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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
all 71
Movies 47
TV Shows 24
self 15
Voice 3
Narrator 3
My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1989)
Two Moon Junction (1988)
Uphill All the Way (1986)
The Ewok Adventure (1984)
DTV: Golden Oldies (1984)
White Dog (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Earthbound (1981)
Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Baker's Hawk (1976)
Captains and the Kings (1976)
The First Easter Rabbit (1976)
Hugo the Hippo (1975)
Gifts of an Eagle (1975)
The Bobby Darin Show (1973)
Tennessee Williams' South (1973)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970)
Night Gallery (1970)
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1970)
The McMasters (1970)
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
The Whole World Is Watching (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
The Sound of Anger (1968)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1968)
Pinocchio (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
The Daydreamer (1966)
O.K. Crackerby (1965)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Ensign Pulver (1964)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Summer Magic (1963)
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1963)
Mediterranean Holiday (1962)
The Spiral Road (1962)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Our Man in Havana (1960)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Fun in the Big Country (1958)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
High-Low (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
The Power and the Prize (1956)
East of Eden (1955)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Sierra (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
So Dear to My Heart (1948)
Station West (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Smoky (1946)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-06-14
Deathday1995-04-14 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceHunt City, United States of America
ChildrenSteven Paul
FatherFrank Ives
MotherDellie White
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBurl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, Бёрл Айвз
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording
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