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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Burl Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family... more
Trivia:
An activist liberal Democrat, in 1952 he named fellow folk singer... more
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
2 wins
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NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Ives Song Helped Nervous Gyllenhaal Get To Sleep
(From WENN. 3 December 2009, 11:56 PM, PST)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 classic on CBS, Dec. 2
(From Monsters and Critics. 30 November 2009, 10:38 AM, PST)
(From WENN. 3 December 2009, 11:56 PM, PST)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 classic on CBS, Dec. 2
(From Monsters and Critics. 30 November 2009, 10:38 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives
Filmography
Actor:
- Two Moon Junction (1988) .... Sheriff Earl Hawkins
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) .... F.W. Woolworth
- Uphill All the Way (1986) .... Sheriff John Catledge
- The Ewok Adventure (1984) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Caravan of Courage (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (UK: theatrical title) (USA: DVD title) - White Dog (1982) .... Carruthers
- Earthbound (1981) .... Ned Anderson
- Just You and Me, Kid (1979) .... Max
- The New Adventures of Heidi (1978) (TV) .... Grandfather
- The Bermuda Depths (1978) (TV) .... Dr. Paulis
... aka Bamyuda no nazo (Japan)
... aka It Came Up from the Depths - "Roots" .... Sen. Arthur Johnson (1 episode, 1977)
... aka Alex Haley's Roots (Australia)
- Part Eleven (1977) TV episode .... Sen. Arthur Johnson - Baker's Hawk (1976) .... Mr. McGraw
- "Little House on the Prairie" .... Sam Shelby (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Little House: A New Beginning (USA: last season title)
- The Hunters (1976) TV episode .... Sam Shelby - "Captains and the Kings" (1976) TV mini-series .... Old Syrup
- The First Easter Rabbit (1976) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator/Older Stuffy
- Hugó, a víziló (1975) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Hugo the Hippo (USA) - "Night Gallery" .... Old Man Doubleday (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
- The Other Way Out (1972) TV episode .... Old Man Doubleday - "Alias Smith and Jones" .... Big Mac McCreedy / ... (5 episodes, 1971-1972)
- The McCreedy Feud (1972) TV episode .... Pat 'Big Mac' McCreedy
- Which Way to the O.K. Corral? (1972) TV episode .... Big Mac McCreedy
- The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone (1972) TV episode .... Big Mac McCreedy
- Jailbreak at Junction City (1971) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Big Mac McCreedy
- The McCreedy Bust (1971) TV episode .... Big Mac McCreedy - "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" .... Walter Nicholls / ... (27 episodes, 1969-1972)
... aka The Lawyers
- Lisa, I Hardly Knew You (1972) TV episode (credit only) .... Walter Nicholls
- In Sudden Darkness (1972) TV episode .... Walter Nicholls
- The Long Morning After: Part 2 (1972) TV episode .... Walter Nicholls
- The Long Morning After: Part 1 (1972) TV episode .... Walter Nicholls
- The Letter of the Law (1971) TV episode .... Walter Nicholls
(22 more) - The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970) (TV) .... T.M. Trask
... aka Only Way Out Is Dead (UK)
... aka The Heart Farm - The McMasters (1970) .... McMasters
... aka The Blood Crowd
... aka The McMasters... Tougher Than the West Itself! (UK) - "Daniel Boone" .... Prater Beasley (2 episodes, 1969)
- Love and Equity (1969) TV episode .... Prater Beasley
- A Tall Tale of Prater Beasley (1969) TV episode .... Prater Beasley - The Whole World Is Watching (1969) (TV) .... Walter Nichols
- The Sound of Anger (1968) (TV) .... Walter Nichols
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1 episode, 1968)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Pinocchio (1968) TV episode - "The Name of the Game" .... Arthur Jellicoe (1 episode, 1968)
- The Taker (1968) TV episode .... Arthur Jellicoe - The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Bonnie and Clyde: Myth or Madness? (USA: alternative title) - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Big Pappy (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made (1968) TV episode .... Big Pappy - Pinocchio (1968) (TV) .... Gepetto
- Rocket to the Moon (1967) .... Phineas T. Barnum
... aka Blast Off
... aka Journey That Shook the World
... aka Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (UK: complete title)
... aka P.T. Barnum's Rocket to the Moon
... aka Those Fantastic Flying Fools (USA) - "NBC Children's Theatre" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1967)
- Little Georgie of Rabbit Hill (1967) TV episode .... Narrator - The Daydreamer (1966) (voice) .... Father Neptune
- "O.K. Crackerby!" .... O.K. Crackerby (12 episodes, 1965-1966)
- Operation Susan (1966) TV episode .... O.K. Crackerby
- Bitter Ravioli (1965) TV episode .... O.K. Crackerby
- Ol' Sam (1965) TV episode .... O.K. Crackerby
- Crackerby's Unfinished Symphony (1965) TV episode .... O.K. Crackerby
- Woodman, Spare That Family Tree (1965) TV episode .... O.K. Crackerby
