Burl Ives
Acting
- Born:
- 1909-06-14
- Died:
- 1995-04-14
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Thomas Hart Benton
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Two Moon Junction
A Down Home Country Christmas
Uphill All the Way
The Ewok Adventure
DTV: Golden Oldies
White Dog
Wogan
Earthbound
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Just You and Me, Kid
The New Adventures of Heidi
The Bermuda Depths
Roots
Baker's Hawk
Captains and the Kings
The First Easter Rabbit
Gifts of an Eagle
Little House on the Prairie
The Bobby Darin Show
Tennessee Williams' South
Alias Smith and Jones
Night Gallery
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
The McMasters
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Johnny Cash Show
The Whole World Is Watching
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Sound of Anger
Pinocchio
The Name of the Game
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
The Daydreamer
O.K. Crackerby
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Daniel Boone
Ensign Pulver
The Brass Bottle
The Hollywood Palace
The Danny Kaye Show
Summer Magic
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Mediterranean Holiday
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Spiral Road
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Our Man in Havana
Day of the Outlaw
The Bell Telephone Hour
Wind Across the Everglades
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Big Country
Desire Under the Elms