- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.68
- Peak run
- 1948’58
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Burl by the numbers
Average
6.68
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.77
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.88
rating spread
Career
43y
1946 to 1988
Total votes
172K
across every film
Best
7.9
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Worst
5.1
Two Moon Junction
Newest first
Filmography
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Sheriff Earl Hawkins | 5.1 | 7,334 |
| 1986 | Uphill All the Way | Sheriff John Catledge | · | 280 |
| 1976 | Baker's Hawk | Mr. McGraw | · | 317 |
| 1975 | Hugo the Hippo | Narrator | · | 617 |
| 1970 | The McMasters | McMasters | · | 465 |
| 1967 | Those Fantastic Flying Fools | Phineas T. Barnum | 5.3 | 1,095 |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | Father Neptune | · | 534 |
| 1964 | The Brass Bottle | Fakrash Al-Amash | 6.3 | 1,129 |
| 1964 | Ensign Pulver | Captain Morton | 5.9 | 1,946 |
| 1963 | Summer Magic | Osh Popham | 6.9 | 3,023 |
| 1962 | The Spiral Road | Dr. Brits Jansen | · | 743 |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan | · | 785 |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Jack Bruhn | 7.3 | 5,099 |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana | Dr. Hasselbacher | 7.1 | 6,939 |
| 1958 |  The Big Country | Rufus Hannassey | 7.9 | 24,819 |
| 1958 |  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy Pollitt | 7.9 | 57,665 |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | Ephraim | 6.5 | 1,591 |
| 1958 | Wind Across the Everglades | Cottonmouth | 6.5 | 1,444 |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize | George Salt | · | 491 |
| 1955 |  East of Eden | Sam - the Sheriff | 7.8 | 51,430 |
Better together?
Burl Ives's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Burl Ives
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1959Burl Ives
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.