Burl Ives
Birthday: 1909-06-14 | Place of Birth: Hunt City, Illinois, USAFrom 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
Acting
Role
as Sam the Sheriff
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as Carruthers
as Dr. Paulis
as Grandfather
as Mr. McGraw
as Narrator - Vocalist (voice)
as McMasters
as T.M. Trask
as Narrator (voice)
as Phineas T. Barnum
as Father Neptune (voice)
as Captain Morton
as Fakrash
as Sam the Snowman (voice)
as Osh Popham
as Dr. Brits Jansen
as Dr. Hasselbacher
as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
as Jack Bruhn
as Cottonmouth
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
as Rufus Hannassey
as Lonesome
as Gus
