Burl Ives

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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,...

Known for

Little House on the PrairieSeries • 1974Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Daniel BooneSeries • 1964The Name of the GameSeries • 1968Night GallerySeries • 1970Alias Smith and JonesSeries • 1971East of EdenMovie • 1955RootsSeries • 1977The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMovie • 1958The Big CountryMovie • 1958Two Moon JunctionMovie • 1988Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerMovie • 1964The Ewok AdventureMovie • 1984White DogMovie • 1982So Dear to My HeartMovie • 1948Summer MagicMovie • 1963Our Man in HavanaMovie • 1960Day of the OutlawMovie • 1959Desire Under the ElmsMovie • 1958Jules Verne's Rocket to the MoonMovie • 1967Ensign PulverMovie • 1964Station WestMovie • 1948The Bermuda DepthsMovie • 1978