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.
East of Eden
(Sam the Sheriff)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt)
The Ewok Adventure
(Narrator (voice))
Two Moon Junction
(Sheriff Earl Hawkins)
Baker's Hawk
(Mr. McGraw)
Our Man in Havana
(Dr. Hasselbacher)
Just You and Me, Kid
(Max)
The Big Country
(Rufus Hannassey)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(Sam the Snowman (voice))
So Dear to My Heart
(Uncle Hiram Douglas)
Ensign Pulver
(Captain Morton)
Station West
(Hotel Clerk (uncredited))
Day of the Outlaw
(Jack Bruhn)
The First Easter Rabbit
(Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice))
The Brass Bottle
(Fakrash)
The Whole World Is Watching
(Walter Nichols)
White Dog
(Carruthers)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
(Phineas T. Barnum)
Green Grass of Wyoming
(Gus)
Wind Across the Everglades
(Cottonmouth)
The Bermuda Depths
(Dr. Paulis)
The McMasters
(McMasters)
Desire Under the Elms
(Éphraïm Cabot)
Fun in the Big Country
(Self)
Sierra
(Lonesome)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan)
The Spiral Road
(Dr. Brits Jansen)
The Power and the Prize
(George Salt)
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
(Narrator (voice))
Tennessee Williams' South
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
(T.M. Trask)
Smoky
(Willie)
The Daydreamer
(Father Neptune (voice))
Summer Magic
(Osh Popham)
The Sound of Anger
(Walter Nichols)
Gifts of an Eagle
Hugo the Hippo
(Narrator - Vocalist (voice))
Uphill All the Way
(Sheriff John Catledge)
DTV: Golden Oldies
(Self)
Thomas Hart Benton
(Himself)
Mediterranean Holiday
(Narrator (US Version) (voice))
The New Adventures of Heidi
(Grandfather)
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
(Big Daddy (archive footage))
Earthbound
(Ned Anderson)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
(Self (archive footage))
Pinocchio
(Geppetto)
The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along
Tall Tales
(Self)
Alias Smith and Jones
The Wonderful World of Disney
Night Gallery
(Old Man Doubleday)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Singer)
General Electric Theater
(King David)
Daniel Boone
(Prater Beaseley)
The Hollywood Palace
(Self)
The Johnny Cash Show
(Self)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
(Self)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(Self)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Jonathan J. Dwire)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
(Walter Nicholls)
Captains and the Kings
(Old Syrup)
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
The Oscars
(Self)
The Bobby Darin Show
O.K. Crackerby
General Electric Theater
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
(F.W. Woolworth)
Wogan
(Self)
The Name of the Game
(Arthur Jellicoe)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
The Bell Telephone Hour
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Danny Kaye Show
(Self)