Burgess Meredith

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic poster

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration poster

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

2006
Rocky Balboa poster

Rocky Balboa

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

2006
In the Ring: The Making of Rocky poster

In the Ring: The Making of Rocky

Movie

1995
Grumpier Old Men poster

Grumpier Old Men

Movie · as Grandpa Gustafson

1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick poster

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Movie · as Self

1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure poster

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Movie · as Old Man (uncredited)

1994
Camp Nowhere poster

Camp Nowhere

Movie · as Fein

1994
Across the Moon poster

Across the Moon

Movie · as Barney

1993
Grumpy Old Men poster

Grumpy Old Men

Movie · as Grandpa Gustafson

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

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

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

Movie · as Guest

1992
The Chaplin Puzzle poster

The Chaplin Puzzle

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as Winfield Scott (voice)

1992
Mastergate poster

Mastergate

Movie · as Wiley Slaughter

1991
Night of the Hunter poster

Night of the Hunter

Movie · as Birdy

1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1990
Rocky V poster

Rocky V

Movie · as Mickey Goldmill

1990
State of Grace poster

State of Grace

Movie · as Finn

1990
Oddball Hall poster

Oddball Hall

Movie · as Ingersol

1989
The Wickedest Witch poster

The Wickedest Witch

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

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

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Movie · as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1988
Full Moon in Blue Water poster

Full Moon in Blue Water

Movie · as The General

1988
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Don Learo

1988
Hot to Trot poster

Hot to Trot

Movie · as Don's Dad

1988
South of Reno poster

South of Reno

Movie

1988
In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night

TV · as Judge Cully · 3 eps

1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie poster

G.I. Joe: The Movie

Movie · as Golobulus (voice)

1987
Mister Corbett's Ghost poster

Mister Corbett's Ghost

Movie · as Mad Tom

1986
Outrage! poster

Outrage!

Movie · as Judge Aaron Klein

1986
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard poster

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

Movie · as Mr. Ben the Owl

1986
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

Movie

1985
Santa Claus: The Movie poster

Santa Claus: The Movie

Movie · as Ancient Elf

1985
Answers poster

Answers

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

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
Broken Rainbow poster

Broken Rainbow

Movie · as Historical Voice (voice)

1985
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie poster

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Movie · as Self

1984
Wet Gold poster

Wet Gold

Movie · as Sampson

1984
Thumbelina poster

Thumbelina

Movie · as Mr. Mole

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1982
Rocky III poster

Rocky III

Movie · as Mickey Goldmill

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

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

Movie · as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

1982
Gloria poster

Gloria

TV · as Dr. Willard Adams · 22 eps

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Mr. Mole · 1 ep

1981
Clash of the Titans poster

Clash of the Titans

Movie · as Ammon

1981
True Confessions poster

True Confessions

Movie · as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

1981
The Last Chase poster

The Last Chase

Movie · as Captain J.G. Williams

1981
Mr. Griffin and Me poster

Mr. Griffin and Me

Movie · as Kenneth Griffin

1980
When Time Ran Out... poster

When Time Ran Out...

Movie · as Rene Valdez

1980
Final Assignment poster

Final Assignment

Movie · as Zak

1979
Rocky II poster

Rocky II

Movie · as Mickey Goldmill

1979
UFOs: It Has Begun

UFOs: It Has Begun

Movie

1979
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies poster

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

Movie · as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo poster

The Amazing Captain Nemo

Movie · as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

1978
Magic poster

Magic

Movie · as Ben Greene

1978
The Manitou poster

The Manitou

Movie · as Dr. Snow

1978
Foul Play poster

Foul Play

Movie · as Mr. Hennessey

1978
The Great Bank Hoax poster

The Great Bank Hoax

Movie · as Jack Stutz

1978
The Living Sands of Namib poster

The Living Sands of Namib

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1978
SST: Death Flight poster

SST: Death Flight

Movie · as Willy Basset

1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid poster

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Movie · as William Blackstone

