Burl Ives, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Burl Ives

American actor, writer and folk music singer

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1909

Place of Birth: Jasper County, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1995

Profession: writer, singer, songwriter, stage actor, voice actor, street artist, banjoist, television actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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 star of CBS radio.
In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'".
A popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s, Ives's best-known film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1949) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was a mystery guest on What's My Line? twice: once on August 7, 1955, when he was identified by Bennett Cerf, and once on February 1, 1959, when he was identified by Martin Gabel. Ives is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which continues to air annually around Christmas.



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority control	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000 0001 1558 7789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat