
Burgess Meredith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1907
- Died
- September 9, 1997 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

Rocky Balboa
Movie · as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

In the Ring: The Making of Rocky
Movie

Grumpier Old Men
Movie · as Grandpa Gustafson

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Movie · as Self

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie · as Old Man (uncredited)

Camp Nowhere
Movie · as Fein

Across the Moon
Movie · as Barney

Grumpy Old Men
Movie · as Grandpa Gustafson

La Classe américaine
Movie · as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Movie · as Guest

The Chaplin Puzzle
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Lincoln
Movie · as Winfield Scott (voice)

Mastergate
Movie · as Wiley Slaughter

Night of the Hunter
Movie · as Birdy

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Rocky V
Movie · as Mickey Goldmill

State of Grace
Movie · as Finn

Oddball Hall
Movie · as Ingersol

The Wickedest Witch
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Full Moon in Blue Water
Movie · as The General

King Lear
Movie · as Don Learo

Hot to Trot
Movie · as Don's Dad

South of Reno
Movie

In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Judge Cully · 3 eps

G.I. Joe: The Movie
Movie · as Golobulus (voice)

Mister Corbett's Ghost
Movie · as Mad Tom

Outrage!
Movie · as Judge Aaron Klein

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Movie · as Mr. Ben the Owl
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie
Movie · as Ancient Elf

Answers
Movie · as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self

Broken Rainbow
Movie · as Historical Voice (voice)

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Movie · as Self

Wet Gold
Movie · as Sampson

Thumbelina
Movie · as Mr. Mole

Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Rocky III
Movie · as Mickey Goldmill

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
Movie · as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Gloria
TV · as Dr. Willard Adams · 22 eps

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Mr. Mole · 1 ep

Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Ammon

True Confessions
Movie · as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

The Last Chase
Movie · as Captain J.G. Williams

Mr. Griffin and Me
Movie · as Kenneth Griffin

When Time Ran Out...
Movie · as Rene Valdez

Final Assignment
Movie · as Zak

Rocky II
Movie · as Mickey Goldmill
UFOs: It Has Begun
Movie

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
Movie · as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

The Amazing Captain Nemo
Movie · as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

Magic
Movie · as Ben Greene

The Manitou
Movie · as Dr. Snow

Foul Play
Movie · as Mr. Hennessey

The Great Bank Hoax
Movie · as Jack Stutz

The Living Sands of Namib
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

SST: Death Flight
Movie · as Willy Basset

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie · as William Blackstone

Puff, the Magic Dragon
Movie · as Puff (voice)

Golden Rendezvous
Movie · as Van Heurden

The Sentinel
Movie · as Charles Chazen

Tail Gunner Joe
Movie · as Joseph Welch

The Last Hurrah
Movie · as Cardinal Burke

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Movie · as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

Rocky
Movie · as Mickey

Burnt Offerings
Movie · as Arnold Allardyce

Circasia
Movie · as Clown

The Day of the Locust
Movie · as Harry Greener

92 in the Shade
Movie · as Goldsboro

The Hindenburg
Movie · as Emilio Pajetta

B. Must Die
Movie · as Hector

The Master Gunfighter
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Movie · as The Dolphin

Golden Needles
Movie · as Winters

Korg: 70,000 B.C.
TV · 19 eps

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Old Faithful
Movie · as Chief Ranger

Probe
Movie · as V.C.R. Cameron

The Man
Movie · as Senator Watson
We the People
Movie · as Narrator

The New Healers
Movie · as Dr. Simmons

Beware! The Blob
Movie · as Old Hobo

Getting Away from It All
Movie · as Capt. Frank Coffin

A Fan's Notes
Movie · as Mr. Blue

Search
TV · as V.C.R. Cameron · 23 eps

Such Good Friends
Movie · as Kalman

Clay Pigeon
Movie · as Freedom Lovelace

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Movie · as Henry Meade

Lock, Stock and Barrel
Movie · as Rev. Willie Pursle

There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as The Missouri Kid

Night Gallery
TV · as Charlie Finnegan, Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag") · 1 ep

The Bold Ones: The Senator
TV · as State Party Chairman Mallon · 1 ep

Hard Contract
Movie · as Ramsey Williams

Mackenna's Gold
Movie · as The Storekeeper

Winter of the Witch
Movie · as Narrator

The Reivers
Movie · as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
The Father
Movie · as Captain Ned

Room 222
TV · 1 ep

Love, American Style
TV · as Harrison Merriweather · 1 ep

Skidoo
Movie · as The Warden

Stay Away, Joe
Movie · as Charlie Lightcloud

Dear Mr. Gable
Movie · as Narrator

Torture Garden
Movie · as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Hurry Sundown
Movie · as Judge Purcell

Mannix
TV · 1 ep

Ironside
TV · 2 eps

The Invaders
TV · as Theodore Booth · 1 ep

Batman
Movie · as The Penguin

Madame X
Movie · as Dan Sullivan

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Movie · as Doc Scully

The Crazy-Quilt
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Batman
TV · as The Penguin · 21 eps

The Monkees
TV · 1 ep

In Harm's Way
Movie · as Commander Egan Powell

Laredo
TV · 1 ep

The Loner
TV · 1 ep

Branded
TV · 1 ep

The Wild Wild West
TV · as Orkney Cadwallader · 1 ep

Fanfare for a Death Scene
Movie · as Prof. George Bannerman

Daniel Boone
TV · as Alex Hemming · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as John Peter Altgeld · 1 ep

12 O'Clock High
TV · as Dr. Michael Rink · 1 ep

The Cardinal
Movie · as Father Halley

Burke's Law
TV · as Sidney Wilde, Burton Reese, Harold Harold · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep

Mr. Novak
TV · as Principal Martin Woodridge · 2 eps

Advise & Consent
Movie · as Herbert Gelman

Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Tim Bradbury · 1 ep

Waiting for Godot
Movie · as Vladimir / Didi

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Henry Bemis, Mr. Smith, Luther Dingle, Romney Wordsworth · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV · as Tom Gwynn, Matthew Higgins, Hannibal H. Plew · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Owney Duggan · 1 ep

The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Sorcerers' Village
Movie · as Narrator
The Kidnappers
Movie · as Louis Halliburton

Naked City
TV · as Duncan Kleist · 1 ep

Albert Schweitzer
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Joe Butterfly
Movie · as Joe Butterfly

Suspicion
TV · as Ramskill · 1 ep

General Electric Theater
TV · as Thomas A. Edison, Velvet Pants · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Sid Davis, Cardinal Burke · 1 ep

Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep

Works of Calder
Movie · as Narrator

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as David · 1 ep

Your Show of Shows
TV · 2 eps

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo, Stage Manager · 1 ep

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Jigsaw
Movie · as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Movie · as Joseph Heurtin

Golden Arrow
Movie · as Dick

Lights Out
TV · 3 eps

The Big Story
TV · as Narrator, Self - Narrator · 1 ep

A Yank Comes Back
Movie · as Self

On Our Merry Way
Movie · as Oliver M. Pease

Studio One
TV · as Gulley Jimson · 1 ep

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Lamp Unto My Feet
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Mine Own Executioner
Movie · as Felix Milne

The Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · as Captain Mauger

Magnificent Doll
Movie · as James Madison

Story of G.I. Joe
Movie · as Ernie Pyle

A Walk in the Sun
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Tunisian Victory
Movie · as American soldier (voice)

A Salute to France
Movie · as Joe - the American Soldier
Our Country
Movie · as Self

Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Hymn of the Nations
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The Rear Gunner
Movie · as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

A Welcome to Britain
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

The United States Service Bands
Movie · as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Street of Chance
Movie · as Frank Thompson

That Uncertain Feeling
Movie · as Alexander Sebastian

Tom, Dick and Harry
Movie · as Harry
The Forgotten Village
Movie · as Narrator

Second Chorus
Movie · as Hank Taylor

Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Steve Rockford

San Francisco Docks
Movie · as Johnny Barnes

Idiot's Delight
Movie · as Quillary

Of Mice and Men
Movie · as George Milton

Spring Madness
Movie · as The Lippencott

There Goes the Groom
Movie · as Derek "Dick" Matthews

Winterset
Movie · as Mio Romagna

The Scoundrel
Movie · as Flop House Bum



