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Post by snsurone on Jan 23, 2018 15:46:57 GMT
He started out as a successful country/folk singer, but IMHO, he was one of the best character actors in movie history.
Nobody, but NOBODY, could play Big Daddy Pollitt as well as he did, not even Laurence Olivier in the TV version of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
I remember seeing promos for the latter asking viewers not to compare the two actors, but I found that impossible.
Ives also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in THE BIG COUNTRY.
Later in his life, he moved on to series TV, becoming one of the cast members on THE BOLD ONES in the '70's.
I'm glad TCM runs COAHTR regularly, so we could see his amazing performance.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 23, 2018 18:50:00 GMT
 With Bobby Driscoll in Disney's So Dear to My Heart 1948  Fooling around during the making of East of Eden 1955 with James Dean. Where Burl played the Sam the Sheriff.  With Alec Guinness in Our Man in Havana 1959  As Phineas T. Barnum in Rocket to the Moon aka Blast-Off 1967 So yes, he did play a lot of roles sometimes rather unpleasant one as in Desire Under the Elms 1958 and The Day of the Outlaw 1959. With his other career as a baladeer, he was more like a favorite uncle who comes around with his guitar and sings songs. |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 23, 2018 20:34:01 GMT
He was also really good in 'Wind Across The Everglades' (1958).
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Post by outrider127 on Jan 23, 2018 20:34:50 GMT
Day Of The Outlaw(1959)
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Post by outrider127 on Jan 23, 2018 20:35:16 GMT
The Big Country(1957)
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Post by petrolino on Jan 27, 2018 2:17:54 GMT
Fine actor.  |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 2, 2018 15:10:28 GMT
As scheming rancher Big Mac McCreedy in "The McCreedy Bust", the classic premiere episode of Alias Smith and Jones (with Pete Duel and Ben Murphy)  |
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Feb 2, 2018 15:47:51 GMT
And was also in Disney's So Dear to my Heart (where he sings Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly) and Videocraft aka Rankin/Bass's original 1964 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 2, 2018 18:24:13 GMT
It was on the British Antiques Roadsow the host said an old painting reminded her of an old Burl Ives song about ugly bugs, so I offcourse had to look it up.
It's from Summer Magic 1963.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 2, 2018 19:18:29 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Feb 2, 2018 19:27:24 GMT
"Have a holly, jolly Christmas." It's the best time of the year. I don't know if there'll be snow, But have a cup of cheer." Cute--and so lifelike. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 2, 2018 19:45:00 GMT
"Have a holly, jolly Christmas." It's the best time of the year. I don't know if there'll be snow, But have a cup of cheer." Cute--and so lifelike. It's one of the thing that's an eye opener when you get into classic film as an adult. Burl Ives was Sam the Snowman and the country singer my Grandmother liked. Fred MacMurray was Steve Douglas, the dad on the weak TV show My Three Sons. Barbara Stanwyck was Victoria Barkley, the cranky old lady on the run of the mill western, The Big Valley. It's was off to see Ives in the Big Country or Fred and Barbara in Double Indemnity, for example. "Hey, they could ACT!" |
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Post by snsurone on Feb 2, 2018 20:12:17 GMT
Yeah, it's sad when so many great actors devolved into crummy TV series.
I would add Ernest Borgnine and Shirley Booth.
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