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Our Man in Havana (1959) -- A vacuum cleaner salesman (Alec Guinness) is recruited by the British secret service to act as a spy in Havana.
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971): Season 2: Episode 16 -- Heyes and Curry are hired to dispose of a very expensive bust of Caesar.
So Dear to My Heart (1948) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
20th Century Masters: The Best of Rick James - The DVD Collection (2005) -- In his continuing quest to win the heart of his one true love Mindy, Erik enlists the help of Matt Braunger to tap into the power of Music.
East of Eden (1955) -- Open-ended Trailer from Warner Bros.

Overview

Date of Birth:
14 June 1909, Hunt, Illinois, USA more
Date of Death:
14 April 1995, Anacortes, Washington, USA more
Mini Biography:
Burl Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family... more
Trivia:
Has at least five grandchildren. more
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Down 10% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Top 10 new Christmas albums for 2009: Archuleta, Dylan and an impressive pop comp
 (From Hitfix. 15 October 2009, 12:01 PM, PDT)
'Mr. Fox' soundtrack revealed: Stones, Beach Boys, 'New Moon' composer Desplat, all-new Jarvis Cocker
 (From Hitfix. 1 October 2009, 5:06 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives
US TV Schedule:
Mon. Nov. 910:30 PMTCM Our Man in Havana  

Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Two Moon Junction (1988) Sheriff Earl Hawkins 1988 - 4.1 (2,035)
- 2. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) F.W. Woolworth 1987 - 6.7 (142)
- 3. Uphill All the Way (1986) Sheriff John Catledge 1986 - 3.3 (72)
- 4. The Ewok Adventure (1984) (TV)   (voice) Narrator 1984 - 5.2 (4,008)
AKAs:
  • Caravan of Courage (USA: DVD box title)
  • Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (UK: theatrical title) (USA: DVD title)
- 5. White Dog (1982) Carruthers 1982 - 7.1 (1,647)
- 6. Earthbound (1981) Ned Anderson 1981 - 4.0 (74)
- 7. Just You and Me, Kid (1979) Max 1979 - 5.6 (291)
- 8. The New Adventures of Heidi (1978) (TV) Grandfather 1978 - 3.7 (54)
- 9. The Bermuda Depths (1978) (TV)   Dr. Paulis 1978 - 4.8 (242)
AKAs:
  • Bamyuda no nazo (Japan)
  • It Came Up from the Depths
- 10. "Roots" (1977)   Sen. Arthur Johnson (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 8.7 (3,618)
AKAs:
  • Alex Haley's Roots (Australia)
1 TV episode:
- 11. Baker's Hawk (1976) Mr. McGraw 1976 - 5.3 (82)
- 12. "Little House on the Prairie" (1974)   Sam Shelby (1 episode, 1976) 1976 - 7.3 (2,294)
AKAs:
  • Little House: A New Beginning (USA: last season title)
- 13. "Captains and the Kings" (1976) Old Syrup 1976 - 7.9 (155)
- 14. The First Easter Rabbit (1976) (TV) (voice) Narrator/Older Stuffy 1976 - 7.1 (36)
- 15. Hugó, a víziló (1975)   (voice) Narrator 1975 - 6.9 (117)
AKAs:
  • Hugo the Hippo (USA)
- 16. "Night Gallery" (1970)   Old Man Doubleday (1 episode, 1972) 1972 - 8.0 (628)
AKAs:
  • Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 17. "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)   Big Mac McCreedy / Pat 'Big Mac' McCreedy (5 episodes, 1971-1972) 1972 - 7.5 (267)
- 18. "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (1969)   Walter Nicholls / Walter Nichols (27 episodes, 1969-1972) 1972 - 8.6 (9)
AKAs:
  • The Lawyers
- 19. The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970) (TV)   T.M. Trask 1970 - 4.0 (19)
AKAs:
  • Only Way Out Is Dead (UK)
  • The Heart Farm
- 20. The McMasters (1970)   McMasters 1970 - 5.8 (83)
AKAs:
  • The Blood Crowd
  • The McMasters... Tougher Than the West Itself! (UK)
- 21. "Daniel Boone" (1964)   Prater Beasley (2 episodes, 1969) 1969 - 7.5 (214)
- 22. The Whole World Is Watching (1969) (TV) Walter Nichols 1969 - 6.8 (15)
- 23. The Sound of Anger (1968) (TV) Walter Nichols 1968 - 7.3 (12)
- 24. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951)   (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 8.6 (63)
AKAs:
  • Hallmark Television Playhouse
- 25. "The Name of the Game" (1968)   Arthur Jellicoe (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 8.0 (112)
1 TV episode:
- 26. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)   (voice) Narrator 1968 - 5.9 (30)
AKAs:
  • Bonnie and Clyde: Myth or Madness? (USA: alternative title)
- 27. "The Red Skelton Show" (1951)   Big Pappy (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 8.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- 28. Pinocchio (1968) (TV) Gepetto 1968 - 7.4 (7)
- 29. Rocket to the Moon (1967)   Phineas T. Barnum 1967 - 5.0 (224)
AKAs:
  • Blast Off
  • Journey That Shook the World
  • Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (UK: complete title)
  • P.T. Barnum's Rocket to the Moon
  • Those Fantastic Flying Fools (USA)
- 30. "NBC Children's Theatre" (1963)   Narrator (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - -
