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Burl Ives
Burl Ives

Burl Ives

ActingBorn June 14, 1909Died April 14, 1995 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994Movie
1989Movie
1988
Two Moon Junction

as Sheriff Earl Hawkins

Movie
1986
Uphill All the Way

as Sheriff John Catledge

Movie
1984
The Ewok Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1984Movie
1982
White Dog

as Carruthers

Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1981
Earthbound

as Ned Anderson

Movie
1979Movie
1978Movie
1978
The Bermuda Depths

as Dr. Paulis

Movie
1977
Roots

as Senator Arthur J. Justin

TV
1976
Baker's Hawk

as Mr. McGraw

Movie
1976TV
1976
The First Easter Rabbit

as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)

Movie
1974TV
1970
Night Gallery

as Old Man Doubleday

TV
1970
The McMasters

as McMasters

Movie
1969
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

as Walter Nicholls

TV
1969Movie
1968
The Sound of Anger

as Walter Nichols

Movie
1968
Pinocchio

as Geppetto

Movie
1968
The Name of the Game

as Arthur Jellicoe

TV
1968Movie
1967Movie
1966
The Daydreamer

as Father Neptune (voice)

Movie
1964
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

as Sam the Snowman (voice)

Movie
1964
Daniel Boone

as Prater Beaseley

TV
1964
Ensign Pulver

as Captain Morton

Movie
1964Movie
1963TV
1963
Summer Magic

as Osh Popham

Movie
1962
Mediterranean Holiday

as Narrator (US Version) (voice)

Movie
1962
The Spiral Road

as Dr. Brits Jansen

Movie
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan

Movie
1960
Our Man in Havana

as Dr. Hasselbacher

Movie
1959
Day of the Outlaw

as Jack Bruhn

Movie
1959TV
1958Movie
1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Movie
1958
The Big Country

as Rufus Hannassey

Movie
1958
Desire Under the Elms

as Éphraïm Cabot

Movie
1958Movie
1957
The Miracle Worker

as Captain Keller

Movie
1956TV
1956Movie
1955
East of Eden

as Sam the Sheriff

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953TV
1950
Sierra

as Lonesome

Movie
1950TV
1948
So Dear to My Heart

as Uncle Hiram Douglas

Movie
1948
Station West

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1946
Smoky

as Willie

Movie
1940
Tall Tales

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 14, 1909
Day of DeathApril 14, 1995
Place of BirthHunt City, Illinois, USA
Popularity0.9
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