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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television.

Birth Name

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives

Born

Monday, 14 June 1909

Died

Friday, 14 April 1995

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

My Music: A Classic Christmas	Himself (archive footage) / Self	2019
All About 'The Birds'	Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle" (archive footage)	1999
Rock Hudson's Home Movies	Dr. Brits Jansen	1992
Thomas Hart Benton	Himself	1989
Two Moon Junction	Sheriff Earl Hawkins	1988
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	F.W. Woolworth	1987
Dolly	Himself	1987
American Masters	Big Daddy	1986
Uphill All the Way	Sheriff John Catledge	1986
The Ewok Adventure	Narrator (voice)	1984

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

My Music: A Classic Christmas	Himself (archive footage) / Self	2019
All About 'The Birds'	Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle" (archive footage)	1999
Rock Hudson's Home Movies	Dr. Brits Jansen	1992
Thomas Hart Benton	Himself	1989
Two Moon Junction	Sheriff Earl Hawkins	1988
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	F.W. Woolworth	1987
Dolly	Himself	1987
American Masters	Big Daddy	1986
Uphill All the Way	Sheriff John Catledge	1986
The Ewok Adventure	Narrator (voice)	1984
Danger Bay		1984
White Dog	Carruthers	1982
Earthbound	Ned Anderson	1981
Just You and Me, Kid	Max	1979
The New Adventures of Heidi	Grandfather	1978
The Bermuda Depths	Dr. Paulis	1978
Roots	Senator Arthur J. Justin	1977
Baker's Hawk	Mr. McGraw	1976
Captains and the Kings	Old Syrup	1976
The First Easter Rabbit	Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)	1976
Hugo the Hippo	Narrator (voice)	1975
Gifts of an Eagle	Narrator	1975
Little House on the Prairie	Sam Shelby	1974
The Bobby Darin Show	Himself - Singer	1973
Tennessee Williams' South	Charlie Colton	1973
Joanne Carson's VIPs	Himself	1972
Parkinson	Himself - Guest	1971
Alias Smith and Jones	Big Mac McCreedy	1971
Night Gallery	Old Man Doubleday	1970
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever	T.M. Trask	1970
Flip	Himself	1970
The McMasters	McMasters	1970
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show	Himself	1970
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Walter Nicholls, Walter Nichols	1969
The David Frost Show	Himself - Guest	1969
Hee Haw	Himself	1969
The Johnny Cash Show	Himself - Singer	1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Himself	1969
The Sound of Anger	Walter Nichols	1968
The Name of the Game	Arthur Jellicoe	1968
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde	Narrator	1968
Those Fantastic Flying Fools	Phineas T. Barnum	1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Himself	1967
The Daydreamer	Father Neptune (voice)	1966
O.K. Crackerby!	O.K. Crackerby	1965
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Sam the Snowman	1964
Daniel Boone	Prater Beaseley	1964
Ensign Pulver	Captain Morton	1964
The Brass Bottle	Fakrash	1964
The Hollywood Palace	Himself - Host, Himself	1964
The Danny Kaye Show	Himself - Guest	1963
Ready, Steady, Go!	Himself	1963
Summer Magic	Osh Popham	1963
Mediterranean Holiday	Narrator (voice)	1962
The Merv Griffin Show	Himself	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest	1962
The Andy Williams Show	Himself	1962
The Spiral Road	Dr. Brits Jansen	1962
Let No Man Write My Epitaph	Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan	1960
Our Man in Havana	Dr. Hasselbacher	1959
Day Of The Outlaw	Captain Jack Bruhn	1959
The Bell Telephone Hour	Himself - Host, Himself - Singer / Host	1959
The Kraft Music Hall	Himself	1958
Wind Across the Everglades	Cottonmouth	1958
The Big Country	Rufus Hannassey	1958
Desire Under The Elms	Ephraim Cabot	1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Daddy Pollitt	1958
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	1957
High Low Quiz	Himself	1957
Zane Grey Theater	Jonathan J. Dwire	1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Himself	1956
Playhouse 90	Captain Keller	1956
The Power and the Prize	George Salt	1956
Music 55	Himself	1955
East of Eden	Sam - the Sheriff	1955
The Magical World of Disney	Osh Popham, Uncle Hiram Douglas	1954
The United States Steel Hour	Matthew Randolph	1953
Person to Person	Himself	1953
The George Jessel Show	Himself	1953
Tonight!	Himself - Guest	1953
General Electric Theater	King David	1953
The Red Skelton Hour	Burl Ives	1951
Sierra	Lonesome	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
So Dear to My Heart	Uncle Hiram Douglas	1949
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Himself	1948
Station West	Hotel Clerk	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Himself, Himself - Singer	1948
Green Grass of Wyoming	Gus	1948
We, the People	Himself - Singer	1948
For Your Pleasure	Himself - guest	1948
Smoky	Willie	1946