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Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

ActingBorn November 16, 1907Died September 9, 1997 (age 89)Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV version of Batman, as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III, and as Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. He won two Saturn Awards (in 1978 and in 1981), Tony Awards, and many Emmy Awards.

Filmography

2020Movie
2019Movie
2006
Rocky Balboa

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1995
Grumpier Old Men

as Grandpa Gustafson

Movie
1995Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1993
La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

Movie
1993
Grumpy Old Men

as Grandpa Gustafson

Movie
1992
Lincoln

as Winfield Scott (voice)

Movie
1992
Mastergate

as Wiley Slaughter

Movie
1992
The Chaplin Puzzle

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1990
Rocky V

as Mickey Goldmill

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Oddball Hall

as Ingersol

Movie
1990
Rocky Special: Burning Youth

as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

Movie
1989
The Wickedest Witch

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1988Movie
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1988
Hot to Trot

as Don's Dad

Movie
1988TV
1988
King Lear

as Don Learo

Movie
1987Movie
1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie

as Golobulus (voice)

Movie
1986
Outrage!

as Judge Aaron Klein

Movie
1986Movie
1985Movie
1985
Broken Rainbow

as Historical Voice (voice)

Movie
1985
Answers

as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Movie
1985Movie
1984
Wet Gold

as Sampson

Movie
1984
Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole

Movie
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1982
Gloria

as Dr. Willard Adams

TV
1982TV
1982
Rocky III

as Mickey Goldmill

Movie
1982
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Movie
1981
True Confessions

as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

Movie
1981Movie
1981
The Last Chase

as Captain J.G. Williams

Movie
1981
Mr. Griffin and Me

as Kenneth Griffin

Movie
1980Movie
1980
When Time Ran Out...

as Rene Valdez

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Rocky II

as Mickey Goldmill

Movie
1978
Magic

as Ben Greene

Movie
1978
The Great Bank Hoax

as Jack Stutz

Movie
1978
Puff, the Magic Dragon

as Puff (voice)

Movie
1978
Foul Play

as Mr. Hennessey

Movie
1978Movie
1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo

as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

Movie
1978
The Manitou

as Dr. Snow

Movie
1978
SST: Death Flight

as Willy Basset

Movie
1978
The Living Sands of Namib

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1977
Golden Rendezvous

as Van Heurden

Movie
1977
The Last Hurrah

as Cardinal Burke

Movie
1977
Tail Gunner Joe

as Joseph Welch

Movie
1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

Movie
1977
The Sentinel

as Charles Chazen

Movie
1976
Rocky

as Mickey Goldmill

Movie
1976
Burnt Offerings

as Arnold Allardyce

Movie
1976
Circasia

as Clown

Movie
1975
The Hindenburg

as Emilio Pajetta

Movie
1975
The Master Gunfighter

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1975
92 in the Shade

as Goldsboro

Movie
1975
B. Must Die

as Hector

Movie
1975
The Day of the Locust

as Harry Greener

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Golden Needles

as Winters

Movie
1973
Old Faithful

as Chief Ranger

Movie
1972
Search

as V.C.R. Cameron

TV
1972
The Man

as Senator Watson

Movie
1972
A Fan's Notes

as Mr. Blue

Movie
1972
Beware! The Blob

as Old Hobo

Movie
1972
The New Healers

as Dr. Simmons

Movie
1972
Probe

as V.C.R. Cameron

Movie
1972
Getting Away from It All

as Capt. Frank Coffin

Movie
1972
We the People

as Narrator

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel

as Rev. Willie Pursle

Movie
1971
Clay Pigeon

as Freedom Lovelace

Movie
1970
Night Gallery

as Charlie Finnegan

TV
1970
Night Gallery

as Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")

TV
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...

as The Missouri Kid

Movie
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator

as State Party Chairman Mallon

TV
1969
The Reivers

as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

Movie
1969Movie
1969
Love, American Style

as Harrison Merriweather

TV
1969TV
1969
Hard Contract

as Ramsey Williams

Movie
1969
The Father

as Captain Ned

Movie
1969
Mackenna's Gold

as The Storekeeper

Movie
1968
Skidoo

as The Warden

Movie
1968
Stay Away, Joe

as Charlie Lightcloud

Movie
1968
Dear Mr. Gable

as Narrator

Movie
1967
Torture Garden

as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Movie
1967TV
1967TV
1967
Hurry Sundown

as Judge Purcell

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Theodore Booth

TV
1966
The Crazy-Quilt

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1966
Batman

as The Penguin

Movie
1966Movie
1966
Madame X

as Dan Sullivan

Movie
1966
Batman

as The Penguin

TV
1965TV
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Orkney Cadwallader

TV
1965TV
1965
In Harm's Way

as Commander Egan Powell

Movie
1965TV
1964
Profiles in Courage

as John Peter Altgeld

TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Alex Hemming

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Dr. Michael Rink

TV
1964
Fanfare for a Death Scene

as Prof. George Bannerman

Movie
1963
The Cardinal

as Father Halley

Movie
1963
Mr. Novak

as Principal Martin Woodridge

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Sidney Wilde

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Burton Reese

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Harold Harold

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Tim Bradbury

TV
1962
Advise & Consent

as Herbert Gelman

Movie
1961TV
1961
Waiting for Godot

as Vladimir / Didi

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Henry Bemis

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Smith

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Luther Dingle

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Romney Wordsworth

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Owney Duggan

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Tom Gwynn

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Matthew Higgins

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Hannibal H. Plew

TV
1958
Naked City

as Duncan Kleist

TV
1958Movie
1958
The Kidnappers

as Louis Halliburton

Movie
1957
Albert Schweitzer

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1957
Suspicion

as Ramskill

TV
1957
Joe Butterfly

as Joe Butterfly

Movie
1953
General Electric Theater

as Thomas A. Edison

TV
1953TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cardinal Burke

TV
1950
Works of Calder

as Narrator

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo

TV
1950TV
1949Movie
1949Movie
1949
The Big Story

as Narrator

TV
1949
The Big Story

as Self - Narrator

TV
1949
Jigsaw

as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1948
Studio One

as Gulley Jimson

TV
1948
On Our Merry Way

as Oliver M. Pease

Movie
1948Movie
1947
Mine Own Executioner

as Felix Milne

Movie
1946
Magnificent Doll

as James Madison

Movie
1946Movie
1945
A Walk in the Sun

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Story of G.I. Joe

as Ernie Pyle

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Tunisian Victory

as American soldier (voice)

Movie
1944
Hymn of the Nations

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1944
A Salute to France

as Joe - the American Soldier

Movie
1944Movie
1943
The Rear Gunner

as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

Movie
1943
A Welcome to Britain

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1943
The United States Service Bands

as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Street of Chance

as Frank Thompson

Movie
1941Movie
1941
That Uncertain Feeling

as Alexander Sebastian

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Second Chorus

as Hank Taylor

Movie
1940
San Francisco Docks

as Johnny Barnes

Movie
1940
Castle on the Hudson

as Steve Rockford

Movie
1939
Of Mice and Men

as George Milton

Movie
1939
Idiot's Delight

as Quillary

Movie
1938
Spring Madness

as The Lippencott

Movie
1937
There Goes the Groom

as Derek "Dick" Matthews

Movie
1936
Winterset

as Mio Romagna

Movie
1935
The Scoundrel

as Flop House Bum

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 16, 1907
Day of DeathSeptember 9, 1997
Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Popularity1.1