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Burgess Meredith

ACTING

1907-11-16

1997-09-09

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.

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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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

The Scoundrel poster

The Scoundrel(1935)

Flop House Bum

Winterset poster

Winterset(1936)

Mio Romagna

There Goes the Groom poster

There Goes the Groom(1937)

Derek "Dick" Matthews

Spring Madness poster

Spring Madness(1938)

The Lippencott

Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men(1939)

George Milton

Idiot's Delight poster

Idiot's Delight(1939)

Quillary

Castle on the Hudson poster

Castle on the Hudson(1940)

Steve Rockford

San Francisco Docks poster

San Francisco Docks(1940)

Johnny Barnes

Second Chorus poster

Second Chorus(1941)

Hank Taylor

That Uncertain Feeling poster

That Uncertain Feeling(1941)

Alexander Sebastian

Tom, Dick and Harry poster

Tom, Dick and Harry(1941)

Harry

Street of Chance poster

Street of Chance(1942)

Frank Thompson

The Rear Gunner poster

The Rear Gunner(1943)

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

The United States Service Bands poster

The United States Service Bands(1943)

footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Hymn of the Nations poster

Hymn of the Nations(1944)

Narrator (voice)

Tunisian Victory poster

Tunisian Victory(1944)

American soldier (voice)

Attack! The Battle for New Britain poster

Attack! The Battle for New Britain(1944)

Narrator (voice)

A Salute to France poster

A Salute to France(1944)

Joe - the American Soldier

Screenplay

A Walk in the Sun poster

A Walk in the Sun(1945)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Story of G.I. Joe poster

Story of G.I. Joe(1945)

Ernie Pyle

The Diary of a Chambermaid poster

The Diary of a Chambermaid(1946)

Captain Mauger

Screenplay, Producer

Magnificent Doll poster

Magnificent Doll(1946)

James Madison

Mine Own Executioner poster

Mine Own Executioner(1947)

Felix Milne

Studio One poster

Studio One(1948)

Gulley Jimson

On Our Merry Way poster

On Our Merry Way(1948)

Oliver M. Pease

Producer

Jigsaw poster

Jigsaw(1949)

Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

The Man on the Eiffel Tower poster

The Man on the Eiffel Tower(1949)

Joseph Heurtin

Director

Golden Arrow poster

Golden Arrow(1949)

Dick

Works of Calder poster

Works of Calder(1950)

Narrator

Producer

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame(1951)

Sid Davis, Cardinal Burke

General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater(1953)

Thomas A. Edison, Velvet Pants

Suspicion poster

Suspicion(1957)

Ramskill

Albert Schweitzer poster

Albert Schweitzer(1957)

Narrator (voice)

Joe Butterfly poster

Joe Butterfly(1957)

Joe Butterfly

Naked City poster

Naked City(1958)

Duncan Kleist

Sorcerers' Village poster

Sorcerers' Village(1958)

Narrator

Bonanza poster

Bonanza(1959)

Owney Duggan

The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone(1959)

Henry Bemis, Mr. Smith, Luther Dingle, Romney Wordsworth

Rawhide poster

Rawhide(1959)

Tom Gwynn, Matthew Higgins, Hannibal H. Plew

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot(1961)

Vladimir / Didi

The Virginian poster

The Virginian(1962)

Tim Bradbury

Advise & Consent poster

Advise & Consent(1962)

Herbert Gelman

Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law(1963)

Sidney Wilde, Burton Reese, Harold Harold

The Cardinal poster

The Cardinal(1963)

Father Halley

Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak(1963)

Principal Martin Woodridge

Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone(1964)

Alex Hemming

12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High(1964)

Dr. Michael Rink

Fanfare for a Death Scene poster

Fanfare for a Death Scene(1964)

Prof. George Bannerman

The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West(1965)

Orkney Cadwallader

In Harm's Way poster

In Harm's Way(1965)

Commander Egan Powell

Batman poster

Batman(1966)

The Penguin

Batman poster

Batman(1966)

The Penguin

A Big Hand for the Little Lady poster

A Big Hand for the Little Lady(1966)

Doc Scully

Madame X poster

Madame X(1966)

Dan Sullivan

The Crazy-Quilt poster

The Crazy-Quilt(1966)

Narrator (voice)

The Invaders poster

The Invaders(1967)

Theodore Booth

Torture Garden poster

Torture Garden(1967)

Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Hurry Sundown poster

Hurry Sundown(1967)

Judge Purcell

Skidoo poster

Skidoo(1968)

The Warden

Stay Away, Joe poster

Stay Away, Joe(1968)

Charlie Lightcloud

Dear Mr. Gable poster

Dear Mr. Gable(1968)

Narrator

The Reivers poster

The Reivers(1969)

Lucius / Narrator (voice)

Mackenna's Gold poster

Mackenna's Gold(1969)

The Storekeeper

Hard Contract poster

Hard Contract(1969)

Ramsey Williams

Winter of the Witch poster

Winter of the Witch(1969)

Narrator

Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery(1970)

Charlie Finnegan, Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")

The Bold Ones: The Senator poster

The Bold Ones: The Senator(1970)

State Party Chairman Mallon

There Was a Crooked Man... poster

There Was a Crooked Man...(1970)

The Missouri Kid

Such Good Friends poster

Such Good Friends(1971)

Kalman

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove poster

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove(1971)

Henry Meade

Clay Pigeon poster

Clay Pigeon(1971)

