Burl Ives
Known For
Acting
Born
1909-06-14 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Died
1995-04-14
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.
Most Known For
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jonathan J. Dwire
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Wogan
as Self
Night Gallery
as Old Man Doubleday
The Oscars
as Self
Daniel Boone
as Prater Beaseley
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
The Name of the Game
as Arthur Jellicoe
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Alias Smith and Jones
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
Roots
as Senator Arthur J. Justin
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Pinocchio
as Geppetto
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
as Sam the Snowman (voice)