Acting
Burl Ives
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
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Film · 2019
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Film · 1994
Thomas Hart Benton
Film · 1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Series · 1989
Two Moon Junction
Film · 1988
A Down Home Country Christmas
Film · 1987
Uphill All the Way
Film · 1986
The Ewok Adventure
Film · 1984
DTV: Golden Oldies
Film · 1984
White Dog
Film · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
Earthbound
Film · 1981
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Film · 1981
Just You and Me, Kid
Film · 1979
The Bermuda Depths
Film · 1978
The New Adventures of Heidi
Film · 1978
Roots
Series · 1977
Baker's Hawk
Film · 1976
The First Easter Rabbit
Film · 1976
Captains and the Kings
Series · 1976
Gifts of an Eagle
Film · 1975
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Tennessee Williams' South
Film · 1973
The Bobby Darin Show
Series · 1973
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
The McMasters
Film · 1970
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
Film · 1970
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
Series · 1970
The Whole World Is Watching
Film · 1969
The Johnny Cash Show
Series · 1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Series · 1969
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Series · 1969
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Film · 1968
The Sound of Anger
Film · 1968
Pinocchio
Film · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Film · 1967
The Daydreamer
Film · 1966
O.K. Crackerby
Series · 1965
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Film · 1964
Ensign Pulver
Film · 1964
The Brass Bottle
Film · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
The Hollywood Palace
Series · 1964
Summer Magic
Film · 1963
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Film · 1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Spiral Road
Film · 1962
Mediterranean Holiday
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Our Man in Havana
Film · 1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Film · 1960
Day of the Outlaw
Film · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Film · 1958
The Big Country
Film · 1958
Wind Across the Everglades
Film · 1958
Desire Under the Elms
Film · 1958
Fun in the Big Country
Film · 1958
The Miracle Worker
Film · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
The Power and the Prize
Film · 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
East of Eden
Film · 1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Sierra
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
So Dear to My Heart
Film · 1948
Station West
Film · 1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Smoky
Film · 1946
Tall Tales
Film · 1940