Freedom Lovelace

Lock, Stock and Barrel poster

Lock, Stock and Barrel(1971)

Rev. Willie Pursle

Search(1972)

V.C.R. Cameron

Beware! The Blob poster

Beware! The Blob(1972)

Old Hobo

A Fan's Notes poster

A Fan's Notes(1972)

Mr. Blue

Probe poster

Probe(1972)

V.C.R. Cameron

The Man poster

The Man(1972)

Senator Watson

Getting Away from It All poster

Getting Away from It All(1972)

Capt. Frank Coffin

The New Healers poster

The New Healers(1972)

Dr. Simmons

Old Faithful poster

Old Faithful(1973)

Chief Ranger

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go poster

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go(1974)

The Dolphin

Director, Screenplay

Golden Needles poster

Golden Needles(1974)

Winters

The Day of the Locust poster

The Day of the Locust(1975)

Harry Greener

The Hindenburg poster

The Hindenburg(1975)

Emilio Pajetta

92 in the Shade poster

92 in the Shade(1975)

Goldsboro

The Master Gunfighter poster

The Master Gunfighter(1975)

Narrator (voice)

B. Must Die poster

B. Must Die(1975)

Hector

Rocky poster

Rocky(1976)

Mickey Goldmill

Burnt Offerings poster

Burnt Offerings(1976)

Arnold Allardyce

Circasia poster

Circasia(1976)

Clown

Producer

The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel(1977)

Charles Chazen

Golden Rendezvous poster

Golden Rendezvous(1977)

Van Heurden

Tail Gunner Joe poster

Tail Gunner Joe(1977)

Joseph Welch

The Last Hurrah poster

The Last Hurrah(1977)

Cardinal Burke

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye poster

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye(1977)

John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

The Amazing Captain Nemo poster

The Amazing Captain Nemo(1978)

Prof. Waldo Cunningham

Foul Play poster

Foul Play(1978)

Mr. Hennessey

Puff, the Magic Dragon poster

Puff, the Magic Dragon(1978)

Puff (voice)

Magic poster

Magic(1978)

Ben Greene

The Manitou poster

The Manitou(1978)

Dr. Snow

The Great Bank Hoax poster

The Great Bank Hoax(1978)

Jack Stutz

The Living Sands of Namib poster

The Living Sands of Namib(1978)

Narrator (voice)

SST: Death Flight poster

SST: Death Flight(1978)

Willy Basset

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid poster

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid(1978)

William Blackstone

Rocky II poster

Rocky II(1979)

Mickey Goldmill

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies poster

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies(1979)

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

When Time Ran Out... poster

When Time Ran Out...(1980)

Rene Valdez

Final Assignment poster

Final Assignment(1980)

Zak

Clash of the Titans poster

Clash of the Titans(1981)

Ammon

True Confessions poster

True Confessions(1981)

Msgr. Seamus Fargo

The Last Chase poster

The Last Chase(1981)

Captain J.G. Williams

Mr. Griffin and Me poster

Mr. Griffin and Me(1981)

Kenneth Griffin

Rocky III poster

Rocky III(1982)

Mickey Goldmill

Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre(1982)

Mr. Mole

Gloria poster

Gloria(1982)

Dr. Willard Adams

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody poster

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody(1982)

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Wet Gold poster

Wet Gold(1984)

Sampson

Thumbelina poster

Thumbelina(1984)

Mr. Mole

Santa Claus: The Movie poster

Santa Claus: The Movie(1985)

Ancient Elf

Broken Rainbow poster

Broken Rainbow(1985)

Historical Voice (voice)

Answers poster

Answers(1985)

Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Outrage! poster

Outrage!(1986)

Judge Aaron Klein

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard poster

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard(1986)

Mr. Ben the Owl

G.I. Joe: The Movie poster

G.I. Joe: The Movie(1987)

Golobulus (voice)

Mr. Corbett's Ghost poster

Mr. Corbett's Ghost(1987)

Mad Tom

In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night(1988)

Judge Cully

Hot to Trot poster

Hot to Trot(1988)

Don's Dad

Full Moon in Blue Water poster

Full Moon in Blue Water(1988)

The General

King Lear poster

King Lear(1988)

Don Learo

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick(1988)

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Wickedest Witch poster

The Wickedest Witch(1989)

Narrator (voice)

Rocky V poster

Rocky V(1990)

Mickey Goldmill

State of Grace poster

State of Grace(1990)

Finn

Oddball Hall poster

Oddball Hall(1990)

Ingersol

Rocky Special: Burning Youth poster

Rocky Special: Burning Youth(1990)

Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker(1991)

Narrator (voice)

Night of the Hunter poster

Night of the Hunter(1991)

Birdy

The Chaplin Puzzle poster

The Chaplin Puzzle(1992)

Narrator (voice)

Mastergate poster

Mastergate(1992)

Wiley Slaughter

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America poster

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America(1992)

Guest

Grumpy Old Men poster

Grumpy Old Men(1993)

Grandpa Gustafson

La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine(1993)

The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

Camp Nowhere poster

Camp Nowhere(1994)

Fein

Across the Moon poster

Across the Moon(1994)

Barney

Grumpier Old Men poster

Grumpier Old Men(1995)

Grandpa Gustafson

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure poster

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure(1995)

Old Man (uncredited)

Rocky Balboa poster

Rocky Balboa(2006)

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration poster

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration(2019)

Henry Bemis (archive footage)