Burgess Meredith
Born November 16, 1907 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky Balboa
Clash of the Titans
Rocky V
Batman
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Grumpy Old Men
Foul Play
State of Grace
Santa Claus: The Movie
In Harm's Way
Burnt Offerings
Mackenna's Gold
Mastergate
Grumpier Old Men
Magic
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Sentinel
G.I. Joe: The Movie
The Manitou
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
When Time Ran Out...
Camp Nowhere
Advise & Consent
The Day of the Locust
The Cardinal
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
A Walk in the Sun
Night of 100 Stars II
The Reivers
True Confessions
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Castle on the Hudson
The Hindenburg
Beware! The Blob
Stay Away, Joe
Of Mice and Men
TV Shows
Love, American Style
Mannix
Batman
The Twilight Zone
The Virginian
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Wild Wild West
Naked City
Daniel Boone
Rawhide
Ben Casey
Dinah!
Burke's Law
Night Gallery
In the Heat of the Night
12 O'Clock High
The Monkees
The Invaders
Faerie Tale Theatre
Room 222
Your Show of Shows
Lights Out
Laredo
Tales of Tomorrow
Branded
Mr. Novak
The Bell Telephone Hour
Lux Video Theatre
Suspicion
Sam Benedict
The Loner
Lamp Unto My Feet
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Search
The Big Story
General Electric Theater
Gloria
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
More Movies
Story of G.I. Joe
Full Moon in Blue Water
Torture Garden
Madame X
The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Amazing Captain Nemo
On Our Merry Way
Albert Schweitzer
Hurry Sundown
La Classe américaine
Golden Rendezvous
That Uncertain Feeling
Hot to Trot
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Mister Corbett's Ghost
A Welcome to Britain
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Skidoo
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
92 in the Shade
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
King Lear
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
A Salute to France
Tom, Dick and Harry
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Answers
Puff, the Magic Dragon
SST: Death Flight
Such Good Friends
Tail Gunner Joe
Second Chorus
Hard Contract
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
The Last Chase
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
A Yank Comes Back
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
Final Assignment
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Getting Away from It All
Joe Butterfly
The Man
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Spring Madness
Outrage!
Golden Needles
Idiot's Delight
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Across the Moon
Street of Chance
Winterset
B. Must Die
The Great Bank Hoax
Clay Pigeon
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Magnificent Doll
Night of the Hunter
Probe
Mine Own Executioner
Jigsaw
There Goes the Groom
San Francisco Docks
Mr. Griffin and Me
Tunisian Victory
Broken Rainbow
The United States Service Bands
Dear Mr. Gable
Winter of the Witch
The Living Sands of Namib
Wet Gold
Sorcerers' Village
The Wickedest Witch
The Master Gunfighter
Oddball Hall
The Last Hurrah
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Golden Arrow
South of Reno
A Fan's Notes
The Crazy-Quilt
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
The Chaplin Puzzle
Circasia
Hymn of the Nations
The Scoundrel
Waiting for Godot
The Rear Gunner
The New Healers
Old Faithful
Thumbelina
