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Burl Ives

1909-06-14

The 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.

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Movies

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The Big Country

7.582 average rating
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

7.395 average rating
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Day of the Outlaw

6.835 average rating
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7.7 average rating
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East of Eden

7.5 average rating
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Two Moon Junction

6 average rating
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The Ewok Adventure

5.9 average rating
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Our Man in Havana

6.7 average rating
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White Dog

6.667 average rating
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Summer Magic

6.67 average rating
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So Dear to My Heart

6.5 average rating
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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

5.45 average rating
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Wind Across the Everglades

6.1 average rating
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Station West

6.1 average rating
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The Brass Bottle

6.2 average rating
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The Bermuda Depths

5 average rating
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Desire Under the Elms

6.8 average rating
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Sierra

5.3 average rating
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Ensign Pulver

6.6 average rating
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Just You and Me, Kid

5.5 average rating