Burl Ives: movies and TV shows
Burl Ives has 80 credits in the archive: 50 films and 30 TV series, from 1940 to 2019. Highest rated: Captains and the Kings (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2019 · busiest year: 1958 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 110 |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Big Daddy (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 85 |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | F.W. Woolworth | TV | 5.7 | 80 |
| 1989 | Thomas Hart Benton | Himself | Film | 7.8 | 80 |
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Sheriff Earl Hawkins | Film | 6.1 | 79 |
| 1987 | A Down Home Country Christmas | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1986 | Uphill All the Way | Sheriff John Catledge | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 1984 | The Ewok Adventure | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 1984 | DTV: Golden Oldies | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 73 |
| 1982 | White Dog | Carruthers | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1981 | Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera | Himself | Film | — | 72 |
| 1981 | Earthbound | Ned Anderson | Film | 5.0 | 72 |
| 1979 | Just You and Me, Kid | Max | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Bermuda Depths | Dr. Paulis | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 1978 | The New Adventures of Heidi | Grandfather | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1977 | Roots | Senator Arthur J. Justin | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Old Syrup | TV | 8.8 | 67 |
| 1976 | The First Easter Rabbit | Narrator / Older Stuffy (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1976 | Baker's Hawk | Mr. McGraw | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1975 | Gifts of an Eagle | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Sam Shelby | TV | 7.9 | 65 |
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show | TV | 10.0 | 64 | |
| 1973 | Tennessee Williams' South | Film | 10.0 | 64 | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 62 | |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Old Man Doubleday | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 1970 | The McMasters | McMasters | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1970 | The Smothers Brothers Summer Show | TV | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 1970 | The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever | T.M. Trask | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show | Self | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Walter Nicholls | TV | 4.7 | 60 |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching | Walter Nichols | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Arthur Jellicoe | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1968 | Pinocchio | Geppetto | Film | — | 59 |
| 1968 | The Sound of Anger | Walter Nichols | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1968 | The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1967 | Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon | Phineas T. Barnum | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | Father Neptune (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1965 | O.K. Crackerby | TV | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Prater Beaseley | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Sam the Snowman (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1964 | Ensign Pulver | Captain Morton | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1964 | The Brass Bottle | Fakrash | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1963 | Summer Magic | Osh Popham | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1963 | I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Spiral Road | Dr. Brits Jansen | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1962 | Mediterranean Holiday | Narrator (US Version) (voice) | Film | 8.5 | 53 |
| 1960 | Our Man in Havana | Dr. Hasselbacher | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Jack Bruhn | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Rufus Hannassey | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1958 | Wind Across the Everglades | Cottonmouth | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1958 | Fun in the Big Country | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | Éphraïm Cabot | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1957 | The Miracle Worker | Captain Keller | Film | — | 48 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jonathan J. Dwire | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize | George Salt | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Sam the Sheriff | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 7.9 | 45 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | King David | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1950 | Sierra | Lonesome | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1948 | So Dear to My Heart | Uncle Hiram Douglas | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1948 | Station West | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1948 | Green Grass of Wyoming | Gus | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1946 | Smoky | Willie | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1940 | Tall Tales | Self | Film | — | 31 |