Burl Ives
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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades.
Ives in 1955, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Ives (left) with Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ives while filming Wind Across the Everglades in 1957
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 stop motion Christmas animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd.. It first aired December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in
Burl Ives
…is often associated with the Christmas season. He did voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives also worked on the special's soundtrack, including the songs "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", both of which continue…
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Puppets from the film on display at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
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Dolly for Sue, a character from the television special