Burl Ives
Acting
Born: 1909-06-14 in 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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Little House on the Prairie
Sam Shelby
The Merv Griffin Show
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Wogan
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What's My Line?
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jonathan J. Dwire
Daniel Boone
Prater Beaseley
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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Night Gallery
Old Man Doubleday
The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Oscars
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The Name of the Game
Arthur Jellicoe
Alias Smith and Jones
The Hollywood Palace
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The Danny Kaye Show
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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Roots
Senator Arthur J. Justin
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Bell Telephone Hour
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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The Johnny Cash Show
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East of Eden
Sam the Sheriff
Captains and the Kings
Old Syrup
The Big Country
Rufus Hannassey
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Two Moon Junction
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam the Snowman (voice)
General Electric Theater
King David
General Electric Theater
The Ewok Adventure
Narrator (voice)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
F.W. Woolworth
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Walter Nicholls
White Dog
Carruthers
O.K. Crackerby
Our Man in Havana
Dr. Hasselbacher
The Bobby Darin Show
So Dear to My Heart
Uncle Hiram Douglas
Desire Under the Elms
Éphraïm Cabot
Summer Magic
Osh Popham