Burl Ives
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 14, 1909
- Died
- April 14, 1995 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. Ives began as an itinerant singer and banjoist, and launched his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942 he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army, and then became a major star of CBS radio. In the 1960s he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". A popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s, Ives's best-known film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1949) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ives is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which continues to air annually around Christmas.
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Filmography
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie · as Big Daddy (archive footage)
Thomas Hart Benton
Movie · as Himself
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV · as F.W. Woolworth · 6 eps
Two Moon Junction
Movie · as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
A Down Home Country Christmas
Movie · as Self
Uphill All the Way
Movie · as Sheriff John Catledge
The Ewok Adventure
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
DTV: Golden Oldies
Movie · as Self
White Dog
Movie · as Carruthers
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Earthbound
Movie · as Ned Anderson
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Movie · as Himself
Just You and Me, Kid
Movie · as Max
The Bermuda Depths
Movie · as Dr. Paulis
The New Adventures of Heidi
Movie · as Grandfather
Roots
TV · as Senator Arthur J. Justin · 1 ep
Baker's Hawk
Movie · as Mr. McGraw
The First Easter Rabbit
Movie · as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
Captains and the Kings
TV · as Old Syrup · 8 eps
Gifts of an Eagle
Movie
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Sam Shelby · 1 ep
Tennessee Williams' South
Movie · as Self - Charlie Colton
The Bobby Darin Show
TV · 1 ep
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 4 eps
The McMasters
Movie · as McMasters
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
Movie · as T.M. Trask
Night Gallery
TV · as Old Man Doubleday · 1 ep
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
TV · 1 ep
The Whole World Is Watching
Movie · as Walter Nichols
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
TV · as Walter Nicholls · 27 eps
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Sound of Anger
Movie · as Walter Nichols
Pinocchio
Movie · as Geppetto
The Name of the Game
TV · as Arthur Jellicoe · 1 ep
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Movie · as Phineas T. Barnum
The Daydreamer
Movie · as Father Neptune (voice)
O.K. Crackerby
TV · 17 eps
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Movie · as Sam the Snowman (voice)
Ensign Pulver
Movie · as Captain Morton
The Brass Bottle
Movie · as Fakrash
Daniel Boone
TV · as Prater Beaseley · 2 eps
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Summer Magic
Movie · as Osh Popham
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Movie
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Spiral Road
Movie · as Dr. Brits Jansen
Mediterranean Holiday
Movie · as Narrator (US Version) (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Our Man in Havana
Movie · as Dr. Hasselbacher
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Day of the Outlaw
Movie · as Jack Bruhn
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 2 eps
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
The Big Country
Movie · as Rufus Hannassey
Wind Across the Everglades
Movie · as Cottonmouth
Desire Under the Elms
Movie · as Éphraïm Cabot
Fun in the Big Country
Movie · as Self
The Miracle Worker
Movie · as Captain Keller
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Power and the Prize
Movie · as George Salt
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Jonathan J. Dwire · 1 ep
East of Eden
Movie · as Sam the Sheriff
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as King David · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sierra
Movie · as Lonesome
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
So Dear to My Heart
Movie · as Uncle Hiram Douglas
Station West
Movie · as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Green Grass of Wyoming
Movie · as Gus
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Smoky
Movie · as Willie
Tall Tales
Movie · as Self