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