Burl Ives

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-06-14

Day of death

1995-04-14 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Hunt City, Illinois, USA

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 "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

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • The New Adventures of Heidi

    The New Adventures of Heidi

  • Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

    Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

  • The Big Country

    The Big Country

  • The Spiral Road

    The Spiral Road

  • Uphill All the Way

    Uphill All the Way

  • The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

  • The First Easter Rabbit

    The First Easter Rabbit

  • The Ewok Adventure

    The Ewok Adventure

  • The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever

    The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever

  • Captains and the Kings

    Captains and the Kings

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

  • The Brass Bottle

    The Brass Bottle

  • Tall Tales

    Tall Tales

  • The Miracle Worker

    The Miracle Worker

  • Green Grass of Wyoming

    Green Grass of Wyoming

  • Station West

    Station West

  • The Power and the Prize

    The Power and the Prize

  • White Dog

    White Dog

  • The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

    The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

  • Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    Let No Man Write My Epitaph

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • Smoky

    Smoky

  • Sierra

    Sierra

  • Thomas Hart Benton

    Thomas Hart Benton

  • The Sound of Anger

    The Sound of Anger

  • The Whole World Is Watching

    The Whole World Is Watching

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

  • Day of the Outlaw

    Day of the Outlaw

  • So Dear to My Heart

    So Dear to My Heart

  • Gifts of an Eagle

    Gifts of an Eagle

  • The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

    The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

  • DTV: Golden Oldies

    DTV: Golden Oldies

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Summer Magic

    Summer Magic

  • Two Moon Junction

    Two Moon Junction

  • The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

  • Tennessee Williams' South

    Tennessee Williams' South

  • The McMasters

    The McMasters

  • Fun in the Big Country

    Fun in the Big Country

  • The Bobby Darin Show

    The Bobby Darin Show

  • Wind Across the Everglades

    Wind Across the Everglades

  • Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

  • The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

    The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • O.K. Crackerby

    O.K. Crackerby

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

  • Earthbound

    Earthbound

  • Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

  • Just You and Me, Kid

    Just You and Me, Kid

  • Ensign Pulver

    Ensign Pulver

  • I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

  • Desire Under the Elms

    Desire Under the Elms

  • The Bermuda Depths

    The Bermuda Depths

  • Baker's Hawk

    Baker's Hawk

  • My Music: A Classic Christmas

    My Music: A Classic Christmas

  • Mediterranean Holiday

    Mediterranean Holiday