Most Recent Role: Narrator of Three Cheers for the Redskins on Lost Treasures of NFL Films
Birthplace: Hunt, Illinois
Birthday: 6-14-1909
Date of Death: 4-14-1995
Cause of Death: mouth cancer
Birthplace: Hunt, Illinois
Birthday: 6-14-1909
Date of Death: 4-14-1995
Cause of Death: mouth cancer
A big actor and singer with a big heart. Burl Ives, born in 1909 in Illinois, grew up playing pro football and spent his early years as a bandeleer and folksong writer. He came to California with a banjo and sang and entertained people and continued singing in concerts nationwide. He took his hand at acting, but several producers weren't aware he had any talent. In 1958, when he was cast as Big...
Most Recent Appearance
Hail To The Redskins
Wednesday 2 January 2002 on ESPN Classic
The listless waters of Washington sports were stirred up in 1971 as George Allen took over as coach of the Washington Redskins. His trades for familiar players and spending large sums for a first-rate training complex, were part of a true rebuilding program. The result: Washington made the...
Other Appearances
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O.K. Crackerby
O.K. Crackerby |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Narrator: Sam the Snowman (voice |
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The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Walter Nichols |
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The Bell Telephone Hour
Himself |
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Alias Smith and Jones
The McCreedy Feud "Big Mac" McCreedy |
Alias Smith and Jones
The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone! Big Mac McCreedy |
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Alias Smith and Jones
The McCreedy Bust Big Mac McCreedy |
Alias Smith and Jones
Which Way to the OK Corral? Big Mac McCreedy |
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Arthur Murray Party
Bert Lahr / Burl Ives / Don Cumming Himself |
Daniel Boone
Love and Equity Prater Beasley |
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O.K. Crackerby
Burl Ives played the title role: a widowed, self-made millionaire who wanted to break his three children into high society. Needing help, he hired an unemployed Harvard graduate named St. John... more Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The tale of the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, is told in this classic Rankin & Bass special. Rudolph and his shiny nose are at first shunned from the community, but when a dense fog... more The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Burl Ives played a brilliant, flamboyant attorney, perhaps a modern day Clarence Darrow. Joseph Campanella and James Farentino played the Darrell brothers, who were his young law partners. Nichols,... more
Burl Ives played the title role: a widowed, self-made millionaire who wanted to break his three children into high society. Needing help, he hired an unemployed Harvard graduate named St. John... more Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The tale of the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, is told in this classic Rankin & Bass special. Rudolph and his shiny nose are at first shunned from the community, but when a dense fog... more The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Burl Ives played a brilliant, flamboyant attorney, perhaps a modern day Clarence Darrow. Joseph Campanella and James Farentino played the Darrell brothers, who were his young law partners. Nichols,... more
