Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer, musician, actor, and author. He is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. He also was associated with the Almanacs, a folk-singing group which included Woody Guthrie, Willard Lampell, Pete Seeger, and Millie Geer at times.