Acting credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Burl Ives
Acting
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Movies: 49Series: 24
TMDB ID: 2753
IMDb ID: nm0412322
Known for: Acting
Born: June 14, 1909
Died: April 14, 1995
Age: 85
Place of birth: Hunt City, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1940 - 2019
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q315723
Also known as
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives • Бёрл Айвз
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Burl Ives.
7.5
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Big Daddy (archive footage)
1994 Movie
7.5
Thomas Hart Benton
as Himself
1989 Movie
6.0
Two Moon Junction
as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
1988 Movie
A Down Home Country Christmas
as Self
1987 Movie
4.3
Uphill All the Way
as Sheriff John Catledge
1986 Movie
5.9
The Ewok Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
1984 Movie
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
1984 Movie
6.6
White Dog
as Carruthers
1982 Movie
3.3
Earthbound
as Ned Anderson
1981 Movie
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
as Himself
1981 Movie
5.4
Just You and Me, Kid
as Max
1979 Movie
4.0
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Grandfather
1978 Movie
5.3
The Bermuda Depths
as Dr. Paulis
1978 Movie
6.2
Baker's Hawk
as Mr. McGraw
1976 Movie
5.6
The First Easter Rabbit
as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
1976 Movie
10.0
Tennessee Williams' South
1973 Movie
5.0
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
as T.M. Trask
1970 Movie
4.2
The McMasters
as McMasters
1970 Movie
The Whole World Is Watching
as Walter Nichols
1969 Movie
The Sound of Anger
as Walter Nichols
1968 Movie
Pinocchio
as Geppetto
1968 Movie
5.0
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
as Narrator (voice)
1968 Movie
5.5
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
as Phineas T. Barnum
1967 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Burl Ives.
4.5
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as F.W. Woolworth • 6 eps
1989 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.4
Roots
as Senator Arthur J. Justin • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.3
Captains and the Kings
as Old Syrup • 8 eps
1976 Series
The Bobby Darin Show
1 eps
1973 Series
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
4 eps
1971 Series
7.8
Night Gallery
as Old Man Doubleday • 1 eps
1970 Series
3.0
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
as Walter Nicholls • 27 eps
1969 Series
6.5
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self • 2 eps
1969 Series
5.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Arthur Jellicoe • 1 eps
1968 Series
O.K. Crackerby
17 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Prater Beaseley • 2 eps
1964 Series
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.3
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.3
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self • 2 eps
1959 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jonathan J. Dwire • 1 eps
1956 Series
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self • 2 eps
1956 Series
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
1 eps
1954 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
as King David • 1 eps
1953 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 2 eps
1950 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 5 eps
1948 Series