(7 more) - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator: Sam the Snowman
- Ensign Pulver (1964) .... Capt. Morton
- The Brass Bottle (1964) .... Fakrash
- I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1964) (voice) .... Singer
- Summer Magic (1963) .... Osh Popham
- The Spiral Road (1962) .... Dr. Brits Jansen
- "Zane Grey Theater" .... Ox (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- The Ox (1960) TV episode .... Ox - Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) .... Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
- "General Electric Theater" .... King David (2 episodes, 1956-1959)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- Absalom, My Son (1959) TV episode .... King David
- The Second Stranger (1956) TV episode - Day of the Outlaw (1959) .... Jack Bruhn
- Our Man in Havana (1959) .... Dr. Hasselbacher
- The Big Country (1958) .... Rufus Hannassey
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) .... Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
- Wind Across the Everglades (1958) .... Cottonmouth
- Desire Under the Elms (1958) .... Ephriam Cabot
- "Playhouse 90" .... Captain Keller (1 episode, 1957)
- The Miracle Worker (1957) TV episode .... Captain Keller - "The United States Steel Hour" .... Matthew Randolph (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- To Die Alone (1957) TV episode .... Matthew Randolph - The Power and the Prize (1956) .... George Salt
- East of Eden (1955) .... Sam the Sheriff
... aka John Steinbeck's East of Eden (USA: complete title) - Sierra (1950) .... Lonesome
- So Dear to My Heart (1948) .... Uncle Hiram Douglas
- Station West (1948) .... Hotel Clerk
- Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) .... Gus
- Smoky (1946) (as The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives) .... Willie
... aka Will James' Smoky (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
Soundtrack:
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (performer: "Fooba Wooba John", "Buckeye Jim", "The Grey Goose")
- "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 2006)
- Kill Gil, Volumes I & II (2006) TV episode (music: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (uncredited)) - Big Momma's House 2 (2006) (performer: "Pass the Dutchie", "Little White Duck")
- "My Name Is Earl" (1 episode, 2005)
- White Lie Christmas (2005) TV episode (performer: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas") - Bad Santa (2003) (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962))
... aka Badder Santa (USA: longer version) - Radio (2003) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962))
- Silver Bells (2003) (performer: "Silver Bells")
... aka 5:00 A.M. (USA) - The Wedding Planner (2001) (writer: "Cowboy's Lament")
... aka Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant (Germany) - "Roswell" (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Roswell High (UK) (USA: working title)
- A Roswell Christmas Carol (2000) TV episode (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas") - The Family Man (2000) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
- Pollock (2000) ("Old Dan Tucker")
- Fools Rush In (1997) (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town")
- The Ref (1994) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
... aka Hostile Hostages - True Romance (1993) (performer: "A Little Bitty Tear")
... aka Breakaway (Philippines: English title)
... aka True Romance (France) - "Melrose Place" (1 episode, 1992)
- A Melrose Place Christmas (1992) TV episode (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas") - DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) (performer: "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)")
- Hugó, a víziló (1975) (performer: "You Said a Mouthful", "The Best Day Ever Made")
... aka Hugo the Hippo (USA) - "The Red Skelton Show" (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made (1968) TV episode (performer: "The Little White Duck" (uncredited), "Consider Yourself" (uncredited)) - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (performer: "Silver and Gold", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
- Summer Magic (1963) (performer: "Ugly Bug Ball", "On the Front Porch")
- Gun Glory (1957) (performer: "The Ninety and Nine")
- Sierra (1950) (writer: "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE") (performer: "HIDEAWAY", "END OF THE ROAD", "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE", "BLACK ANGUS MCDOUGAL", "DRIFT ALONG")
- So Dear to My Heart (1948) (performer: "Lavender Blue", "Ol' Dan Patch")
- Station West (1948) (performer: "A Stranger in Town" (uncredited), "The Sun Shining Warm", "A Man Can't Grow Old" (uncredited))
Self:
- "Dolly" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
- Episode #1.10 (1987) TV episode .... Himself - "Wogan" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
... aka The Wogan Years (UK: repeat compilations title)
- Episode dated 9 March 1987 (1987) TV episode .... Himself - "Saturday Night at the Mill" (1 episode, 1979)
- Episode #4.11 (1979) TV episode - "Pebble Mill at One" (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Pebble Mill (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 26 April 1979 (1979) TV episode - "The Val Doonican Music Show" (1 episode, 1979)
