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Burl Ives (1909–1995)

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Burl Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family. He first sang in public for a soldiers' reunion when he was age 4. In high school, he learned the banjo and played fullback, intending to become a football coach when he enrolled at Eastern Illinois State Teacher's College in 1927. He dropped out in 1930 and wandered, hitching rides, doing odd jobs, street singing... See full bio »

Born:

Burle Icle Ivanhoe Ives
in Hunt City, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Anacortes, Washington, USA
James Dean, Burl Ives, and Raymond Massey in Still of Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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1988 Two Moon Junction
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
 
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV movie)
F.W. Woolworth
 
1986 Uphill All the Way
Sheriff John Catledge
 
1984 The Ewok Adventure (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1982 White Dog
Carruthers
 
1981 Earthbound
Ned Anderson
 
1979 Just You and Me, Kid
Max
 
1978 The New Adventures of Heidi (TV movie)
Grandfather
 
1978 The Bermuda Depths (TV movie)
Dr. Paulis
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)
Sen. Arthur Johnson
– Part Eleven (1977) … Sen. Arthur Johnson
 
1976 Baker's Hawk
Mr. McGraw
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Sam Shelby
– The Hunters (1976) … Sam Shelby
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series)
Old Syrup
– Chapter V (1976) … Old Syrup
 
1976 The First Easter Rabbit (TV movie)
Narrator/Older Stuffy (voice)
 
1975 Hugo the Hippo
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Old Man Doubleday
– The Other Way Out (1972) … Old Man Doubleday
 
1971-1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Big Mac McCreedy / Pat 'Big Mac' McCreedy
– The McCreedy Feud (1972) … Pat 'Big Mac' McCreedy
– Which Way to the O.K. Corral? (1972) … Big Mac McCreedy
– The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone (1972) … Big Mac McCreedy
– Jailbreak at Junction City (1971) … Big Mac McCreedy (voice) (uncredited)
– The McCreedy Bust (1971) … Big Mac McCreedy
 
1969-1972 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)
Walter Nicholls / Walter Nichols
– Lisa, I Hardly Knew You (1972) … Walter Nicholls
– In Sudden Darkness (1972) … Walter Nicholls
– The Long Morning After: Part 2 (1972) … Walter Nicholls
– The Long Morning After: Part 1 (1972) … Walter Nicholls
– The Letter of the Law (1971) … Walter Nicholls
See all 28 episodes »
 
1970 The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (TV movie)
T.M. Trask
 
1970 The McMasters
McMasters
 
1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Prater Beaseley
– Love and Equity (1969) … Prater Beaseley
– A Tall Tale of Prater Beaseley (1969) … Prater Beaseley
 
1968 The Sound of Anger (TV movie)
Walter Nichols
 
1968 Pinocchio (TV movie)
Gepetto
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Arthur Jellicoe
– The Taker (1968) … Arthur Jellicoe
 
1968 The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
Narrator (voice)
 
1968 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Big Pappy Tumbleweed
– Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made (1968) … Big Pappy Tumbleweed
 
1967 NBC Children's Theatre (TV series)
Narrator
– Little Georgie of Rabbit Hill (1967) … Narrator
 
1967 Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Phineas T. Barnum
 
1966 The Daydreamer
Father Neptune (voice)
 
1965-1966 O.K. Crackerby! (TV series)
O.K. Crackerby
– Operation Susan (1966) … O.K. Crackerby
– 3+1=1 (1965) … O.K. Crackerby
– Smile and the World... (1965) … O.K. Crackerby
– Bitter Ravioli (1965) … O.K. Crackerby
– Crackerby and the Cuckoo Game (1965) … O.K. Crackerby
See all 17 episodes »
 
1964 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV movie)
Sam the Snowman (voice)
 
1964 Ensign Pulver
Captain
 
1964 The Brass Bottle
Fakrash
 
1964 I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (short)
Singer (voice)
 
1963 Summer Magic
Osh Popham
 
1962 The Spiral Road
Dr. Brits Jansen
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Ox
– The Ox (1960) … Ox
 
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
 
1959 Our Man in Havana
Dr. Hasselbacher
 
1956-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
King David
– Absalom, My Son (1959) … King David
– The Second Stranger (1956)
 
1959 Day of the Outlaw
Jack Bruhn
 
1958 The Big Country
Rufus Hannassey
 
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy Pollitt
 
1958 Wind Across the Everglades
Cottonmouth
 
1958 Desire Under the Elms
Ephriam Cabot
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Captain Keller
– The Miracle Worker (1957) … Captain Keller
 
1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Matthew Randolph
– To Die Alone (1957) … Matthew Randolph
 
1956 The Power and the Prize
George Salt
 
1955 East of Eden
Sam the Sheriff
 
1950 Sierra
Lonesome
 
1948 So Dear to My Heart
Uncle Hiram Douglas
 
1948 Station West
Hotel Clerk
 
1948 Green Grass of Wyoming
Gus
 
1946 Smoky
Willie (as The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives)
 
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2010 Newsnight (TV series)
– Episode dated 3 August 2010 (2010) (performer: "Ugly Bug Ball" - uncredited)
 
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox (writer: "Buckeye Jim", "The Grey Goose" / performer: "Fooba Wooba John", "Buckeye Jim", "The Grey Goose")
 
