East of Eden1955
As Sam the Sheriff
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Burl Ives
Born
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)
The Big Country1958
As Rufus Hannassey
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Two Moon Junction1988
As Sheriff Earl Hawkins
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958
As Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer1964
As Sam the Snowman (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Ewok Adventure1984
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
White Dog1982
As Carruthers
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Spiral Road1962
As Dr. Brits Jansen
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Day of the Outlaw1959
As Jack Bruhn
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Summer Magic1963
As Osh Popham
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Desire Under the Elms1958
As Éphraïm Cabot
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Our Man in Havana1960
As Dr. Hasselbacher
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pinocchio1968
As Geppetto
So Dear to My Heart1948
As Uncle Hiram Douglas
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Station West1948
As Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Wind Across the Everglades1958
As Cottonmouth
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960
As Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Bermuda Depths1978
As Dr. Paulis
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994
As Big Daddy (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Ensign Pulver1964
As Captain Morton
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon1967
As Phineas T. Barnum
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Brass Bottle1964
As Fakrash
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The New Adventures of Heidi1978
As Grandfather
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The First Easter Rabbit1976
As Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Earthbound1981
As Ned Anderson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sierra1950
As Lonesome
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Just You and Me, Kid1979
As Max
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Uphill All the Way1986
As Sheriff John Catledge
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The McMasters1970
As McMasters
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Whole World Is Watching1969
As Walter Nichols
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mediterranean Holiday1962
As Narrator (US Version) (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Power and the Prize1956
As George Salt
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tennessee Williams' South1973
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera1981
As Himself
Thomas Hart Benton1989
As Himself
TMDb 7.8 / 10
DTV: Golden Oldies1984
As Self
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever1970
As T.M. Trask
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Fun in the Big Country1958
As Self
The Daydreamer1966
As Father Neptune (voice)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Sound of Anger1968
As Walter Nichols
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Down Home Country Christmas1987
As Self
Green Grass of Wyoming1948
As Gus
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Miracle Worker1957
As Captain Keller
Smoky1946
As Willie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
My Music: A Classic Christmas2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Baker's Hawk1976
As Mr. McGraw
TMDb 6.8 / 10
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly1963
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tall Tales1940
As Self
Gifts of an Eagle
Gifts of an Eagle1975
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde1968
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb