Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1909-06-14
Day of Death
1995-04-14
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.
Filmography (50)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Thomas Hart Benton
1989
Two Moon Junction
1988
A Down Home Country Christmas
1987
Uphill All the Way
1986
The Ewok Adventure
1984
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
White Dog
1982
Earthbound
1981
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981
Just You and Me, Kid
1979
The New Adventures of Heidi
1978
The Bermuda Depths
1978
