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
★ 7.81976
Rocky III
★ 6.91982
Rocky II
★ 7.31979
Rocky Balboa
★ 6.92006
Rocky V
★ 5.81990
Clash of the Titans
★ 6.91981
Twilight Zone: The Movie
★ 6.51983
Grumpy Old Men
★ 6.71993
Grumpier Old Men
★ 6.51995
Mackenna's Gold
★ 6.61969
Batman
★ 6.41966
Foul Play
★ 6.31978
State of Grace
★ 6.91990
In Harm's Way
★ 6.61965
The Sentinel
★ 6.11977
Madame X
★ 6.41966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
★ 7.11966
Burnt Offerings
★ 6.51976
Camp Nowhere
★ 6.01994
Magic
★ 6.81978
Hot to Trot
★ 5.21988
Night of 100 Stars II
★ 8.01985
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
★ 6.31995
Advise & Consent
★ 7.21962
The Cardinal
★ 6.61963
Santa Claus: The Movie
★ 6.31985
When Time Ran Out...
★ 5.41980
G.I. Joe: The Movie
★ 6.51987
The Hindenburg
★ 6.31975
True Confessions
★ 6.11981
Skidoo
★ 4.81968
Beware! The Blob
★ 4.61972
Torture Garden
★ 6.21967
Story of G.I. Joe
★ 6.51945
The Reivers
★ 6.41969
The Day of the Locust
★ 6.41975
The Manitou
★ 5.41978
Getting Away from It All
★ 10.01972
Jigsaw
★ 5.01949
TV Shows
Robert Montgomery Presents
★ 6.01950
Ironside
★ 6.91967
The Twilight Zone
★ 8.51959
The Virginian
★ 6.51962
Love, American Style
★ 6.11969
The Philco Television Playhouse
★ 6.61948
The Wild Wild West
★ 7.61965
What's My Line?
★ 7.01950
Rawhide
★ 7.21959
Ben Casey
★ 5.91961
Studio One
★ 5.41948
Daniel Boone
★ 7.01964
Naked City
★ 5.71958
Night Gallery
★ 7.81970
The Invaders
★ 6.81967
Burke's Law
★ 6.31963
In the Heat of the Night
★ 7.61988
The Monkees
★ 6.61966
12 O'Clock High
★ 7.21964
Lights Out
★ 6.01949
Faerie Tale Theatre
★ 8.11982
Dinah!
★ 7.01974
Laredo
★ 6.41965
Room 222
★ 6.11969
Tales of Tomorrow
★ 6.41951
Branded
★ 6.81965
Mr. Novak
★ 7.31963
Your Show of Shows
★ 7.31950
Suspicion
★ 6.21957
The Bell Telephone Hour
★ 8.01959
Sam Benedict
★ 6.71962
The Loner
★ 6.31965
Search
★ 7.11972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
★ 8.81951
The Bold Ones: The Senator
★ 4.71970
General Electric Theater
★ 6.81953
The Big Story
★ 7.31949
Gloria
★ 5.71982
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
★ 7.61974
More Movies
SST: Death Flight
★ 5.41978
Joe Butterfly
★ 6.51957
King Lear
★ 6.51988
A Walk in the Sun
★ 5.91945
A Salute to France
★ 10.01944
Probe
★ 5.81972
There Was a Crooked Man...
★ 6.81970
That Uncertain Feeling
★ 6.61941
The Master Gunfighter
★ 4.51975
Spring Madness
★ 4.91938
Of Mice and Men
★ 7.31939
Stay Away, Joe
★ 5.51968
Such Good Friends
★ 5.11971
La Classe américaine
★ 7.61993
The Amazing Captain Nemo
★ 5.41978
Second Chorus
★ 5.81941
Outrage!
★ 5.31986
Wet Gold
★ 5.81984
Across the Moon
★ 4.01994
Golden Rendezvous
★ 5.51977
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
★ 7.52020
On Our Merry Way
★ 5.71948
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
★ 5.71986
Circasia
★ 5.01976
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
★ 5.21949
Tail Gunner Joe
★ 6.01977
Puff, the Magic Dragon
★ 7.01978
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
★ 6.01988
Hard Contract
★ 5.01969
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
★ 8.01991
Hurry Sundown
★ 6.41967
Golden Needles
★ 5.31974
The Man
★ 6.51972
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
★ 10.02019
Idiot's Delight
★ 6.11939
Albert Schweitzer
★ 6.51957
The Last Chase
★ 3.91981
Full Moon in Blue Water
★ 6.11988
Thumbelina
★ 6.01984
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
★ 6.81982
Mastergate
★ 4.51992
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
★ 7.01971
Magnificent Doll
★ 6.11946
Street of Chance
★ 5.41942
Fanfare for a Death Scene
★ 7.01964
The Diary of a Chambermaid
★ 6.21946
San Francisco Docks
★ 7.31940
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
★ 6.81979
The Crazy-Quilt
★ 5.51966
92 in the Shade
★ 5.81975
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
★ 5.51977
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
★ 4.91974
Clay Pigeon
★ 4.01971
Final Assignment
★ 5.51980
Broken Rainbow
★ 5.81985
B. Must Die
★ 4.51975
Mine Own Executioner
★ 7.01947
A Fan's Notes
★ 6.41972
The Great Bank Hoax
★ 5.11978
Night of the Hunter
★ 5.91991
Tom, Dick and Harry
★ 5.91941
Old Faithful
★ 0.01973
Winterset
★ 6.01936
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
★ 8.31995
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
★ 0.01990
Castle on the Hudson
★ 7.01940
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
★ 0.01992
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
★ 5.41985
Answers
★ 0.01985
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
★ 7.01944
The Last Hurrah
★ 0.01977
The New Healers
★ 10.01972
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
★ 6.31987
The Rear Gunner
★ 6.31943
Tunisian Victory
★ 6.41944
Lock, Stock and Barrel
★ 8.01971
The Scoundrel
★ 6.31935
The Living Sands of Namib
★ 7.01978
Mr. Griffin and Me
★ 0.01981
Winter of the Witch
★ 7.71969
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
★ 7.01978
Dear Mr. Gable
★ 10.01968
Golden Arrow
★ 7.01949
There Goes the Groom
★ 6.31937
Waiting for Godot
★ 6.01961
Works of Calder
★ 10.01950
The Chaplin Puzzle
★ 10.01992
The United States Service Bands
★ 2.01943
Hymn of the Nations
★ 5.31944
The Wickedest Witch
★ 6.31989
Oddball Hall
★ 9.01990
A Welcome to Britain
★ 7.01943
Sorcerers' Village
★ 7.01958
A Yank Comes Back
★ 9.01948