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Biography
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades.
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Awards & recognition
- Grammy Award — Best Country & Western Recording · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1959
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1958
- Order of Lincoln
- Grammy Award — Best Country & Western Recording · 1962 · nominated
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- Grammy Award — Best Male Pop Vocal Performance · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1959 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1958 · nominated
Filmography33 titles
Mediterranean Holiday
1962as Narrator (US Version) (voice)
1962as Narrator (US Version) (voice)
Little House on the Prairie
1974as Sam Shelby
1974as Sam Shelby
Thomas Hart Benton
1989as Himself
1989as Himself
Night Gallery
1969as Old Man Doubleday
1969as Old Man Doubleday
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1958as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
The Big Country
1958as Rufus Hannassey
1958as Rufus Hannassey
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
1962as Self
East of Eden
1955as Sam the Sheriff
1955as Sam the Sheriff
Roots
1977as Senator Arthur J. Justin
1977as Senator Arthur J. Justin
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964as Sam the Snowman (voice)
1964as Sam the Snowman (voice)
Daniel Boone
1964as Prater Beaseley
1964as Prater Beaseley
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
Day of the Outlaw
1959as Jack Bruhn
1959as Jack Bruhn
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
2006as Walter Nicholls
2006as Walter Nicholls
Baker's Hawk
1976as Mr. McGraw
1976as Mr. McGraw
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969as Self
1969as Self
Desire Under the Elms
1958as Éphraïm Cabot
1958as Éphraïm Cabot
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
1948as Self
Summer Magic
1963as Osh Popham
1963as Osh Popham
Our Man in Havana
1959as Dr. Hasselbacher
1959as Dr. Hasselbacher
Ensign Pulver
1964as Captain Morton
1964as Captain Morton
So Dear to My Heart
1948as Uncle Hiram Douglas
1948as Uncle Hiram Douglas
Station West
1948as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1948as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Brass Bottle
1964as Fakrash
1964as Fakrash
The Power and the Prize
1956as George Salt
1956as George Salt
Two Moon Junction
1988as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
1988as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
The Ewok Adventure
1984as Narrator (voice)
1984as Narrator (voice)
Uphill All the Way
1986as Sheriff John Catledge
1986as Sheriff John Catledge
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
1967as Phineas T. Barnum
1967as Phineas T. Barnum
The Spiral Road
1962as Dr. Brits Jansen
1962as Dr. Brits Jansen
Just You and Me, Kid
1979as Max
1979as Max
Sierra
1950as Lonesome
1950as Lonesome
The McMasters
1970as McMasters
1970as McMasters