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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 |
|---|
| Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Big Daddy | 2021 |
| My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| All About 'the Birds' | Fakrash from 'The Brass Bottle' | 1999 |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1996 |
| Rock Hudson's Home Movies | Dr. Brits Jansen | 1992 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | Himself / Self | 1989 |
| Two Moon Junction | Sheriff Earl Hawkins | 1988 |
| Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | F.W. Woolworth (part 1) | 1987 |
| Dolly | Self | 1987 |
| Uphill All the Way | Sheriff John Catledge | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Big Daddy | 2021 |
| My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| All About 'the Birds' | Fakrash from 'The Brass Bottle' | 1999 |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1996 |
| Rock Hudson's Home Movies | Dr. Brits Jansen | 1992 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | Himself / Self | 1989 |
| Two Moon Junction | Sheriff Earl Hawkins | 1988 |
| Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | F.W. Woolworth (part 1) | 1987 |
| Dolly | Self | 1987 |
| Uphill All the Way | Sheriff John Catledge | 1986 |
| American Masters | Big Daddy | 1985 |
| The Ewok Adventure | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1984 |
| White Dog | Carruthers | 1982 |
| Earthbound | Ned Anderson | 1981 |
| Just You and Me, Kid | Max | 1979 |
| The New Adventures of Heidi | Grandfather | 1978 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 1978 |
| The Bermuda Depths | Dr. Paulis / 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) / Older Stuffy | 1976 |
| Hugo the Hippo | Narrator / Narrator - Vocalist (voice) | 1975 |
| Gifts of an Eagle | Narrator | 1975 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Sam Shelby | 1974 |
| The Bobby Goldsboro Show | Self | 1973 |
| The Bobby Darin Show | Self - Singer | 1973 |
| Tennessee Williams' South | Charlie Colton | 1973 |
| Joanne Carson's VIPs | Self | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self - Guest | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Big Mac McCreedy | 1971 |
| The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever | T.M. Trask | 1970 |
| Flip | Self | 1970 |
| The McMasters | McMasters / Neil McMasters | 1970 |
| The Smothers Brothers Summer Show | Self | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Old Man Doubleday | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Walter Nicholls, Walter Nichols / Walter Nicholls | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Hee Haw | Self | 1969 |
| The Johnny Cash Show | Self - Singer | 1969 |
| The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | 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 | Self | 1967 |
| The Daydreamer | Father Neptune (voice) / Father Neptune | 1966 |
| O.K. Crackerby! | O.K. Crackerby | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self - Man in Closet | 1965 |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Sam the Snowman / Sam the Snowman (voice) | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Prater Beaseley | 1964 |
| Ensign Pulver | Captain Morton | 1964 |
| The Brass Bottle | Fakrash / Fakrash Al-Amash | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self, Self - Host | 1964 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self - Guest | 1963 |
| Ready, Steady, Go! | Self | 1963 |
| Summer Magic | Osh Popham | 1963 |
| Mediterranean Holiday | Narrator / Narrator (US Version) | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 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 | 1960 |
| Day of the Outlaw | Jack Bruhn | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host, Host / Self - Singer | 1959 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| Wind Across the Everglades | Cottonmouth | 1958 |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy / Harvey „Big Daddy” Pollitt | 1958 |
| The Big Country | Rufus Hannassey | 1958 |
| Desire Under the Elms | Ephraim / Husband / Éphraïm Cabot | 1958 |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | Himself | 1957 |
| High Low Quiz | Self | 1957 |
| A Face in the Crowd | Self | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Jonathan J. Dwire | 1956 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Captain Keller | 1956 |
| The Power and the Prize | George Salt | 1956 |
| Music 55 | Self | 1955 |
| East of Eden | Sam - the Sheriff / Sam the Sheriff | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Osh Popham, Uncle Hiram Douglas | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self, Self - Guest | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Matthew Randolph | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The George Jessel Show | Self | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | King David | 1953 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Burl Ives | 1951 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| 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 | Self, Self - Singer | 1948 |
| Green Grass of Wyoming | Gus | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Singer / Actor | 1948 |
| For Your Pleasure | Self - guest | 1948 |
| Smoky | Willie | 1946 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
