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Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Acting1907Cleveland, 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.

Acting History

Future
Time Enough at Last
as Henry Bemis
2020
2019
2006
Rocky Balboa
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
1995
Grumpier Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1994
1993
Grumpy Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
In the Heat of the Night
TVas Judge Cully• 3 eps
1992
Lincoln
as Winfield Scott (voice)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as Narrator (voice)
Mastergate
as Wiley Slaughter
1991
1990
Rocky V
as Mickey Goldmill
Oddball Hall
as Ingersol
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
1989
The Wickedest Witch
as Narrator (voice)
1988
King Lear
as Don Learo
Hot to Trot
as Don's Dad
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie
as Golobulus (voice)
1986
Outrage!
as Judge Aaron Klein
1985
Broken Rainbow
as Historical Voice (voice)
Answers
as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
1984
Wet Gold
as Sampson
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Mr. Mole• 1 eps
1982
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
Rocky III
as Mickey Goldmill
Gloria
TVas Dr. Willard Adams
1981
The Last Chase
as Captain J.G. Williams
True Confessions
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Kenneth Griffin
1980
When Time Ran Out...
as Rene Valdez
1979
Rocky II
as Mickey Goldmill
1978
The Living Sands of Namib
as Narrator (voice)
Puff, the Magic Dragon
as Puff (voice)
The Return of Captain Nemo
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
The Manitou
as Dr. Snow
Foul Play
as Mr. Hennessey
Magic
as Ben Greene
The Great Bank Hoax
as Jack Stutz
SST: Death Flight
as Willy Basset
1977
The Sentinel
as Charles Chazen
Golden Rendezvous
as Van Heurden
Tail Gunner Joe
as Joseph Welch
The Last Hurrah
as Cardinal Burke
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
1976
Burnt Offerings
as Arnold Allardyce
Rocky
as Mickey Goldmill
Circasia
as Clown
Dinah!
TVas Self• 1 eps
Circasia
Producer
1975
The Master Gunfighter
as Narrator (voice)
The Hindenburg
as Emilio Pajetta
The Day of the Locust
as Harry Greener
B. Must Die
as Hector
92 in the Shade
as Goldsboro
1974
Golden Needles
as Winters
1973
Old Faithful
as Chief Ranger
1972
A Fan's Notes
as Mr. Blue
The New Healers
as Dr. Simmons
Probe
as V.C.R. Cameron
The Man
as Senator Watson
Getting Away from It All
as Capt. Frank Coffin
We the People
as Narrator
Beware! The Blob
as Old Hobo
Search
TVas V.C.R. Cameron• 23 eps
1971
Clay Pigeon
as Freedom Lovelace
Lock, Stock and Barrel
as Rev. Willie Pursle
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as The Missouri Kid
The Bold Ones: The Senator
TVas State Party Chairman Mallon• 1 eps
Night Gallery
TVas Charlie Finnegan• 2 eps
1969
Hard Contract
as Ramsey Williams
Mackenna's Gold
as The Storekeeper
The Reivers
as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
The Father
as Captain Ned
Daniel Boone
TVas Alex Hemming• 1 eps
1968
Stay Away, Joe
as Charlie Lightcloud
Skidoo
as The Warden
Dear Mr. Gable
as Narrator
The Virginian
TVas Tim Bradbury• 1 eps
1967
Torture Garden
as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
Hurry Sundown
as Judge Purcell
Bonanza
TVas Owney Duggan• 1 eps
The Invaders
TVas Theodore Booth• 1 eps
1966
Madame X
as Dan Sullivan
Batman
as The Penguin
The Crazy-Quilt
as Narrator (voice)
12 O'Clock High
TVas Dr. Michael Rink• 1 eps
Batman
TVas The Penguin• 21 eps
1965
In Harm's Way
as Commander Egan Powell
Profiles in Courage
TVas John Peter Altgeld• 1 eps
Mr. Novak
TVas Principal Martin Woodridge• 2 eps
The Wild Wild West
TVas Orkney Cadwallader• 1 eps
1964
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Prof. George Bannerman
Burke's Law
TVas Harold Harold• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Hannibal H. Plew• 2 eps
1963
The Cardinal
as Father Halley
1962
Advise & Consent
as Herbert Gelman
Naked City
TVas Duncan Kleist• 1 eps
1961
Waiting for Godot
as Vladimir / Didi
The Twilight Zone
TVas Mr. Smith / Romney Wordsworth / Henry Bemis / Luther Dingle• 1 eps
1960
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Special Award Recipient• 1 eps
1959
1958
The Kidnappers
as Louis Halliburton
1957
Albert Schweitzer
as Narrator (voice)
Joe Butterfly
as Joe Butterfly
Suspicion
TVas Ramskill• 1 eps
1956
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Panelist• 1 eps
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Velvet Pants / Thomas A. Edison
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Sid Davis / Cardinal Burke
1950
Works of Calder
as Narrator
Studio One
TVas Gulley Jimson• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Stage Manager• 1 eps
1949
Jigsaw
as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
The Big Story
TVas Self - Narrator / Narrator
1948
On Our Merry Way
as Oliver M. Pease
Lamp Unto My Feet
TVas Narrator (voice)
1947
Mine Own Executioner
as Felix Milne
1946
Magnificent Doll
as James Madison
1945
Story of G.I. Joe
as Ernie Pyle
A Walk in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Hymn of the Nations
as Narrator (voice)
A Salute to France
as Joe - the American Soldier
Tunisian Victory
as American soldier (voice)
1943
The United States Service Bands
as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
The Rear Gunner
as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
A Welcome to Britain
as Self (uncredited)
1942
Street of Chance
as Frank Thompson
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
as Alexander Sebastian
Second Chorus
as Hank Taylor
1940
San Francisco Docks
as Johnny Barnes
Castle on the Hudson
as Steve Rockford
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Quillary
Of Mice and Men
as George Milton
1938
Spring Madness
as The Lippencott
1937
There Goes the Groom
as Derek "Dick" Matthews
1936
Winterset
as Mio Romagna
1935
The Scoundrel
as Flop House Bum

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/16/1907
Day of Death
9/9/1997
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA