Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
14 Jun, 1909 (115 years old)

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

Thomas Hart Benton
HD
85 min 1989

Thomas Hart Benton

Documentary
Uphill All the Way
HD
86 min 1986

Uphill All the Way

Comedy
White Dog
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90 min 1982

White Dog

Drama
Just You and Me, Kid
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93 min 1979

Just You and Me, Kid

Comedy
The First Easter Rabbit
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25 min 1976

The First Easter Rabbit

Family
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
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95 min 1967

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Comedy

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