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Actor:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. Two Moon Junction (1988) .... Sheriff Earl Hawkins
2. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) .... F.W. Woolworth
3. Uphill All the Way (1986) .... Sheriff John Catledge
4. 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)
5. White Dog (1982) .... Carruthers
6. Earthbound (1981) .... Ned Anderson
   
   
7. Just You and Me, Kid (1979) .... Max
8. The New Adventures of Heidi (1978) (TV) .... Grandfather
9. The Bermuda Depths (1978) (TV) .... Dr. Paulis
   ... aka Bamyuda no nazo (Japan)
   ... aka It Came Up from the Depths
10. "Roots" .... Sen. Arthur Johnson (1 episode, 1977)
    ... aka Alex Haley's Roots (Australia)
        - Part Eleven (1977) TV episode .... Sen. Arthur Johnson
11. Baker's Hawk (1976) .... Mr. McGraw
12. "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
13. "Captains and the Kings" (1976) TV mini-series .... Old Syrup
14. The First Easter Rabbit (1976) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator/Older Stuffy
15. Hugó, a víziló (1975) (voice) .... Narrator
    ... aka Hugo the Hippo (USA)
16. "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
17. "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
18. "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)
19. The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970) (TV) .... T.M. Trask
    ... aka Only Way Out Is Dead (UK)
    ... aka The Heart Farm
20. The McMasters (1970) .... McMasters
    ... aka The Blood Crowd
    ... aka The McMasters... Tougher Than the West Itself! (UK)
    
    
21. "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
22. The Whole World Is Watching (1969) (TV) .... Walter Nichols
23. The Sound of Anger (1968) (TV) .... Walter Nichols
24. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
        - Pinocchio (1968) TV episode
25. "The Name of the Game" .... Arthur Jellicoe (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Taker (1968) TV episode .... Arthur Jellicoe
26. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) (voice) .... Narrator
    ... aka Bonnie and Clyde: Myth or Madness? (USA: alternative title)
27. "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
28. Pinocchio (1968) (TV) .... Gepetto
29. 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)
30. "NBC Children's Theatre" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1967)
        - Little Georgie of Rabbit Hill (1967) TV episode .... Narrator
31. The Daydreamer (1966) (voice) .... Father Neptune
32. "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)
33. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator: Sam the Snowman
34. Ensign Pulver (1964) .... Capt. Morton
35. The Brass Bottle (1964) .... Fakrash
36. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1964) (voice) .... Singer
37. Summer Magic (1963) .... Osh Popham
38. The Spiral Road (1962) .... Dr. Brits Jansen
39. "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
40. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) .... Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
    
    
41. "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
42. Day of the Outlaw (1959) .... Jack Bruhn
43. Our Man in Havana (1959) .... Dr. Hasselbacher
44. The Big Country (1958) .... Rufus Hannassey
45. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) .... Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
46. Wind Across the Everglades (1958) .... Cottonmouth
47. Desire Under the Elms (1958) .... Ephriam Cabot
48. "Playhouse 90" .... Captain Keller (1 episode, 1957)
        - The Miracle Worker (1957) TV episode .... Captain Keller
49. "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
50. The Power and the Prize (1956) .... George Salt
51. East of Eden (1955) .... Sam the Sheriff
    ... aka John Steinbeck's East of Eden (USA: complete title)
52. Sierra (1950) .... Lonesome
    
    
53. So Dear to My Heart (1948) .... Uncle Hiram Douglas
54. Station West (1948) .... Hotel Clerk
55. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) .... Gus
56. Smoky (1946) (as The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives) .... Willie
    ... aka Will James' Smoky (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
    

Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (performer: "Fooba Wooba John", "Buckeye Jim", "The Grey Goose")
2. "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))
3. Big Momma's House 2 (2006) (performer: "Pass the Dutchie", "Little White Duck")
4. "My Name Is Earl" (1 episode, 2005)
       - White Lie Christmas (2005) TV episode (performer: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas")
5. Bad Santa (2003) (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962))
   ... aka Badder Santa (USA: longer version)
6. Radio (2003) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962))
7. Silver Bells (2003) (performer: "Silver Bells")
   ... aka 5:00 A.M. (USA)
8. The Wedding Planner (2001) (writer: "Cowboy's Lament")
   ... aka Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant (Germany)
9. "Roswell" (1 episode, 2000)
   ... aka Roswell High (UK) (USA: working title)
       - A Roswell Christmas Carol (2000) TV episode (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas")
10. The Family Man (2000) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
11. Pollock (2000) ("Old Dan Tucker")
    
