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3	->''"When you've set goals and dreams, you don't feel old."''
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5	Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American actor and musician.
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7	Born and raised in southern Illinois, he dropped out of college and began his career as an itinerant {{folk\|music}} singer and guitarist during TheGreatDepression. In the 1940s he hosted his own radio show called ''The Wayfaring Stranger'', which popularized traditional folk songs. After serving in the Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he recorded a number of hit songs for the Creator/DeccaRecords label, successfully crossing over to {{country music}} in the '50s and '60s. To avoid getting [[UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist blacklisted]] for alleged Communist ties in 1952, he agreed to cooperate with the HUAC. While doing so saved his career, his testimony still led to a bitter rift between Ives and such folk contemporaries as Pete Seeger (though the two men eventually reconciled, performing together at a 1993 benefit in New York).
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9	Ives was also a popular actor, starting on Broadway in the late '30s before moving to film in the '40s. His film roles included Uncle Hiram in ''Film/SoDearToMyHeart'', "Big Daddy" Pollitt in ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'', and Rufus Hannassey in ''Film/TheBigCountry'', the latter performance earning him both UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe\|Award}} wins for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to appear in movies and on television into the '80s.
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11	Ives is often associated with the Christmas season, as he was the voice actor for Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 animated television special ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''. Ives also contributed to the special's soundtrack, including the title song and "A Holly Jolly Christmas", both of which continue to appear annually on the ''Billboard'' holiday charts to this day.
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14	!!Acting roles with pages on TV Tropes:
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18	* ''Film/SoDearToMyHeart'' (1948) as Uncle Hiram Douglas
19	* ''Film/EastOfEden'' (1955) as Samuel the Sheriff
20	* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'' (1957) {{as Himself}} ({{uncredited\|role}})
21	* ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' (1958) as Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt
22	* ''Film/DayOfTheOutlaw'' (1959) as Jack Bruhn
23	* ''Film/TheBigCountry'' (1958) as Rufus Hannassey
24	* ''Film/SummerMagic'' (1963) as Osh Popham
25	* ''Film/TheBrassBottle'' (1964) as Fakrash
26	* ''Film/TheDaydreamer'' (1966) as Father Neptune (voice)
27	* ''Film/WhiteDog'' (1982) as Carruthers
28	* ''Film/TwoMoonJunction'' (1988) as Sheriff Earl Hawkins
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31	[[folder:Television roles]]
32	* ''Series/Playhouse90'' (1957, episode "Theatre/TheMiracleWorker") as Captain Keller
33	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer\|1964}}'' (1964) as Sam the Snowman (voice)
34	* ''Series/DanielBoone'' (1969, episode "A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely") as Prater Beaseley
35	* ''[[Series/TheBoldOnes The Bold Ones: The Lawyers]]'' (1969–72) as Walter Nicholls
36	* ''Series/AliasSmithAndJones'' (1971–72, five episodes) as Big Mac [=McCreedy=]
37	* ''Series/NightGallery'' (1972, episode "The Other Way Out") as Old Man Doubleday
38	* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' (1976, episode "The Hunters") as Samuel Shelby
39	* ''Series/{{Roots\|1977}}'' (1977, Part VIII) as Senator Arthur J. Justin
40	* ''Film/TheBermudaDepths'' (1978) as Paulis
41	* ''[[Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure]]'' (1984) as Narrator (voice)
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