1978
Puff, the Magic Dragon poster

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Movie · as Puff (voice)

1977
Golden Rendezvous poster

Golden Rendezvous

Movie · as Van Heurden

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

Movie · as Charles Chazen

1977
Tail Gunner Joe poster

Tail Gunner Joe

Movie · as Joseph Welch

1977
The Last Hurrah poster

The Last Hurrah

Movie · as Cardinal Burke

1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye poster

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

Movie · as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

1976
Rocky poster

Rocky

Movie · as Mickey

1976
Burnt Offerings poster

Burnt Offerings

Movie · as Arnold Allardyce

1976
Circasia poster

Circasia

Movie · as Clown

1975
The Day of the Locust poster

The Day of the Locust

Movie · as Harry Greener

1975
92 in the Shade poster

92 in the Shade

Movie · as Goldsboro

1975
The Hindenburg poster

The Hindenburg

Movie · as Emilio Pajetta

1975
B. Must Die poster

B. Must Die

Movie · as Hector

1975
The Master Gunfighter poster

The Master Gunfighter

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1974
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go poster

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Movie · as The Dolphin

1974
Golden Needles poster

Golden Needles

Movie · as Winters

1974
Korg: 70,000 B.C. poster

Korg: 70,000 B.C.

TV · 19 eps

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Old Faithful poster

Old Faithful

Movie · as Chief Ranger

1972
Probe poster

Probe

Movie · as V.C.R. Cameron

1972
The Man poster

The Man

Movie · as Senator Watson

1972
We the People

We the People

Movie · as Narrator

1972
The New Healers poster

The New Healers

Movie · as Dr. Simmons

1972
Beware! The Blob poster

Beware! The Blob

Movie · as Old Hobo

1972
Getting Away from It All poster

Getting Away from It All

Movie · as Capt. Frank Coffin

1972
A Fan's Notes poster

A Fan's Notes

Movie · as Mr. Blue

1972
Search poster

Search

TV · as V.C.R. Cameron · 23 eps

1971
Such Good Friends poster

Such Good Friends

Movie · as Kalman

1971
Clay Pigeon poster

Clay Pigeon

Movie · as Freedom Lovelace

1971
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove poster

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

Movie · as Henry Meade

1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel poster

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Movie · as Rev. Willie Pursle

1970
There Was a Crooked Man... poster

There Was a Crooked Man...

Movie · as The Missouri Kid

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

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

1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator poster

The Bold Ones: The Senator

TV · as State Party Chairman Mallon · 1 ep

1969
Hard Contract poster

Hard Contract

Movie · as Ramsey Williams

1969
Mackenna's Gold poster

Mackenna's Gold

Movie · as The Storekeeper

1969
Winter of the Witch poster

Winter of the Witch

Movie · as Narrator

1969
The Reivers poster

The Reivers

Movie · as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

1969
The Father

The Father

Movie · as Captain Ned

1969
Room 222 poster

Room 222

TV · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Harrison Merriweather · 1 ep

1968
Skidoo poster

Skidoo

Movie · as The Warden

1968
Stay Away, Joe poster

Stay Away, Joe

Movie · as Charlie Lightcloud

1968
Dear Mr. Gable poster

Dear Mr. Gable

Movie · as Narrator

1967
Torture Garden poster

Torture Garden

Movie · as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

1967
Hurry Sundown poster

Hurry Sundown

Movie · as Judge Purcell

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 2 eps

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Theodore Booth · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

Movie · as The Penguin

1966
Madame X poster

Madame X

Movie · as Dan Sullivan

1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady poster

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Movie · as Doc Scully

1966
The Crazy-Quilt poster

The Crazy-Quilt

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as The Penguin · 21 eps

1966
The Monkees poster

The Monkees

TV · 1 ep

1965
In Harm's Way poster

In Harm's Way

Movie · as Commander Egan Powell

1965
Laredo poster

Laredo

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Loner poster

The Loner

TV · 1 ep

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as Orkney Cadwallader · 1 ep

