Burgess Meredith

Acting

Born: 1907-11-16 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 1997-09-09

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.

Acting

Rocky

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky II

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky III

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky V

Mickey Goldmill

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Henry Bemis (archive footage)

State of Grace

Finn

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Amazing Captain Nemo

Prof. Waldo Cunningham

Clash of the Titans

Ammon

Batman

The Penguin

The Day of the Locust

Harry Greener

Grumpy Old Men

Grandpa Gustafson

Jigsaw

Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

True Confessions

Msgr. Seamus Fargo

Castle on the Hudson

Steve Rockford

Skidoo

The Warden

There Was a Crooked Man...

The Missouri Kid

Magic

Ben Greene

Burnt Offerings

Arnold Allardyce

The Manitou

Dr. Snow

The Last Chase

Captain J.G. Williams

Santa Claus: The Movie

Ancient Elf

Full Moon in Blue Water

The General

Torture Garden

Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Street of Chance

Frank Thompson

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

Guest

Madame X

Dan Sullivan

A Yank Comes Back

Self

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Doc Scully

That Uncertain Feeling

Alexander Sebastian

Idiot's Delight

Quillary

Foul Play

Mr. Hennessey

In Harm's Way

Commander Egan Powell

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Captain Mauger

92 in the Shade

Goldsboro

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Joseph Heurtin

Story of G.I. Joe

Ernie Pyle

The Hindenburg

Emilio Pajetta

When Time Ran Out...

Rene Valdez

Advise & Consent

Herbert Gelman

Golden Rendezvous

Van Heurden

Hard Contract

Ramsey Williams

Camp Nowhere

Fein

Wet Gold

Sampson

Mackenna's Gold

The Storekeeper

The Sentinel

Charles Chazen

Stay Away, Joe

Charlie Lightcloud

King Lear

Don Learo

G.I. Joe: The Movie

Golobulus (voice)

Of Mice and Men

George Milton

On Our Merry Way

Oliver M. Pease

Mine Own Executioner

Felix Milne

San Francisco Docks

Johnny Barnes

Tom, Dick and Harry

Harry

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

The Dolphin

Winterset

Mio Romagna

The Rear Gunner

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

The Great Bank Hoax

Jack Stutz

Fanfare for a Death Scene

Prof. George Bannerman

Albert Schweitzer

Narrator (voice)

Rocky Balboa

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Golden Needles

Winters

Hurry Sundown

Judge Purcell

Such Good Friends

Kalman

B. Must Die

Hector

Probe

V.C.R. Cameron

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Self (archive footage)

The Man

Senator Watson

Oddball Hall

Ingersol

Magnificent Doll

James Madison

We the People

Narrator

The New Healers

Dr. Simmons

Outrage!

Judge Aaron Klein

There Goes the Groom

Derek "Dick" Matthews

Joe Butterfly

Tunisian Victory

American soldier (voice)

The Living Sands of Namib

Narrator (voice)

SST: Death Flight

Willy Basset

Tail Gunner Joe

Joseph Welch

The Crazy-Quilt

Narrator (voice)

The Cardinal

Father Halley

Grumpier Old Men

Grandpa Gustafson

Winter of the Witch

Narrator

Works of Calder

Narrator

The Reivers

Lucius / Narrator (voice)

A Salute to France

Joe - the American Soldier

The Chaplin Puzzle

Narrator (voice)

Answers

Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Final Assignment

Zak

Spring Madness

The Lippencott

Lincoln

Winfield Scott (voice)

The Forgotten Village

Narrator

The Scoundrel

Flop House Bum

The Last Hurrah

Cardinal Burke

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

A Walk in the Sun

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

UFOs: It Has Begun

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

William Blackstone

Second Chorus

Hank Taylor

Clay Pigeon

Freedom Lovelace

Our Country

Self

A Welcome to Britain

Self (uncredited)

Broken Rainbow

Historical Voice (voice)

Golden Arrow

Dick

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Narrator (voice)

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

Mr. Ben the Owl

The Master Gunfighter

Narrator (voice)

The Wickedest Witch

Narrator (voice)

Thumbelina

Mr. Mole

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

Mad Tom

Night of the Hunter

Birdy

Beware! The Blob

Old Hobo

Across the Moon

Barney

Hymn of the Nations

Narrator (voice)

Mastergate

Wiley Slaughter

Waiting for Godot

Vladimir / Didi

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Old Man (uncredited)

Sorcerers' Village

Narrator

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Self

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Narrator (voice)

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

Henry Meade

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Rev. Willie Pursle

The United States Service Bands

footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Old Faithful

Chief Ranger

Circasia

Clown

The Father

Captain Ned

La Classe américaine

The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

The Kidnappers

Louis Halliburton

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Puff (voice)

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Dear Mr. Gable

Narrator

Mr. Griffin and Me

Kenneth Griffin

Getting Away from It All

Capt. Frank Coffin

Hot to Trot

Don's Dad

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

A Fan's Notes

Mr. Blue

Time Enough at Last

Henry Bemis

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

Rocky

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky II

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky III

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky V

Mickey Goldmill

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Henry Bemis (archive footage)

State of Grace

Finn

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Amazing Captain Nemo

Prof. Waldo Cunningham

Clash of the Titans

Ammon

Batman

The Penguin

The Day of the Locust

Harry Greener

Grumpy Old Men

Grandpa Gustafson

Jigsaw

Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

True Confessions

Msgr. Seamus Fargo

Castle on the Hudson

Steve Rockford

Skidoo

The Warden

There Was a Crooked Man...

