Burgess Meredith
Born: 1907-11-16 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 1997-09-09
Known For: Acting
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
2020
- 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
2006
- Rocky Balboa as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
1995
- Grumpier Old Men as Grandpa Gustafson
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Old Man (uncredited)
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
1994
- Camp Nowhere as Fein
- Across the Moon as Barney
1993
- Grumpy Old Men as Grandpa Gustafson
- La Classe américaine as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
1992
- Lincoln as Winfield Scott (voice)
- Mastergate as Wiley Slaughter
- The Chaplin Puzzle as Narrator (voice)
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America as Guest
1991
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Narrator (voice)
- Night of the Hunter as Birdy
1990
- Rocky V as Mickey Goldmill
- State of Grace as Finn
- Rocky Special: Burning Youth as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
- Oddball Hall as Ingersol
1989
- The Wickedest Witch as Narrator (voice)
1988
- In the Heat of the Night as Judge Cully
- Full Moon in Blue Water as The General
- Hot to Trot as Don's Dad
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- King Lear as Don Learo
1987
- G.I. Joe: The Movie as Golobulus (voice)
- Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Mad Tom
1986
- The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard as Mr. Ben the Owl
- Outrage! as Judge Aaron Klein
- The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
1985
- Santa Claus: The Movie as Ancient Elf
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- Broken Rainbow as Historical Voice (voice)
- Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie as Self
- Answers as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
1984
- Thumbelina as Mr. Mole
- Wet Gold as Sampson
1983
- Twilight Zone: The Movie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Mr. Mole
- Rocky III as Mickey Goldmill
- Gloria as Dr. Willard Adams
- Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1981
- Clash of the Titans as Ammon
- True Confessions as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
- The Last Chase as Captain J.G. Williams
- Mr. Griffin and Me as Kenneth Griffin
1980
- When Time Ran Out... as Rene Valdez
- Final Assignment as Zak
1979
- Rocky II as Mickey Goldmill
- UFOs: It Has Begun
- Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1978
- Foul Play as Mr. Hennessey
- Magic as Ben Greene
- SST: Death Flight as Willy Basset
- Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as William Blackstone
- The Great Bank Hoax as Jack Stutz
- The Amazing Captain Nemo as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
- The Manitou as Dr. Snow
- Puff, the Magic Dragon as Puff (voice)
- The Living Sands of Namib as Narrator (voice)
1977
- The Sentinel as Charles Chazen
- Tail Gunner Joe as Joseph Welch
- Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
- Golden Rendezvous as Van Heurden
- The Last Hurrah as Cardinal Burke
1976
- Rocky as Mickey Goldmill
- Burnt Offerings as Arnold Allardyce
- Circasia as Clown
1975
- The Hindenburg as Emilio Pajetta
- The Day of the Locust as Harry Greener
- 92 in the Shade as Goldsboro
- The Master Gunfighter as Narrator (voice)
- B. Must Die as Hector
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Korg: 70,000 B.C.
- Golden Needles as Winters
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as The Dolphin
1973
- Old Faithful as Chief Ranger
1972
- Search as V.C.R. Cameron
- Beware! The Blob as Old Hobo
- The Man as Senator Watson
- Probe as V.C.R. Cameron
- Getting Away from It All as Capt. Frank Coffin
- A Fan's Notes as Mr. Blue
- The New Healers as Dr. Simmons
- We the People as Narrator
1971
- Such Good Friends as Kalman
- The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove as Henry Meade
- Clay Pigeon as Freedom Lovelace
- Lock, Stock and Barrel as Rev. Willie Pursle
1970
- Night Gallery as Charlie Finnegan
- The Bold Ones: The Senator as State Party Chairman Mallon
- There Was a Crooked Man... as The Missouri Kid
1969
- Love, American Style as Harrison Merriweather
- Room 222
- Mackenna's Gold as The Storekeeper
- The Reivers as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
- Hard Contract as Ramsey Williams
- Winter of the Witch as Narrator
- The Father as Captain Ned
1968
- Skidoo as The Warden
- Stay Away, Joe as Charlie Lightcloud
- Dear Mr. Gable as Narrator
1967
- Mannix
- Ironside
- The Invaders as Theodore Booth
- Hurry Sundown as Judge Purcell
- Torture Garden as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
1966
- Batman as The Penguin
- The Monkees
- Batman as The Penguin
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Doc Scully
- Madame X as Dan Sullivan
- The Crazy-Quilt as Narrator (voice)
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Orkney Cadwallader
- Laredo
- Branded
- The Loner
- In Harm's Way as Commander Egan Powell
1964
- Daniel Boone as Alex Hemming
- 12 O'Clock High as Dr. Michael Rink
- Profiles in Courage as John Peter Altgeld
- Fanfare for a Death Scene as Prof. George Bannerman
1963
- Burke's Law as Sidney Wilde
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Mr. Novak as Principal Martin Woodridge
- The Cardinal as Father Halley
1962
- The Virginian as Tim Bradbury
- Sam Benedict
- Advise & Consent as Herbert Gelman
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- Waiting for Godot as Vladimir / Didi
1959
- Bonanza as Owney Duggan
- The Twilight Zone as Henry Bemis
- Rawhide as Tom Gwynn
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1958
- Naked City as Duncan Kleist
- The Kidnappers as Louis Halliburton
- Sorcerers' Village as Narrator
1957
- Suspicion as Ramskill
- Albert Schweitzer as Narrator (voice)
- Joe Butterfly as Joe Butterfly
1953
- General Electric Theater as Thomas A. Edison
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sid Davis
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
- What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- Lux Video Theatre as David
- Your Show of Shows
- Works of Calder as Narrator
1949
- Lights Out
- The Big Story as Narrator
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Joseph Heurtin
- Jigsaw as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
- Golden Arrow as Dick
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Studio One as Gulley Jimson
- Lamp Unto My Feet as Narrator (voice)
- On Our Merry Way as Oliver M. Pease
- A Yank Comes Back as Self
1947
- Mine Own Executioner as Felix Milne
1946
- The Diary of a Chambermaid as Captain Mauger
- Magnificent Doll as James Madison
1945
- Story of G.I. Joe as Ernie Pyle
- A Walk in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
- Our Country as Self
- Hymn of the Nations as Narrator (voice)
- Tunisian Victory as American soldier (voice)
- Attack! The Battle for New Britain as Narrator (voice)
- A Salute to France as Joe - the American Soldier
1943
- The Rear Gunner as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
- The United States Service Bands as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
- A Welcome to Britain as Self (uncredited)
1942
- Street of Chance as Frank Thompson
1941
- Second Chorus as Hank Taylor
- Tom, Dick and Harry as Harry
- That Uncertain Feeling as Alexander Sebastian
- The Forgotten Village as Narrator
1940
- San Francisco Docks as Johnny Barnes
- Castle on the Hudson as Steve Rockford
1939
- Of Mice and Men as George Milton
- Idiot's Delight as Quillary
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