1964
Fanfare for a Death Scene poster

Fanfare for a Death Scene

Movie · as Prof. George Bannerman

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Alex Hemming · 1 ep

1964
Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

TV · as John Peter Altgeld · 1 ep

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Dr. Michael Rink · 1 ep

1963
The Cardinal poster

The Cardinal

Movie · as Father Halley

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Sidney Wilde, Burton Reese, Harold Harold · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Principal Martin Woodridge · 2 eps

1962
Advise & Consent poster

Advise & Consent

Movie · as Herbert Gelman

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Tim Bradbury · 1 ep

1961
Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

Movie · as Vladimir / Didi

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

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

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

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

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Owney Duggan · 1 ep

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour poster

The Bell Telephone Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1958
Sorcerers' Village poster

Sorcerers' Village

Movie · as Narrator

1958
The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

Movie · as Louis Halliburton

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Duncan Kleist · 1 ep

1957
Albert Schweitzer poster

Albert Schweitzer

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1957
Joe Butterfly poster

Joe Butterfly

Movie · as Joe Butterfly

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Ramskill · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

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

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Sid Davis, Cardinal Burke · 1 ep

1951
Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow

TV · 1 ep

1950
Works of Calder poster

Works of Calder

Movie · as Narrator

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as David · 1 ep

1950
Your Show of Shows poster

Your Show of Shows

TV · 2 eps

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

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

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
Jigsaw poster

Jigsaw

Movie · as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

1949
The Man on the Eiffel Tower poster

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Movie · as Joseph Heurtin

1949
Golden Arrow poster

Golden Arrow

Movie · as Dick

1949
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

TV · 3 eps

1949
The Big Story poster

The Big Story

TV · as Narrator, Self - Narrator · 1 ep

1948
A Yank Comes Back poster

A Yank Comes Back

Movie · as Self

1948
On Our Merry Way poster

On Our Merry Way

Movie · as Oliver M. Pease

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Gulley Jimson · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1948
Lamp Unto My Feet poster

Lamp Unto My Feet

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1947
Mine Own Executioner poster

Mine Own Executioner

Movie · as Felix Milne

1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid poster

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Movie · as Captain Mauger

1946
Magnificent Doll poster

Magnificent Doll

Movie · as James Madison

1945
Story of G.I. Joe poster

Story of G.I. Joe

Movie · as Ernie Pyle

1945
A Walk in the Sun poster

A Walk in the Sun

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Tunisian Victory poster

Tunisian Victory

Movie · as American soldier (voice)

1944
A Salute to France poster

A Salute to France

Movie · as Joe - the American Soldier

1944
Our Country

Our Country

Movie · as Self

1944
Attack! The Battle for New Britain poster

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Hymn of the Nations poster

Hymn of the Nations

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1943
The Rear Gunner poster

The Rear Gunner

Movie · as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

1943
A Welcome to Britain poster

A Welcome to Britain

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1943
The United States Service Bands poster

The United States Service Bands

Movie · as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

1942
Street of Chance poster

Street of Chance

Movie · as Frank Thompson

1941
That Uncertain Feeling poster

That Uncertain Feeling

Movie · as Alexander Sebastian

1941
Tom, Dick and Harry poster

Tom, Dick and Harry

Movie · as Harry

1941
The Forgotten Village

The Forgotten Village

Movie · as Narrator

1941
Second Chorus poster

Second Chorus

Movie · as Hank Taylor

1940
Castle on the Hudson poster

Castle on the Hudson

Movie · as Steve Rockford

1940
San Francisco Docks poster

San Francisco Docks

Movie · as Johnny Barnes

1939
Idiot's Delight poster

Idiot's Delight

Movie · as Quillary

1939
Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men

Movie · as George Milton

1938
Spring Madness poster

Spring Madness

Movie · as The Lippencott

1937
There Goes the Groom poster

There Goes the Groom

Movie · as Derek "Dick" Matthews

1936
Winterset poster

Winterset

Movie · as Mio Romagna

1935
The Scoundrel poster

The Scoundrel

Movie · as Flop House Bum