American songwriter, composer and performer.
Born 1874, Jackson, Tennessee, USA. Died June 3, 1923, Oxen Hill, Maryland, USA.
Lyricist of "Ballin' The Jack" with music by 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.