Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 14, 1909
Died
Apr 14, 1995
Place of Birth
Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Credits
78 titles
Burl Ives
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.
Known For
Filmography
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Big Daddy (archive footage)
Thomas Hart Benton
Himself
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
F.W. Woolworth
Two Moon Junction
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
A Down Home Country Christmas
Self
Uphill All the Way
Sheriff John Catledge
The Ewok Adventure
Narrator (voice)
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
White Dog
Carruthers
Wogan
Self
Earthbound
Ned Anderson
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Himself
Just You and Me, Kid
Max
The New Adventures of Heidi
Grandfather
The Bermuda Depths
Dr. Paulis
Roots
Senator Arthur J. Justin
Baker's Hawk
Mr. McGraw
Captains and the Kings
Old Syrup
The First Easter Rabbit
Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
Gifts of an Eagle
Little House on the Prairie
Sam Shelby
The Bobby Darin Show
Tennessee Williams' South
Alias Smith and Jones
Night Gallery
Old Man Doubleday
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
T.M. Trask
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
The McMasters
McMasters
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Walter Nicholls
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
The Whole World Is Watching
Walter Nichols
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
The Sound of Anger
Walter Nichols
Pinocchio
Geppetto
The Name of the Game
Arthur Jellicoe
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Narrator (voice)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Phineas T. Barnum
The Daydreamer
Father Neptune (voice)
O.K. Crackerby
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam the Snowman (voice)
Daniel Boone
Prater Beaseley
Ensign Pulver
Captain Morton
The Brass Bottle
Fakrash
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Summer Magic
Osh Popham
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Mediterranean Holiday
Narrator (US Version) (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self