AKA Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives

Born: 14-Jun-1909
Birthplace: Hunt City, IL
Died: 14-Apr-1995
Location of death: Anacortes, WA
Cause of death: Cancer - Throat
Remains: Buried, Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, IL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer, Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Wife: Helen Peck Ehrich (div., one adopted son)
Wife: Dorothy Koster Paul (m. 1971, three stepchildren)

    Order of DeMolay Charleston, IL (1927)
    Freemasonry
    Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
    Emmy
    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1959 for The Big Country
    Golden Globe 1959 for The Big Country
    Silver Buffalo

    TELEVISION
    O.K. Crackerby! O.K. Crackerby (1965-66)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Two Moon Junction (22-Apr-1988)
    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (16-Nov-1987)
    Uphill All the Way (Jan-1986)
    The Ewok Adventure (25-Nov-1984) · Narrator [VOICE]
    White Dog (7-Jul-1982)
    Earthbound (30-Jan-1981)
    Just You and Me Kid (13-Jul-1979)
    The New Adventures of Heidi (13-Dec-1978)
    The Bermuda Depths (27-Jan-1978)
    Baker's Hawk (1976)
    Hugo the Hippo (25-Dec-1975) · Narrator [VOICE]
    The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (20-Nov-1970)
    The McMasters (1-Aug-1970)
    Those Fantastic Flying Fools (21-Jun-1967)
    The Daydreamer (Jun-1966) [VOICE]
    Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (6-Dec-1964) [VOICE]
    Ensign Pulver (31-Jul-1964) · Captain
    The Brass Bottle (20-May-1964)
    Summer Magic (7-Jul-1963)
    The Spiral Road (3-Aug-1962)
    Our Man in Havana (27-Jan-1960) · Dr. Hasselbacher
    Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
    Day of the Outlaw (Jul-1959)
    The Big Country (1-Oct-1958)
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (18-Sep-1958) · Harvey Pollitt
    Wind Across the Everglades (11-Sep-1958)
    Desire Under the Elms (12-Mar-1958) · Ephriam Cabot
    The Power and the Prize (26-Sep-1956) · George Salt
    East of Eden (9-Mar-1955) · Sam
    Sierra (1-Jun-1950)
    So Dear to My Heart (19-Jan-1949) · Uncle Hiram
    Station West (1-Sep-1948)
    Green Grass of Wyoming (3-Jun-1948)
    Smoky (26-Jun-1946)

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