Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/8/1876
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Berton Churchill
Biography
Known For
Employees' Entrance
as Bradford (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
as R.D. Spear
Madame Butterfly
as Mr. Sharpless
The Rainmakers
as Simon Parker
Daughters Courageous
as Judge Henry Hornsby
The Mouthpiece
as Rocco Trial Judge (Uncredited)
Two Seconds
as The Warden
Kentucky Moonshine
as J.B.
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Oliver Wendell Henderson
Taxi!
as Judge West (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance
as Colonel Conway
Parole!
as Rex Gavin
Tarnished Lady
as Stock Speculator
American Madness
as O'Brien (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer
as Martin Cherrington
Colleen
as Logan
Only Yesterday
as Goodheart (Uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade
as Senator Bitler (as Burton Churchill)
Bunker Bean
as Professor Ed Balthazer
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Career Timeline
1940
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
as Senator Henry Lowell
Public Deb No. 1
as Judge
Cross-Country Romance
as Colonel Conway
The Way of All Flesh
as Reginald L. Morten
Turnabout
as Julian Marlowe
Saturday's Children
as Mr. 'B.N.' Norman, Office Manager
20 Mule Team
as 'Jackass' Brown
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Mr. Harper
1939
1938
Sweethearts
as Sheridan
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Oliver Wendell Henderson
Down in 'Arkansaw'
as Judge
Danger on the Air
as Caesar Kluck
Ladies in Distress
as Fred Morgan
Kentucky Moonshine
as J.B.
Four Men and a Prayer
as Martin Cherrington
Wide Open Faces
as L.D. Crawford
In Old Chicago
as Senator Colby
He Couldn't Say No
as Senator Mabby
1937
1936
1935
Coronado
as Walter Marvin
The Rainmakers
as Simon Parker
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Judge Macklin
I Live for Love
as Fabian
Page Miss Glory
as Mr. Yates
Steamboat Round the Bend
as New Moses
Dizzy Dames
as Dad Hackett
$10 Raise
as Mr. Bates
Vagabond Lady
as R.D. Spear
A Night at the Ritz
as Mr. Vincent
The County Chairman
as Elias Rigby
Helldorado
as 'Clarion' Editor
1934
Sing Sing Nights
as Governor Duane
Babbitt
as Judge Virgil 'Verge' Thompson
Menace
as Norman Bellamy
Kid Millions
as Harrison Larrabee
Redhead
as Mr. Brown
Judge Priest
as Senator Horace Maydew
Dames
as Harold Ellsworthy Todd
Take the Stand
as Mr. Jerome Burbank
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Franklyn P. Brumbaugh
Bachelor Bait
as "Big" Barney Nolan
Murder in the Private Car
as Luke Carson
Half a Sinner
as Deacon Caswell
Strictly Dynamite
as Mr. Rivers
Let’s Be Ritzy
as R.M. Pembrook
Hi, Nellie!
as Graham
Frontier Marshal
as Hiram Melton
1933
Master of Men
as Mr. Walling
College Coach
as Otis
Only Yesterday
as Goodheart (Uncredited)
Doctor Bull
as Herbert Banning
Golden Harvest
as Eben Martin
The Avenger
as Forster
The Big Brain
as Col. Higginbotham
Her First Mate
as Davis
I Love That Man
as Mordant - Casket Buyer
Heroes for Sale
as Mr. Winston
The Little Giant
as Donald Hadley Cass
Elmer, the Great
as Colonel Moffitt
So This Is Africa
as President
Private Jones
as Roger Winthrop
From Hell to Heaven
as Toledo Jones
Employees' Entrance
as Bradford (uncredited)
The Mysterious Rider
as Mark King
Hard to Handle
as Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny
as Judge Thomas B. Reynolds (uncredited)
Laughter in Hell
as Mike Slaney
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as The Warden
1932
Madame Butterfly
as Mr. Sharpless
If I Had a Million
as Warden (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
as Mayor William 'Billy' Manning
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as The Judge
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Speaker of the House
False Faces
as Dr. J.B. Parker
The Big Stampede
as Governor Lew Wallace
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Lane Norwood
The Crooked Circle
as Col. Walters
Okay, America!
as Jacob Baron
American Madness
as O'Brien (uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade
as Senator Bitler (as Burton Churchill)
Fast Companions
as Committee Chairman
Week Ends Only
as A.S. Carr
The Dark Horse
as William A. Underwood
Two Seconds
as The Warden
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Judge Bradshaw
Scandal for Sale
as Bunnyweather
The Wet Parade
as Roger's Uncle Dick (uncredited)
The Mouthpiece
as Rocco Trial Judge (Uncredited)
A Fool's Advice
as Mayor Martin Sloan
Cheaters at Play
Role unknown
Taxi!
as Judge West (uncredited)
This Reckless Age
as Banker (uncredited)