Burgess Meredith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- September 9, 1997
- Movies
- 151
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Henry Bemis (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Old Man (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self |
| 1994 | Across the Moon | Barney |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | Fein |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson |
| 1992 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America | Guest |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Winfield Scott (voice) |
| 1992 | Mastergate | Wiley Slaughter |
| 1992 | The Chaplin Puzzle | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Night of the Hunter | Birdy |
| 1990 | Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Finn |
| 1990 | Oddball Hall | Ingersol |
| 1989 | The Wickedest Witch | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | The General |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Don's Dad |
| 1988 | South of Reno | |
| 1988 | King Lear | Don Learo |
| 1987 | Mister Corbett's Ghost | Mad Tom |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Golobulus (voice) |
| 1986 | Outrage! | Judge Aaron Klein |
| 1986 | The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard | Mr. Ben the Owl |
| 1986 | The Blinkins: The Magic Flower | |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | Self |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie | Ancient Elf |
| 1985 | Broken Rainbow | Historical Voice (voice) |
| 1985 | Answers | Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1984 | Wet Gold | Sampson |
| 1984 | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1982 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Msgr. Seamus Fargo |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Ammon |
| 1981 | The Last Chase | Captain J.G. Williams |
| 1981 | Mr. Griffin and Me | Kenneth Griffin |
| 1980 | Final Assignment | Zak |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Rene Valdez |
| 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) |
| 1979 | Rocky II | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1979 | UFOs: It Has Begun | |
| 1978 | Magic | Ben Greene |
| 1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | Jack Stutz |
| 1978 | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Puff (voice) |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | William Blackstone |
| 1978 | The Amazing Captain Nemo | Prof. Waldo Cunningham |
| 1978 | The Manitou | Dr. Snow |
| 1978 | SST: Death Flight | Willy Basset |
| 1978 | The Living Sands of Namib | Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | Van Heurden |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Cardinal Burke |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Joseph Welch |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Charles Chazen |
| 1976 | Rocky | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Arnold Allardyce |
| 1976 | Circasia | Clown |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Emilio Pajetta |
| 1975 | The Master Gunfighter | Narrator (voice) |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Goldsboro |
| 1975 | B. Must Die | Hector |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Harry Greener |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | The Dolphin |
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Winters |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Chief Ranger |
| 1972 | The Man | Senator Watson |
| 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Mr. Blue |
| 1972 | Beware! The Blob | Old Hobo |
| 1972 | The New Healers | Dr. Simmons |
| 1972 | Probe | V.C.R. Cameron |
| 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Capt. Frank Coffin |
| 1972 | We the People | Narrator |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Kalman |
| 1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Henry Meade |
| 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Rev. Willie Pursle |
| 1971 | Clay Pigeon | Freedom Lovelace |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | The Missouri Kid |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Lucius / Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | Winter of the Witch | Narrator |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Ramsey Williams |
| 1969 | The Father | Captain Ned |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | The Storekeeper |
| 1968 | Skidoo | The Warden |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Charlie Lightcloud |
| 1968 | Dear Mr. Gable | Narrator |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Judge Purcell |
| 1966 | The Crazy-Quilt | Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | Batman | The Penguin |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Doc Scully |
| 1966 | Madame X | Dan Sullivan |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Commander Egan Powell |
| 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Prof. George Bannerman |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Father Halley |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Herbert Gelman |
| 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir / Didi |
| 1958 | Sorcerers' Village | Narrator |
| 1958 | The Kidnappers | Louis Halliburton |
| 1957 | Albert Schweitzer | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Joe Butterfly |
| 1950 | Works of Calder | Narrator |
| 1949 | Golden Arrow | Dick |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Joseph Heurtin |
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Jack - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Oliver M. Pease |
| 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Self |
| 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Felix Milne |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | James Madison |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Mauger |
| 1945 | A Walk in the Sun | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Story of G.I. Joe | Ernie Pyle |
| 1944 | Attack! The Battle for New Britain | Narrator (voice) |
| 1944 | Tunisian Victory | American soldier (voice) |
| 1944 | Hymn of the Nations | Narrator (voice) |
| 1944 | A Salute to France | Joe - the American Soldier |
| 1944 | Our Country | Self |
| 1943 | The Rear Gunner | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Self (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The United States Service Bands | footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Frank Thompson |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry | Harry |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Alexander Sebastian |
| 1941 | The Forgotten Village | Narrator |
| 1941 | Second Chorus | Hank Taylor |
| 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Johnny Barnes |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Steve Rockford |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | George Milton |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Quillary |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | The Lippencott |
| 1937 | There Goes the Groom | Derek "Dick" Matthews |
| 1936 | Winterset | Mio Romagna |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | Flop House Bum |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1976 | Circasia | Producer |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Screenplay, Director |
| 1957 | The Jet-Propelled Couch | Director |
| 1950 | Works of Calder | Producer |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Director |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Producer |
| 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Writer |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1944 | A Salute to France | Screenplay |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Director, Writer |
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