- Episode dated 14 April 1979 (1979) TV episode - The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode #6.7 (1976) TV episode .... Himself - The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975) (TV) .... Himself
- Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974) (TV) .... Himself
- John Wayne and Glen Campbell & the Musical West (1974) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 16 March 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 19 February 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "The Bobby Darin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode dated 19 January 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - Tennessee Williams' South (1973) (TV) .... Charlie Colton
- "The Val Doonican Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1971)
- Episode #1.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #1.14 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Johnny Cash Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1970)
- Episode #2.7 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.29 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - All Things Bright and Beautiful (1969) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode #3.17 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Folk Singer / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1969)
- Episode #6.15 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
- Episode #2.12 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Folk Singer - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 19 February 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Himself - West to the Mountains (1967) .... Balladeer
- "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Himself - Host / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1966)
... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- Music That Mirrors the Times (1966) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Wayfarer on the Mississippi (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Episode #7.1 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- A Galaxy of Music (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
- Music of the West (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Singer - "Late Night Lineup" (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode dated 13 February 1966 (1966) TV episode - "Ready, Steady, Go!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode #1.1 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Flying Clipper - Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962) .... Narrator (US version)
... aka Mediterranean Holiday (Philippines: English title) (USA) - The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959) (TV) .... Himself
- The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) .... Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner
- "What's My Line?" .... Himself - Mystery Guest / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1959)
- Episode dated 1 February 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 7 August 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1958)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #3.12 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.1 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (5 episodes, 1953-1957)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #11.8 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #9.41 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #8.41 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #8.37 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #6.28 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - A Face in the Crowd (1957) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (USA: complete title) - "High Low Quiz" (1957) TV series .... Himself/panelist
- "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #3.34 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "Music 55" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
- Episode #1.7 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - "Tonight!" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1953)
... aka Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
... aka The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
... aka The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
... aka Tonight (USA: syndication title)
... aka Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
- Episode #2.6 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
Archive Footage:
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"Qwerty"
- Episode #3.3 (2008) TV episode .... Big Daddy - All About 'The Birds' (2000) (V) .... Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle"
- The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) .... Himself - Memorial Tribute
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV) .... Big Daddy
- Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)
-
"Disneyland"
- Summer Magic: Part 2 (1965) TV episode .... Osh Popham
- Summer Magic: Part 1 (1965) TV episode .... Osh Popham
- So Dear to My Heart (1954) TV episode .... Uncle Hiram Douglas
Additional Details
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Unsold pilot: In 1960 he served as the host for a pilot for a proposed anthology series called "The Weapon".
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