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Burl Ives
Also known as: Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, Бёрл Айвз
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1909
Day of Death
April 14, 1995
Age at Death
85 years old
Place of Birth
Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Popularity Score
0.9
Filmography
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage)
2019Movie
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Big Daddy (archive footage)
1994Movie
Thomas Hart Benton
Himself
1989Movie
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
F.W. Woolworth
1989TV
Two Moon Junction
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
1988Movie
A Down Home Country Christmas
Self
1987Movie
Uphill All the Way
Sheriff John Catledge
1986Movie
The Ewok Adventure
Narrator (voice)
1984Movie
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
1984Movie
White Dog
Carruthers
1982Movie
Wogan
Self
1982TV
Earthbound
Ned Anderson
1981Movie
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Himself
1981Movie
Just You and Me, Kid
Max
1979Movie
The Bermuda Depths
Dr. Paulis
1978Movie
The New Adventures of Heidi
Grandfather
1978Movie
Roots
Senator Arthur J. Justin
1977TV
Baker's Hawk
Mr. McGraw
1976Movie
The First Easter Rabbit
Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
1976Movie
Captains and the Kings
Old Syrup
1976TV
Gifts of an Eagle
1975Movie
Little House on the Prairie
Sam Shelby
1974TV
Tennessee Williams' South
1973Movie
The Bobby Darin Show
1973TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
The McMasters
McMasters
1970Movie
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
T.M. Trask
1970Movie
Night Gallery
Old Man Doubleday
1970TV
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970TV
The Whole World Is Watching
Walter Nichols
1969Movie
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969TV
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969TV
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Walter Nicholls
1969TV
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Narrator (voice)
1968Movie
The Sound of Anger
Walter Nichols
1968Movie
Pinocchio
Geppetto
1968Movie
The Name of the Game
Arthur Jellicoe
1968TV
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Phineas T. Barnum
1967Movie
The Daydreamer
Father Neptune (voice)
1966Movie
O.K. Crackerby
1965TV
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam the Snowman (voice)
1964Movie
Ensign Pulver
Captain Morton
1964Movie
The Brass Bottle
Fakrash
1964Movie
Daniel Boone
Prater Beaseley
1964TV
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964TV
Summer Magic
Osh Popham
1963Movie
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
1963Movie
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963TV
The Spiral Road
Dr. Brits Jansen
1962Movie
Mediterranean Holiday
Narrator (US Version) (voice)
1962Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
Our Man in Havana
Dr. Hasselbacher
1960Movie
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
1960Movie
Day of the Outlaw
Jack Bruhn
1959Movie
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959TV
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1958Movie
The Big Country
Rufus Hannassey
1958Movie
Wind Across the Everglades
Cottonmouth
1958Movie
Desire Under the Elms
Éphraïm Cabot
1958Movie
Fun in the Big Country
Self
1958Movie
The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
1957Movie
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957TV
The Power and the Prize
George Salt
1956Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jonathan J. Dwire
1956TV
East of Eden
Sam the Sheriff
1955Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
General Electric Theater
King David
1953TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Sierra
Lonesome
1950Movie
What's My Line?
Self
1950TV
So Dear to My Heart
Uncle Hiram Douglas
1948Movie
Station West
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1948Movie
Green Grass of Wyoming
Gus
1948Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948TV
Smoky
Willie
1946Movie
Tall Tales
Self
1940Movie