Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Billie Mae Richards voices Rudolph. The special is technically stop-motion puppet animation instead of claymation, executed by Tadahito Mochinaga's animation team at MOM Production in Tokyo.
Actor: Burl Ives
Burl Ives won Best Supporting Actor for The Big Country and narrated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as Sam the Snowman, which has been broadcast annually for six decades. He was a major folk singer who was named in Red Channels and testified before HUAC, which permanently divided the folk community.