The Missouri Kid

Magic

Ben Greene

Burnt Offerings

Arnold Allardyce

The Manitou

Dr. Snow

The Last Chase

Captain J.G. Williams

Santa Claus: The Movie

Ancient Elf

Full Moon in Blue Water

The General

Torture Garden

Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Street of Chance

Frank Thompson

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

Guest

Madame X

Dan Sullivan

A Yank Comes Back

Self

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Doc Scully

That Uncertain Feeling

Alexander Sebastian

Idiot's Delight

Quillary

Foul Play

Mr. Hennessey

In Harm's Way

Commander Egan Powell

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Captain Mauger

92 in the Shade

Goldsboro

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Joseph Heurtin

Story of G.I. Joe

Ernie Pyle

The Hindenburg

Emilio Pajetta

When Time Ran Out...

Rene Valdez

Advise & Consent

Herbert Gelman

Golden Rendezvous

Van Heurden

Hard Contract

Ramsey Williams

Camp Nowhere

Fein

Wet Gold

Sampson

Mackenna's Gold

The Storekeeper

The Sentinel

Charles Chazen

Stay Away, Joe

Charlie Lightcloud

King Lear

Don Learo

G.I. Joe: The Movie

Golobulus (voice)

Of Mice and Men

George Milton

On Our Merry Way

Oliver M. Pease

Mine Own Executioner

Felix Milne

San Francisco Docks

Johnny Barnes

Tom, Dick and Harry

Harry

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

The Dolphin

Winterset

Mio Romagna

The Rear Gunner

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

The Great Bank Hoax

Jack Stutz

Fanfare for a Death Scene

Prof. George Bannerman

Albert Schweitzer

Narrator (voice)

Rocky Balboa

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Golden Needles

Winters

Hurry Sundown

Judge Purcell

Such Good Friends

Kalman

B. Must Die

Hector

Probe

V.C.R. Cameron

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Self (archive footage)

The Man

Senator Watson

Oddball Hall

Ingersol

Magnificent Doll

James Madison

We the People

Narrator

The New Healers

Dr. Simmons

Outrage!

Judge Aaron Klein

There Goes the Groom

Derek "Dick" Matthews

Joe Butterfly

Tunisian Victory

American soldier (voice)

The Living Sands of Namib

Narrator (voice)

SST: Death Flight

Willy Basset

Tail Gunner Joe

Joseph Welch

The Crazy-Quilt

Narrator (voice)

The Cardinal

Father Halley

Grumpier Old Men

Grandpa Gustafson

Winter of the Witch

Narrator

Works of Calder

Narrator

The Reivers

Lucius / Narrator (voice)

A Salute to France

Joe - the American Soldier

The Chaplin Puzzle

Narrator (voice)

Answers

Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Final Assignment

Zak

Spring Madness

The Lippencott

Lincoln

Winfield Scott (voice)

The Forgotten Village

Narrator

The Scoundrel

Flop House Bum

The Last Hurrah

Cardinal Burke

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

A Walk in the Sun

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

UFOs: It Has Begun

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

William Blackstone

Second Chorus

Hank Taylor

Clay Pigeon

Freedom Lovelace

Our Country

Self

A Welcome to Britain

Self (uncredited)

Broken Rainbow

Historical Voice (voice)

Golden Arrow

Dick

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Narrator (voice)

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

Mr. Ben the Owl

The Master Gunfighter

Narrator (voice)

The Wickedest Witch

Narrator (voice)

Thumbelina

Mr. Mole

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

Mad Tom

Night of the Hunter

Birdy

Beware! The Blob

Old Hobo

Across the Moon

Barney

Hymn of the Nations

Narrator (voice)

Mastergate

Wiley Slaughter

Waiting for Godot

Vladimir / Didi

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Old Man (uncredited)

Sorcerers' Village

Narrator

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Self

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Narrator (voice)

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

Henry Meade

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Rev. Willie Pursle

The United States Service Bands

footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Old Faithful

Chief Ranger

Circasia

Clown

The Father

Captain Ned

La Classe américaine

The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

The Kidnappers

Louis Halliburton

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Puff (voice)

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Dear Mr. Gable

Narrator

Mr. Griffin and Me

Kenneth Griffin

Getting Away from It All

Capt. Frank Coffin

Hot to Trot

Don's Dad

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

A Fan's Notes

Mr. Blue

Time Enough at Last

Henry Bemis

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

Director

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Director

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Director

A Welcome to Britain

Director

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Director

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Director

A Welcome to Britain

Director

Other Credits

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Screenplay

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Screenplay

Works of Calder

Producer

A Yank Comes Back

Writer

On Our Merry Way

Producer

A Salute to France

Screenplay

Circasia

Producer

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Producer

A Welcome to Britain

Writer

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Screenplay

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Screenplay

Works of Calder

Producer

A Yank Comes Back

Writer

On Our Merry Way

Producer

A Salute to France

Screenplay

Circasia

Producer

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Producer

A Welcome to Britain

Writer