel
      6.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 1983–1988
    • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
      The Love Boat
      6.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1986
    • Hart to Hart (1979)
      Hart to Hart
      6.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 1979–1984
    • Dynasty (1981)
      Dynasty
      6.4
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1981
    • Casino (1980)
      Casino
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1980

    Actor

    • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
      Starsky and Hutch
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Man in corridor
      • Officer Burke
      • Passerby ...
      • 1975–1978
    • Charles Bronson in Breakheart Pass (1975)
      Breakheart Pass
      6.7
      • Ferguson (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Planet of the Apes (1974)
      Planet of the Apes
      7.0
      TV Series
      • 2nd Trooper
      • Inta
      • Peasant Gorilla ...
      • 1974
    • Peter Falk in Columbo (1971)
      Columbo
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Photographer
      • 1974
    • Mel Brooks and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)
      Blazing Saddles
      7.7
      • Desperado (uncredited)
      • 1974
    • James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)
      Gunsmoke
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Station Agent (uncredited)
      • 1974
    • Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
      The Poseidon Adventure
      7.1
      • Passenger (uncredited)
      • 1972
    • Pete Duel and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
      Alias Smith and Jones
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Townsman (uncredited)
      • 1971
    • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
      The Virginian
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Trial Spectator (uncredited)
      • 1970
    • Lancer (1968)
      Lancer
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Second Drover
      • 1970
    • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
      Beneath the Planet of the Apes
      6.0
      • Gorilla Sgt.
      • 1970
    • Ricardo Montalban in The Desperate Mission (1969)
      The Desperate Mission
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Galvez
      • 1969
    • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)
      Planet of the Apes
      8.0
      • Gorilla (uncredited)
      • 1968
    • Ralph Taeger in Hondo (1967)
      Hondo
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Trooper (uncredited)
      • 1967
    • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
      The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
      8.1
      • Townsman (uncredited)
      • 1962

    Stunts

    • Charles Bronson in Breakheart Pass (1975)
      Breakheart Pass
      6.7
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
      Starsky and Hutch
      7.0
      TV Series
      • stunts
      • 1975–1979
    • Mel Brooks and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)
      Blazing Saddles
      7.7
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1974
    • Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
      The Poseidon Adventure
      7.1
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1972
    • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
      Beneath the Planet of the Apes
      6.0
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1970
    • Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
      8.0
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1969
    • Susan Strasberg and Christopher Jones in Chubasco (1968)
      Chubasco
      5.4
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1968
    • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)
      Planet of the Apes
      8.0
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 1968

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Eldon Kent Burke
    • Born
      • September 23, 1935
      • Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

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    • Trivia
      Along with Roddy McDowall, Woodrow Parfrey and Norman Burton, he is one of only four actors to appear in both Planet of the Apes (1968) and Planet of the Apes (1974).

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