Jim Burris

American songwriter, composer and performer.

Born 1874, Jackson, Tennessee, USA. Died June 3, 1923, Oxen Hill, Maryland, USA.

Lyricist of "[i]Ballin' The Jack[/i]" with music by [a=Chris Smith (14)].

Burris was an actor in the 1920 silent film "The Symbol of the Unconquered", a race film produced by Oscar Micheaux. Burris played Bill Stanton, a white horse thief who collaborates with other villains in the movie to drive a black family off their land.