- 31. The Daydreamer (1966) (voice) Father Neptune 1966 - 6.0 (111)
- 32. "O.K. Crackerby!" (1965)   O.K. Crackerby (12 episodes, 1965-1966) 1966 - 6.8 (6)
- 33. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (voice) Narrator: Sam the Snowman 1964 - 8.0 (6,014)
- 34. Ensign Pulver (1964) Capt. Morton 1964 - 5.6 (495)
- 35. The Brass Bottle (1964) Fakrash 1964 - 6.3 (168)
- 36. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1964) (voice) Singer 1964 - -
- 37. Summer Magic (1963) Osh Popham 1963 - 6.7 (729)
- 38. The Spiral Road (1962) Dr. Brits Jansen 1962 - 6.1 (174)
- 39. "Zane Grey Theater" (1956)   Ox (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 6.8 (53)
AKAs:
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
  • The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- 40. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan 1960 - 7.0 (143)
- 41. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   King David (2 episodes, 1956-1959) 1959 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- 42. Day of the Outlaw (1959) Jack Bruhn 1959 - 7.2 (494)
- 43. Our Man in Havana (1959) Dr. Hasselbacher 1959 - 7.1 (1,520)
- 44. The Big Country (1958) Rufus Hannassey 1958 - 7.8 (4,935)
- 45. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt 1958 - 8.0 (13,253)
- 46. Wind Across the Everglades (1958) Cottonmouth 1958 - 6.9 (240)
- 47. Desire Under the Elms (1958) Ephriam Cabot 1958 - 6.4 (370)
- 48. "Playhouse 90" (1956)   Captain Keller (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - 8.5 (67)
1 TV episode:
- 49. "The United States Steel Hour" (1953)   Matthew Randolph (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - 8.4 (32)
AKAs:
  • The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- 50. The Power and the Prize (1956) George Salt 1956 - 5.6 (99)
- 51. East of Eden (1955)   Sam the Sheriff 1955 - 8.1 (11,320)
AKAs:
  • John Steinbeck's East of Eden (USA: complete title)
- 52. Sierra (1950) Lonesome 1950 - 6.6 (82)
- 53. So Dear to My Heart (1948) Uncle Hiram Douglas 1948 - 7.6 (319)
- 54. Station West (1948) Hotel Clerk 1948 - 6.9 (195)
- 55. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Gus 1948 - 6.7 (86)
- 56. Smoky (1946)   (as The Singing Troubadour Burl Ives) Willie 1946 - 6.7 (118)
AKAs:
  • Will James' Smoky (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (performer: "Fooba Wooba John", "Buckeye Jim", "The Grey Goose") 2009 - 7.6 (877)
- 2. "The Simpsons" (1989)   (1 episode, 2006) 2006 - 9.2 (392)
1 TV episode:
- 3. Big Momma's House 2 (2006) (performer: "Pass the Dutchie", "Little White Duck") 2006 $121M 4.0 (10,231)
- 4. "My Name Is Earl" (2005)   (1 episode, 2005) 2005 - 8.7 (18,450)
1 TV episode:
- 5. Bad Santa (2003)   (performer: "Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962)) 2003 - 7.3 (40,784)
AKAs:
  • Badder Santa (USA: longer version)
- 6. Radio (2003) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (1962)) 2003 - 6.9 (11,038)
- 7. Silver Bells (2003)   (performer: "Silver Bells") 2003 - 9.9 (16)
AKAs:
  • 5:00 A.M. (USA)
- 8. The Wedding Planner (2001)   (writer: "Cowboy's Lament") 2001 - 4.8 (17,223)
AKAs:
  • Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant (Germany)
- 9. "Roswell" (1999)   (1 episode, 2000) 2000 - 8.0 (4,671)
AKAs:
  • Roswell High (UK) (USA: working title)
1 TV episode:
- 10. The Family Man (2000) (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas") 2000 - 6.6 (30,801)
- 11. Pollock (2000) ("Old Dan Tucker") 2000 - 7.1 (8,931)
- 12. Fools Rush In (1997) (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town") 1997 $41.4M 5.7 (11,197)
- 13. The Ref (1994)   (performer: "A Holly Jolly Christmas") 1994 - 6.8 (9,402)
AKAs:
  • Hostile Hostages
- 14. True Romance (1993)   (performer: "A Little Bitty Tear") 1993 - 7.9 (67,028)
AKAs:
  • Breakaway (Philippines: English title)
- 15. "Melrose Place" (1992)   (1 episode, 1992) 1992 - 5.8 (2,096)
1 TV episode:
- 16. DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) (performer: "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)") 1984 - -
- 17. Hugó, a víziló (1975)   (performer: "You Said a Mouthful", "The Best Day Ever Made") 1975 - 6.9 (117)
AKAs:
  • Hugo the Hippo (USA)
- 18. "The Red Skelton Show" (1951)   (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 8.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 19. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV) (performer: "Silver and Gold", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer") 1964 - 8.0 (6,014)
- 20. Summer Magic (1963) (performer: "Ugly Bug Ball", "On the Front Porch") 1963 - 6.7 (729)
- 21. Gun Glory (1957) (performer: "The Ninety and Nine") 1957 - 5.8 (203)
- 22. Sierra (1950) (writer: "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE") (performer: "HIDEAWAY", "END OF THE ROAD", "THE WHALE SONG", "SARAH THE MULE", "BLACK ANGUS MCDOUGAL", "DRIFT ALONG") 1950 - 6.6 (82)
- 23. So Dear to My Heart (1948) (performer: "Lavender Blue", "Ol' Dan Patch") 1948 - 7.6 (319)
