Question: Who played big daddy in cat on a hot tin roof?

context: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives.
question: Who played Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the 1958 movie version?|Who played Big Daddy in the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof movie in 1958?
short_answers: Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives
context: The original Broadway production, which opened at the Morosco Theater on March 24, 1955, was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie, Ben Gazzara as Brick, Burl Ives as Big Daddy, Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama, Pat Hingle as Gooper, and Madeleine Sherwood as Mae. Bel Geddes was the only cast member nominated for a Tony Award, and Kazan was nominated for Best Director of a Play. Both Ives and Sherwood would reprise their roles in the 1958 film version. The cast also featured the southern blues duo Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry and had as Gazzara's understudy the young Cliff Robertson. When Gazzara left the play, Jack Lord replaced him. Others from the original Broadway production included R.G. Armstrong as Doctor Baugh, Fred Stewart as Reverend Tooker, Janice Dunn as Trixie, Seth Edwards as Sonny, Maxwell Glanville as Lacey, Pauline Hahn as Dixie, Darryl Richard as Buster, Eva Vaughn Smith as Daisy, and Musa Williams as Sookey.
question: Who played Big Daddy in the original Broadway cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
short_answers: Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives
context: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss, and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. The film was written by Tennessee Williams, produced by American Playhouse, and originally premiered on Showtime on August 19, 1984.
question: Who played Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the 1984 movie version?|Who played Big Daddy in the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof movie in 1984?
short_answers: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.
Rip Torn
context: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives.
question: Who played big daddy in cat on a hot tin roof(1958)?|Who played Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof movie (1958)?|Who played Big Daddy in the original Broadway cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
short_answers: Burl Ives
context: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss, and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. The film was written by Tennessee Williams, produced by American Playhouse, and originally premiered on Showtime on August 19, 1984.
question: Who played big daddy in cat on a hot tin roof(1984)?|Who played Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof movie (1984)?
short_answers: Rip Torn

Answer: Burl Ives plays Big Daddy in both the original Broadway cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as the 1958 movie version. The 1984 version of the film was played by Elmore Rual Torn Jr, otherwise known as Rip Torn.  Both the movies were adaptations from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams; an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", he wrote the play between 1953 and 1955.