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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.
Acted in 51
1990s
- 1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Big Daddy (archive footage)
1980s
- 1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
F.W. Woolworth · 6 episodes
- 1988
- 1986
- 1982
- 1981
Earthbound
Ned Anderson
1970s
- 1979
Just You and Me, Kid
Max
- 1978
The New Adventures of Heidi
Grandfather
The Bermuda Depths
Dr. Paulis
- 1977
- 1976
Baker's Hawk
Mr. McGraw
- 1974
- 1973
The Bobby Darin Show
TV
- 1971
- 1970
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
T.M. Trask
1960s
- 1969
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Walter Nicholls · 27 episodes
The Whole World Is Watching
Walter Nichols
- 1968
The Sound of Anger
Walter Nichols
Pinocchio
Geppetto
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
O.K. Crackerby
TV
- 1964
The Brass Bottle
Fakrash
- 1963
Summer Magic
Osh Popham
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Movie
- 1962
The Spiral Road
Dr. Brits Jansen
- 1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Our Man in Havana
Dr. Hasselbacher
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Wind Across the Everglades
Cottonmouth
Desire Under the Elms
Éphraïm Cabot
- 1957
The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
- 1956
The Power and the Prize
George Salt
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
General Electric Theater
King David · 1 episode
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
So Dear to My Heart
Uncle Hiram Douglas
- 1946
Smoky
Willie
Appearances25
2010s
- 2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1989
Thomas Hart Benton
Himself
- 1987
A Down Home Country Christmas
Self
- 1984
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
- 1982
- 1981
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Himself
1970s
- 1976
The First Easter Rabbit
Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
- 1973
Tennessee Williams' South
Self - Charlie Colton
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Narrator (voice)
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Mediterranean Holiday
Narrator (US Version) (voice)
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Fun in the Big Country
Self
- 1957
- 1956
- 1953
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1940
Tall Tales
Self
