In reality, Paul and Barbara Parkins, who played his paramour in the movie, actually came off better and more grounded than most. It also damaged the screen careers of many of the talent involved. It earned instant cult infamy, making many "top 10" lists for worst movie ever. The movie was a laughable misfire-riddled with bad acting, bad dialogue and inept directing. The Susann book was, if anything, a guilty pleasure as readers were reeled in by the trashy Hollywood themes of drugs, fame, and sex. It could have been the break to turn things around on film. Winning the co-lead role of fledgling writer "Lyon Burke" in the highly anticipated film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's monstrous best seller, Valley of the Dolls (1967). Based on the gritty, groundbreaking cop movie The Naked City (1948), the series did the film more than justice with excellent story lines, and Burke walked away with two Emmy nominations out of the three seasons he appeared.His only movie role in the early 1960s was the Joan Crawford starrer Della (1964) (aka Fatal Confinement), which was actually a failed pilot to a prospective TV series. Mike Parker" (portrayed by Horace McMahon), just as the half-hour show format was being extended to an hour. He joined the program in the second season as the young partner of "Lt. Another hit series came with 12 O'Clock High (1964), based on the hit film drama of the same name.Paul's best-known TV role, however, was as "Detective Adam Flint" in the highly praised police series Naked City (1958), replacing James Franciscus. Noah McCann." He followed that by co-starring with Barry Sullivan in another one-season series, Harbormaster (1957), a New England coast adventure yarn, and then in Five Fingers (1959), a spy drama headlining David Hedison. Via an association with "Dragnet" producer/director Jack Webb, he received his own TV series, albeit short lived, in the form of Noah's Ark (1956), portraying veterinarian "Dr. He also appeared in Adventures of Superman (1952). He moved up the ladder a bit to featured status in another Francis the talking mule picture, Francis in the Navy (1955), and in Screaming Eagles (1956), then earned a starring role in the voodoo/jungle horror flick The Disembodied (1957), opposite the "50-Foot Woman," herself, Allison Hayes.Better yet, Paul found steady work on the small tube with grim-faced roles in a number of crime series such as Highway Patrol (1955),The Lineup (1954), M Squad (1957), and Dragnet (1951). From there, he managed to scrounge up bit/uncredited parts in such 1950s films as Fearless Fagan (1952) Francis Goes to West Point (1952), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), South Sea Woman (1953), and Spy Chasers (1955). Screen director Lloyd Bacon, a friend of his father Marty, helped the fledgling actor along by giving him an unbilled part in the Betty Grable musical Call Me Mister (1951). Educated at prep schools, he was drawn to acting and moved to Hollywood in the late 1940s, studying at the Pasadena Playhouse for a couple of years. While his career fell short of outright stardom, he managed to stand out in a couple of acclaimed TV cop series series in the 1960s and "enjoyed" semi-cult notice by co-starring in one of the screen's most celebrated turkeys of all time.The New Orleans-born actor was born on July 21, 1926, the son of Martin Burke, a prizefighter who later became a well-known promoter and French Quarter nightclub owner ("Marty Burke's"). Tall, dark, and handsome is how Hollywood liked their leading men back in the 1950s and 1960s, and actor Paul Burke certainly fit the bill. Paul Burke was born on Jin New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is Actor.
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