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…
Known For
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
East of Eden
Sam the Sheriff
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam the Snowman (voice)
The Big Country
Rufus Hannassey
White Dog
Carruthers
The Ewok Adventure
Narrator (voice)
Two Moon Junction
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
Our Man in Havana
Dr. Hasselbacher
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Filmography
Acting (76)
Movies (50)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019as Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994as Big Daddy (archive footage)
Thomas Hart Benton
1989as Himself
Two Moon Junction
1988as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
A Down Home Country Christmas
1987as Self
Uphill All the Way
1986as Sheriff John Catledge
The Ewok Adventure
1984as Narrator (voice)
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984as Self
White Dog
1982as Carruthers
Earthbound
1981as Ned Anderson
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981as Himself
Just You and Me, Kid
1979as Max
The Bermuda Depths
1978as Dr. Paulis
The New Adventures of Heidi
1978as Grandfather
The First Easter Rabbit
1976as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
Baker's Hawk
1976as Mr. McGraw
Gifts of an Eagle
1975
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
The McMasters
1970as McMasters
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1970as T.M. Trask
The Whole World Is Watching
1969as Walter Nichols
Pinocchio
1968as Geppetto
The Sound of Anger
1968as Walter Nichols
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968as Narrator (voice)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
1967as Phineas T. Barnum
The Daydreamer
1966as Father Neptune (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964as Sam the Snowman (voice)
Ensign Pulver
1964as Captain Morton
The Brass Bottle
1964as Fakrash
Summer Magic
1963as Osh Popham
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
1963
Mediterranean Holiday
1962as Narrator (US Version) (voice)
The Spiral Road
1962as Dr. Brits Jansen
Our Man in Havana
1960as Dr. Hasselbacher
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Day of the Outlaw
1959as Jack Bruhn
The Big Country
1958as Rufus Hannassey
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Wind Across the Everglades
1958as Cottonmouth
Desire Under the Elms
1958as Éphraïm Cabot
Fun in the Big Country
1958as Self
The Miracle Worker
1957as Captain Keller
The Power and the Prize
1956as George Salt
East of Eden
1955as Sam the Sheriff
Sierra
1950as Lonesome
So Dear to My Heart
1948as Uncle Hiram Douglas
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948as Gus
Station West
1948as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Smoky
1946as Willie
Tall Tales
1940as Self
Television (26)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989as F.W. Woolworth
Wogan
1982as Self
Roots
1977as Senator Arthur J. Justin
Captains and the Kings
1976as Old Syrup
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970as Old Man Doubleday
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969as Self
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969as Walter Nicholls
The Name of the Game
1968as Arthur Jellicoe
O.K. Crackerby
1965
Daniel Boone
1964as Prater Beaseley
The Hollywood Palace
1964as Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Jonathan J. Dwire
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Oscars
1953as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
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