Burgess Meredith
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA — Nov 16 1907• Died Sep 09 1997
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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.
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Bonanza
Owney Duggan
Ironside
Batman
The Penguin
Mannix
The Twilight Zone
Henry Bemis
Love, American Style
Harrison Merriweather
Robert Montgomery Presents
Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
The Virginian
Tim Bradbury
Naked City
Duncan Kleist
Studio One
Gulley Jimson
The Philco Television Playhouse
Burke's Law
Sidney Wilde
Ben Casey
The Wild Wild West
Orkney Cadwallader
Rawhide
Tom Gwynn
Daniel Boone
Alex Hemming
The Invaders
Theodore Booth
Dinah!
Self
Night Gallery
Charlie Finnegan
The Monkees
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mr. Mole
Lights Out
In the Heat of the Night
Judge Cully
Laredo
12 O'Clock High
Dr. Michael Rink
Mr. Novak
Principal Martin Woodridge
Sam Benedict
Search
V.C.R. Cameron
Room 222
Tales of Tomorrow
Branded
Rocky
Mickey Goldmill
Suspicion
Ramskill
Lux Video Theatre
David
The Loner
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Your Show of Shows
Grumpy Old Men
Grandpa Gustafson
Rocky III
Mickey Goldmill
Profiles in Courage
John Peter Altgeld
Rocky Balboa
Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Rocky V
Mickey Goldmill
Rocky II
Mickey Goldmill
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sid Davis
Gloria
Dr. Willard Adams
Lamp Unto My Feet
Narrator (voice)
Clash of the Titans
Ammon
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
Batman
The Penguin
The Big Story
Narrator
The Bold Ones: The Senator
State Party Chairman Mallon
State of Grace
Finn
General Electric Theater
Thomas A. Edison
The Sentinel
Charles Chazen
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Magic
Ben Greene
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Narrator (voice)
In Harm's Way
Commander Egan Powell
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Santa Claus: The Movie
Ancient Elf
Grumpier Old Men
Grandpa Gustafson
Advise & Consent
Herbert Gelman
Mackenna's Gold
The Storekeeper
Camp Nowhere
Fein
Castle on the Hudson
Steve Rockford
Foul Play
Mr. Hennessey
The Hindenburg
Emilio Pajetta
The Reivers
Lucius / Narrator (voice)
Story of G.I. Joe
Ernie Pyle
Burnt Offerings
Arnold Allardyce
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Golobulus (voice)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Doc Scully
Skidoo
The Warden
The Man
Senator Watson
The Cardinal
Father Halley
True Confessions
Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Such Good Friends
Kalman
Hurry Sundown
Judge Purcell
When Time Ran Out...
Rene Valdez
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Old Man (uncredited)
Torture Garden
Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
Hot to Trot
Don's Dad
Golden Rendezvous
Van Heurden
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Missouri Kid
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
William Blackstone
Across the Moon
Barney
Madame X
Dan Sullivan
Stay Away, Joe
Charlie Lightcloud
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
Lincoln
Winfield Scott (voice)
The Day of the Locust
Harry Greener
Probe
V.C.R. Cameron
Mastergate
Wiley Slaughter
The Manitou
Dr. Snow
Tail Gunner Joe
Joseph Welch
Joe Butterfly
Joe Butterfly
On Our Merry Way
Oliver M. Pease
Second Chorus
Hank Taylor
SST: Death Flight
Willy Basset
Tom, Dick and Harry
Harry
Beware! The Blob
Old Hobo
Golden Needles
Winters
92 in the Shade
Goldsboro
Idiot's Delight
Quillary
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Prof. George Bannerman
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Henry Bemis (archive footage)
The Master Gunfighter
Narrator (voice)
The Last Hurrah
Cardinal Burke
Full Moon in Blue Water
The General
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
Magnificent Doll
James Madison
Spring Madness
The Lippencott
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Captain Mauger
A Walk in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wet Gold
Sampson
Night of the Hunter
Birdy
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Rev. Willie Pursle
King Lear
Don Learo
The Great Bank Hoax
Jack Stutz
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Mr. Ben the Owl
Of Mice and Men
George Milton
The Last Chase
Captain J.G. Williams
Thumbelina
Mr. Mole
Winterset
Mio Romagna
Clay Pigeon
Freedom Lovelace
Outrage!
Judge Aaron Klein
Mr. Griffin and Me
Kenneth Griffin
The New Healers
Dr. Simmons
B. Must Die
Hector
Golden Arrow
Dick
That Uncertain Feeling
Alexander Sebastian
Albert Schweitzer
Narrator (voice)
Broken Rainbow
Historical Voice (voice)
Hard Contract
Ramsey Williams
Jigsaw
Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
The Father
Captain Ned
Old Faithful
Chief Ranger
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Henry Meade
The Rear Gunner
Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
San Francisco Docks
Johnny Barnes
There Goes the Groom
Derek "Dick" Matthews
Oddball Hall
Ingersol
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Joseph Heurtin
The Amazing Captain Nemo
Prof. Waldo Cunningham
Answers
Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Guest
The Wickedest Witch
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Mad Tom
Getting Away from It All
Capt. Frank Coffin
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Self
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
Final Assignment
Zak
Our Country
Self
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
A Fan's Notes
Mr. Blue
Puff, the Magic Dragon
Puff (voice)
Mine Own Executioner
Felix Milne
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir / Didi
Street of Chance
Frank Thompson
The Scoundrel
Flop House Bum
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
The Dolphin
Circasia
Clown
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Narrator (voice)
A Welcome to Britain
Self (uncredited)
The Kidnappers
Louis Halliburton
The United States Service Bands
footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
We the People
Narrator
Dear Mr. Gable
Narrator
Hymn of the Nations
Narrator (voice)
Tunisian Victory
American soldier (voice)
A Salute to France
Joe - the American Soldier
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
UFOs: It Has Begun
The Crazy-Quilt
Narrator (voice)
The Chaplin Puzzle
Narrator (voice)
Works of Calder
Narrator
A Yank Comes Back
Self
Time Enough at Last
Henry Bemis
Sorcerers' Village
Narrator
Winter of the Witch
Narrator
The Forgotten Village
Narrator
The Living Sands of Namib
Narrator (voice)