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Acting

Burl Ives

Career: Active from 1946 to 1988, busiest in 1958 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 30
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Burl Ives Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Psychological
4.8, average 5.5
Violence
3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Wholesome 4
Nostalgic 4
Heartwarming 3
Social Commentary 3
Physical Humor 2
Eccentric Characters 2
Classic Western 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Coming-of-Age Story 2
Moral Dilemmas 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Big Daddy (archive footage)

1980s

6 titles · average score 51

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

63

TV show · as F.W. Woolworth

Two Moon Junction

37

as Sheriff Earl Hawkins

Uphill All the Way

36

as Sheriff John Catledge

The Ewok Adventure

44

as Narrator (voice)

White Dog

81

as Carruthers

Earthbound

47

as Ned Anderson

1970s

14 titles · average score 65

Just You and Me, Kid

52

as Max

The New Adventures of Heidi

as Grandfather

The Bermuda Depths

56

as Dr. Paulis

Roots

76

TV show · as Senator Arthur J. Justin

The First Easter Rabbit

55

as Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice)

Baker's Hawk

59

as Mr. McGraw

Captains and the Kings

83

TV show · as Old Syrup

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Sam Shelby

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

The McMasters

53

as McMasters

The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever

as T.M. Trask

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Old Man Doubleday

1960s

18 titles · average score 61

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

TV show · as Walter Nicholls

Pinocchio

as Geppetto

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

40

as Phineas T. Barnum

O.K. Crackerby

TV show

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

86

as Sam the Snowman (voice)

Ensign Pulver

56

as Captain Morton

The Brass Bottle

48

as Fakrash

Summer Magic

70

as Osh Popham

The Spiral Road

47

as Dr. Brits Jansen

Mediterranean Holiday

as Narrator (US Version) (voice)

Our Man in Havana

83

as Dr. Hasselbacher

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

68

as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan

1950s

12 titles · average score 71

Day of the Outlaw

85

as Jack Bruhn

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

85

as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Desire Under the Elms

64

as Éphraïm Cabot

The Big Country

81

as Rufus Hannassey

Wind Across the Everglades

61

as Cottonmouth

The Miracle Worker

as Captain Keller

The Power and the Prize

56

as George Salt

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Jonathan J. Dwire

East of Eden

78

as Sam the Sheriff

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as King David

Sierra

53

as Lonesome

1940s

4 titles · average score 60

So Dear to My Heart

61

as Uncle Hiram Douglas

Green Grass of Wyoming

63

as Gus

Station West

57

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Smoky

59

as Willie