2007 Chuck (TV series)
– Chuck Versus the Crown Vic (2007) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - uncredited)
 
2007 Expired (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
2003-2006 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Kill Gil, Volumes I & II (2006) (music: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" - uncredited / lyrics: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" - uncredited)
– 'Tis the Fifteenth Season (2003) (performer: "Silver and Gold" - uncredited)
 
2006 Big Momma's House 2 (performer: "Pass the Dutchie", "Little White Duck")
 
2005 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– White Lie Christmas (2005) (performer: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
2003 Bad Santa (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas" 1962)
 
2003 Radio (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" 1962)
 
2003 Silver Bells (short) (performer: "Silver Bells")
 
2001 The Wedding Planner (writer: "Cowboy's Lament")
 
2000 Roswell (TV series)
– A Roswell Christmas Carol (2000) (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
2000 The Family Man (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
2000 Pollock ("Old Dan Tucker")
 
1997 Fools Rush In (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town")
 
1994 The Ref (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
1993 True Romance (performer: "A Little Bitty Tear")
 
1992 Melrose Place (TV series)
– A Melrose Place Christmas (1992) (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas")
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary) (performer: "Lavenders Blue")
 
1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (video) (performer: "Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly")
 
1975 Hugo the Hippo (performer: "You Said a Mouthful", "The Best Day Ever Made")
 
1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– Love and Equity (1969) (performer: "Three Little Piggies" - uncredited, "I Was Born About Ten-Thousand Years Ago" - uncredited, "Seven Great Towns Of Greece" - uncredited, "The Tea Tax" - uncredited)
– A Tall Tale of Prater Beaseley (1969) (performer: "On Springfield Mountain" - uncredited, "Devilish Mary" - uncredited)
 
1968 All Things Bright and Beautiful (TV movie) (performer: "Beautiful Things")
 
1968 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
– Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made (1968) (performer: "The Little White Duck" - uncredited, "Consider Yourself" - uncredited)
 
1964 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV movie) (performer: "Silver and Gold", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
 
1963 Summer Magic (performer: "Ugly Bug Ball" - uncredited, "On the Front Porch" - uncredited)
 
1957 Gun Glory (performer: "The Ninety and Nine")
 
1950 Sierra (writer: "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE" / performer: "HIDEAWAY", "END OF THE ROAD", "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE", "BLACK ANGUS MCDOUGAL", "DRIFT ALONG")
 
1948 So Dear to My Heart (performer: "Lavender Blue", "Ol' Dan Patch")
 
1948 Station West (performer: "A Stranger in Town" - uncredited, "The Sun Shining Warm", "A Man Can't Grow Old" - uncredited)
 
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2004 Dribble (short) (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
1987 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.10 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1985 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #17.11 (1985) … Himself
 
1979 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Final Edition (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.12 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Pebble Mill at One (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 April 1979 (1979)
 
1979 The Val Doonican Music Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.7 (1976) … Himself
 
1975 The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1974 Herbie Day at Disneyland (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 John Wayne and Glen Campbell & the Musical West (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 March 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1971-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 March 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1973 The Bobby Darin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Tennessee Williams' South (TV documentary)
Charlie Colton
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.174 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.38 (1970) … Himself
 
1971 The Val Doonican Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Flip (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.7 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.29 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.17 (1969) … Himself
 
1964-1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Folk Singer / Himself - Host / Himself - Singer
– Episode #6.15 (1969) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.12 (1964) … Himself - Host/Folk Singer
 
1968 All Things Bright and Beautiful (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1967 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 West to the Mountains (documentary short)
Balladeer
 
1959-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Singer
– Music That Mirrors the Times (1966) … Himself - Host
– Wayfarer on the Mississippi (1965) … Himself - Host
– Episode #7.1 (1964) … Himself - Host
– A Galaxy of Music (1961) … Himself - Singer
– Music of the West (1959) … Himself - Singer
 
1966 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
– Episode dated 13 February 1966 (1966)
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.14 (1966) … Himself
 
1963 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1963) … Himself
 
1962 Mediterranean Holiday (documentary)
Narrator (US version)
 
1959 The Red Skelton Chevy Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner
 
1955-1959 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 1 February 1959 (1959) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 7 August 1955 (1955) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.12 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #3.1 (1958) … Himself
 
1953-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.8 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #9.41 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #8.41 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #8.37 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #6.28 (1953) … Himself
 
1957 A Face in the Crowd
Himself (uncredited)
 
1957 High Low Quiz (TV series)
Himself/panelist
 
1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.34 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Music 55 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1954) … Himself
 
1953 Tonight! (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #2.6 (1953) … Himself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2008 Qwerty (TV series)
 
2007 The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book' (video documentary short)
Himself - Voice of Baloo
 
2000 All About 'The Birds' (video documentary)
Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle"
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1994 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Rock Hudson's Home Movies (documentary)
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary)
Uncle Hiram Douglas
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (video)
Himself
 
1954-1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

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I was fortunate to be born into a family of Masons. Indeed, my older sister Audrey was Grand Matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Illinois. My DeMolay experience came very naturally because of my father and brothers. Thus was my youth enhanced. See more »

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Interred at Mound Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois, USA. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini