
Burl Ives
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography

My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Big Daddy (archive footage)

Thomas Hart Benton
1989
as Himself

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as F.W. Woolworth

Two Moon Junction
1988
as Sheriff Earl Hawkins

A Down Home Country Christmas
1987
as Self

Uphill All the Way
1986
as Sheriff John Catledge

The Ewok Adventure
1984
as Narrator (voice)

DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
as Self

White Dog
1982
as Carruthers

Wogan
1982
as Self

Earthbound
1981
as Ned Anderson

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981
as Himself

Just You and Me, Kid
1979
as Max

The Bermuda Depths
1978
as Dr. Paulis

The New Adventures of Heidi
1978
as Grandfather

Roots
1977
as Senator Arthur J. Justin

Baker's Hawk
1976
as Mr. McGraw

The First Easter Rabbit
1976
as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)

Captains and the Kings
1976
as Old Syrup
Gifts of an Eagle
1975

Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Sam Shelby

Tennessee Williams' South
1973

The Bobby Darin Show
1973

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

The McMasters
1970
as McMasters

The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1970
as T.M. Trask

Night Gallery
1970
as Old Man Doubleday
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970

The Whole World Is Watching
1969
as Walter Nichols

The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
as Walter Nicholls

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
1968
as Narrator (voice)

The Sound of Anger
1968
as Walter Nichols

Pinocchio
1968
as Geppetto

The Name of the Game
1968
as Arthur Jellicoe

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
1967
as Phineas T. Barnum

The Daydreamer
1966
as Father Neptune (voice)

O.K. Crackerby
1965

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964
as Sam the Snowman (voice)

Ensign Pulver
1964
as Captain Morton

The Brass Bottle
1964
as Fakrash

Daniel Boone
1964
as Prater Beaseley

The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self

Summer Magic
1963
as Osh Popham

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
1963

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

The Spiral Road
1962
as Dr. Brits Jansen

Mediterranean Holiday
1962
as Narrator (US Version) (voice)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Our Man in Havana
1960
as Dr. Hasselbacher

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan

Day of the Outlaw
1959
as Jack Bruhn

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Host

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

The Big Country
1958
as Rufus Hannassey

Wind Across the Everglades
1958
as Cottonmouth

Desire Under the Elms
1958
as Éphraïm Cabot

Fun in the Big Country
1958
as Self

The Miracle Worker
1957
as Captain Keller

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

The Power and the Prize
1956
as George Salt

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jonathan J. Dwire

East of Eden
1955
as Sam the Sheriff

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

General Electric Theater
1953
as King David

The Oscars
1953
as Self

General Electric Theater
1953

Sierra
1950
as Lonesome

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

So Dear to My Heart
1948
as Uncle Hiram Douglas

Station West
1948
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
as Gus

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Smoky
1946
as Willie

Tall Tales
1940
as Self