- 24. Station West (1948) (performer: "A Stranger in Town" (uncredited), "The Sun Shining Warm", "A Man Can't Grow Old" (uncredited)) 1948 - 6.9 (195)
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Dribble (2004) (dedicatee) 2004 - 4.2 (27)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Dolly" (1987)   Himself (1 episode, 1987) 1987 - 7.1 (14)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Wogan" (1982)   Himself (1 episode, 1987) 1987 - 4.7 (34)
AKAs:
  • The Wogan Years (UK: repeat compilations title)
1 TV episode:
- 3. "Saturday Night at the Mill" (1976)   (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - -
- 4. "Pebble Mill at One" (1973)   (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - 7.9 (9)
AKAs:
  • Pebble Mill (UK: new title)
- 5. "The Val Doonican Music Show" (1976)   (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - -
- 6. The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) Himself 1978 - 6.6 (116)
- 7. "Parkinson" (1971)   Himself (1 episode, 1976) 1976 - 8.1 (166)
1 TV episode:
- 8. The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975) (TV) Himself 1975 - -
- 9. Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974) (TV) Himself 1974 - 6.8 (11)
- 10. John Wayne and Glen Campbell & the Musical West (1974) (TV) Himself 1974 - 7.2 (10)
- 11. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)   Himself (2 episodes, 1971-1973) 1973 - 8.3 (462)
AKAs:
  • The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- 12. "The Bobby Darin Show" (1973)   Himself (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 7.8 (7)
- 13. Tennessee Williams' South (1973) (TV) Charlie Colton 1973 - 6.6 (14)
- 14. "The Val Doonican Show" (1970)   Himself (2 episodes, 1971) 1971 - -
- 15. "The Flip Wilson Show" (1970)   Himself (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 7.4 (91)
1 TV episode:
- 16. "The Johnny Cash Show" (1969)   Himself (2 episodes, 1970) 1970 - 7.7 (47)
- 17. All Things Bright and Beautiful (1969) (TV) Himself - Host 1969 - -
- 18. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967)   Himself (1 episode, 1969) 1969 - 8.4 (112)
- 19. "The Hollywood Palace" (1964)   Folk Singer / 3 characters not shown (2 episodes, 1964-1969) 1969 - 9.5 (45)
2 TV episodes:
- 20. "The Andy Williams Show" (1962)   Himself (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 7.3 (37)
- 21. West to the Mountains (1967) Balladeer 1967 - -
- 22. "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1959)   Himself - Host / Himself - Singer (5 episodes, 1959-1966) 1966 - 6.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- 23. "Late Night Lineup" (1964)   (1 episode, 1966) 1966 - -
- 24. "Ready, Steady, Go!" (1963)   Himself (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 7.4 (16)
1 TV episode:
- 25. Flying Clipper - Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962)   Narrator (US version) 1962 - 6.9 (15)
AKAs:
  • Mediterranean Holiday (Philippines: English title) (USA)
- 26. The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959) (TV) Himself 1959 - -
- 27. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner 1959 - 4.9 (54)
- 28. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Himself - Mystery Guest / Mystery Guest (2 episodes, 1955-1959) 1959 - 8.9 (268)
2 TV episodes:
- 29. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956)   Himself (2 episodes, 1958) 1958 - 7.7 (26)
AKAs:
  • The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- 30. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself (5 episodes, 1953-1957) 1957 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- 31. A Face in the Crowd (1957)   (uncredited) Himself 1957 - 8.0 (3,999)
AKAs:
  • Budd Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd (USA: complete title)
- 32. "High Low Quiz" (1957) Himself/panelist 1957 - -
- 33. "Person to Person" (1953)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.8 (28)
1 TV episode:
- 34. "Music 55" (1955)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - -
1 TV episode:
- 35. "Tonight!" (1953)   Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 9.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
  • The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • Tonight (USA: syndication title)
  • Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
Archive Footage
- 1. "Qwerty"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. All About 'The Birds' (2000) (V) Fakrash from "The Brass Bottle"
- 3. The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) Himself - Memorial Tribute
- 4. Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV) Big Daddy
- 5. Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)
- 6. "Disneyland"  
3 TV episodes:

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Other Works:
Unsold pilot: In 1960 he served as the host for a pilot for a proposed anthology series called "The Weapon". more
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