    
12. Fools Rush In (1997) (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town")
13. The Ref (1994) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas")
    ... aka Hostile Hostages
14. True Romance (1993) (performer: "A Little Bitty Tear")
    ... aka Breakaway (Philippines: English title)
    ... aka True Romance (France)
15. "Melrose Place" (1 episode, 1992)
        - A Melrose Place Christmas (1992) TV episode (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas")
    
    
16. DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) (performer: "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)")
    
    
17. Hugó, a víziló (1975) (performer: "You Said a Mouthful", "The Best Day Ever Made")
    ... aka Hugo the Hippo (USA)
    
    
18. "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))
19. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (performer: "Silver and Gold", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
20. Summer Magic (1963) (performer: "Ugly Bug Ball", "On the Front Porch")
    
    
21. Gun Glory (1957) (performer: "The Ninety and Nine")
22. 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")
    
    
23. So Dear to My Heart (1948) (performer: "Lavender Blue", "Ol' Dan Patch")
24. Station West (1948) (performer: "A Stranger in Town" (uncredited), "The Sun Shining Warm", "A Man Can't Grow Old" (uncredited))
    

Thanks:

1. Dribble (2004) (dedicatee)
   

Self:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s

1. "Dolly" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
       - Episode #1.10 (1987) TV episode .... Himself
2. "Wogan" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
   ... aka The Wogan Years (UK: repeat compilations title)
       - Episode dated 9 March 1987 (1987) TV episode .... Himself
   
   
3. "Saturday Night at the Mill" (1 episode, 1979)
       - Episode #4.11 (1979) TV episode
4. "Pebble Mill at One" (1 episode, 1979)
   ... aka Pebble Mill (UK: new title)
       - Episode dated 26 April 1979 (1979) TV episode
5. "The Val Doonican Music Show" (1 episode, 1979)
       - Episode dated 14 April 1979 (1979) TV episode
6. The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) .... Himself
7. "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
       - Episode #6.7 (1976) TV episode .... Himself
8. The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975) (TV) .... Himself
9. Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974) (TV) .... Himself
10. John Wayne and Glen Campbell & the Musical West (1974) (TV) .... Himself
11. "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
12. "The Bobby Darin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode dated 19 January 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself
13. Tennessee Williams' South (1973) (TV) .... Charlie Colton
14. "The Val Doonican Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1971)
        - Episode #1.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #2.1 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
15. "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode #1.14 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
16. "The Johnny Cash Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1970)
        - Episode #2.7 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #1.29 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
    
    
17. All Things Bright and Beautiful (1969) (TV) .... Himself - Host
18. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #3.17 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
19. "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
20. "The Andy Williams Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 19 February 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Himself
21. West to the Mountains (1967) .... Balladeer
22. "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
23. "Late Night Lineup" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode dated 13 February 1966 (1966) TV episode
24. "Ready, Steady, Go!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode #1.1 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
25. Flying Clipper - Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962) .... Narrator (US version)
    ... aka Mediterranean Holiday (Philippines: English title) (USA)
    
    
26. The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959) (TV) .... Himself
27. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) .... Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner
28. "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
29. "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
30. "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
31. A Face in the Crowd (1957) (uncredited) .... Himself
    ... aka Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (USA: complete title)
32. "High Low Quiz" (1957) TV series .... Himself/panelist
33. "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode #3.34 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
34. "Music 55" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode #1.7 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
35. "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:

1. "Qwerty"
       - Episode #3.3 (2008) TV episode .... Big Daddy
2. All About 'The Birds' (2000) (V) .... Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle"
3. The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) .... Himself - Memorial Tribute
4. Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV) .... Big Daddy
5. Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)
6. "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