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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. Ives began as an itinerant singer and banjoist, and launched his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942 he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army, and then became a major…
Known for
- My Music: A Classic Christmas — Self (archive footage)2019
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage — Big Daddy (archive footage)1994
- Thomas Hart Benton — Himself1989
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story — F.W. Woolworth1989
- Two Moon Junction — Sheriff Earl Hawkins1988
- A Down Home Country Christmas — Self1987
- Uphill All the Way — Sheriff John Catledge1986
- The Ewok Adventure — Narrator (voice)1984
- DTV: Golden Oldies — Self1984
- White Dog — Carruthers1982
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Key facts
- Born
- Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives , ( 1909-06-14 ) June 14, 1909, Hunt City, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- April 14, 1995 (1995-04-14) (aged 85), Anacortes, Washington , U.S.
- Burial place
- Mound Cemetery, Hunt City Township, Jasper County, Illinois
- Occupations
- Musician singer actor author
- Years active
- 1929–1993
- Spouses
- Helen Peck Ehrlich ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 6, 1945</span>"}]]}'>1945 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. February 1971</span>"}]]}'>1971 ) Dorothy Koster Paul ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. April 1971</span>"}]]}'>1971 )
- Awards
- Silver Buffalo Award Order of Lincoln Academy Award
- Genres
- Folk country blues Christmas traditional pop
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar banjo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Anacortes
- Child
- Steven Paul
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Indiana State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.burlives.com
- Image
- Burlives.jpg
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- Burl Ives
- date of birth
- 1909-06-14
- date of death
- 1995-04-14
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- place of detention
- Mona
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- name in native language
- Burl Ives
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Encyclopedic overview
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades.
Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, Ives successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". He was also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. Ives's film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as the role of Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which Ives won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the film noir Day of the Outlaw (1959).
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