Burgess Meredith
Known for acting · Born 16 November 1907 · Died 9 September 1997 · aged 89 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
198 credits
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.
Known for
Rocky
1976
Rocky II
1979
Clash of the Titans
1981
Rocky III
1982
Batman
1966
Magic
1978
Burnt Offerings
1976
Foul Play
1978
Batman
1966
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Grumpier Old Men
1995
State of Grace
1990
Acting (188)
202040 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a ClassicSelf (archive footage)Film
2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary CelebrationHenry Bemis (archive footage)Film
2006Rocky BalboaMicky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)Film
1995Grumpier Old MenGrandpa GustafsonFilm
1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable AdventureOld Man (uncredited)Film
1995Wild Bill: Hollywood MaverickSelfFilm
1994Camp NowhereFeinFilm
1994Across the MoonBarneyFilm
1993Grumpy Old MenGrandpa GustafsonFilm
1993La Classe américaineThe Helicopter Man (archive footage)Film
1992LincolnWinfield Scott (voice)Film
1992MastergateWiley SlaughterFilm
1992The Chaplin PuzzleNarrator (voice)Film
1992I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in AmericaGuestFilm
1991Night of the HunterBirdyFilm
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerNarrator (voice)Film
1990Rocky VMickey GoldmillFilm
1990State of GraceFinnFilm
1990Oddball HallIngersolFilm
1989The Wickedest WitchNarrator (voice)Film
1988In the Heat of the NightJudge Cully · 3 episodesSeries
1988Hot to TrotDon's DadFilm
1988King LearDon LearoFilm
1988Full Moon in Blue WaterThe GeneralFilm
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickPrologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1988South of RenoFilm
1987G.I. Joe: The MovieGolobulus (voice)Film
1987Mister Corbett's GhostMad TomFilm
1986The Blinkins: The Bear and the BlizzardMr. Ben the OwlFilm
1986Outrage!Judge Aaron KleinFilm
1986The Blinkins: The Magic FlowerFilm
1985Santa Claus: The MovieAncient ElfFilm
1985Broken RainbowHistorical Voice (voice)Film
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1985Santa Claus: The Making of the MovieSelfFilm
1985AnswersChas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")Film
1984Wet GoldSampsonFilm
1984ThumbelinaMr. MoleFilm
1983Twilight Zone: The MovieNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1982Rocky IIIMickey GoldmillFilm
1982Faerie Tale TheatreMr. MoleSeries
1982Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. NobodyPuff the Magic Dragon (voice)Film
1982GloriaDr. Willard Adams · 22 episodesSeries
1981Clash of the TitansAmmonFilm
1981True ConfessionsMsgr. Seamus FargoFilm
1981The Last ChaseCaptain J.G. WilliamsFilm
1981Mr. Griffin and MeKenneth GriffinFilm
1980When Time Ran Out...Rene ValdezFilm
1980Final AssignmentZakFilm
1979Rocky IIMickey GoldmillFilm
1979UFOs: It Has BegunFilm
1979Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living LiesPuff the Magic Dragon (voice)Film
1978MagicBen GreeneFilm
1978Foul PlayMr. HennesseyFilm
1978The ManitouDr. SnowFilm
1978The Amazing Captain NemoProf. Waldo CunninghamFilm
1978Puff, the Magic DragonPuff (voice)Film
1978The Great Bank HoaxJack StutzFilm
1978SST: Death FlightWilly BassetFilm
1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidWilliam BlackstoneFilm
1978The Living Sands of NamibNarrator (voice)Film
1977The SentinelCharles ChazenFilm
1977Golden RendezvousVan HeurdenFilm
1977Tail Gunner JoeJoseph WelchFilm
1977Johnny, We Hardly Knew YeJohn F. "Honey Fitz" FitzgeraldFilm
1977The Last HurrahCardinal BurkeFilm
1976RockyMickey GoldmillFilm
1976Burnt OfferingsArnold AllardyceFilm
1976CircasiaClownFilm
1975The HindenburgEmilio PajettaFilm
1975The Day of the LocustHarry GreenerFilm
197592 in the ShadeGoldsboroFilm
1975B. Must DieHectorFilm
1975The Master GunfighterNarrator (voice)Film
1974Golden NeedlesWintersFilm
1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoThe DolphinFilm
1974Korg: 70,000 B.C. · 19 episodesSeries
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1973Old FaithfulChief RangerFilm
1972Beware! The BlobOld HoboFilm
1972SearchV.C.R. Cameron · 23 episodesSeries
1972ProbeV.C.R. CameronFilm
1972A Fan's NotesMr. BlueFilm
1972The ManSenator WatsonFilm
1972The New HealersDr. SimmonsFilm
1972Getting Away from It AllCapt. Frank CoffinFilm
1972We the PeopleNarratorFilm
1971Such Good FriendsKalmanFilm
1971Clay PigeonFreedom LovelaceFilm
1971The Strange Monster of Strawberry CoveHenry MeadeFilm
1971Lock, Stock and BarrelRev. Willie PursleFilm
1970There Was a Crooked Man...The Missouri KidFilm
1970Night GalleryCharlie Finnegan, Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")Series
1970The Bold Ones: The SenatorState Party Chairman MallonSeries
1969Mackenna's GoldThe StorekeeperFilm
1969The ReiversLucius / Narrator (voice)Film
1969Love, American StyleHarrison MerriweatherSeries
1969Room 222Series
1969Hard ContractRamsey WilliamsFilm
1969Winter of the WitchNarratorFilm
1969The FatherCaptain NedFilm
1968SkidooThe WardenFilm
1968Stay Away, JoeCharlie LightcloudFilm
1968Dear Mr. GableNarratorFilm
1967Torture GardenDr. Diabolo (Framing Story)Film
1967Ironside · 2 episodesSeries
1967The InvadersTheodore BoothSeries
1967MannixSeries
1967Hurry SundownJudge PurcellFilm
1966BatmanThe PenguinFilm
1966BatmanThe Penguin · 21 episodesSeries
1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyDoc ScullyFilm
1966The MonkeesSeries
1966Madame XDan SullivanFilm
1966The Crazy-QuiltNarrator (voice)Film
1965In Harm's WayCommander Egan PowellFilm
1965The Wild Wild WestOrkney CadwalladerSeries
1965BrandedSeries
1965LaredoSeries
1965The LonerSeries
1964Daniel BooneAlex HemmingSeries
196412 O'Clock HighDr. Michael RinkSeries
1964Fanfare for a Death SceneProf. George BannermanFilm
1964Profiles in CourageJohn Peter AltgeldSeries
1963The CardinalFather HalleyFilm
1963Burke's LawSidney Wilde, Burton Reese, Harold HaroldSeries
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries
1963Mr. NovakPrincipal Martin Woodridge · 2 episodesSeries
1962Advise & ConsentHerbert GelmanFilm
1962The VirginianTim BradburySeries
1962Sam BenedictSeries
1961Ben CaseySeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
1961Waiting for GodotVladimir / DidiFilm
1959The Twilight ZoneHenry Bemis, Luther Dingle, Romney Wordsworth, Mr. SmithSeries
1959BonanzaOwney DugganSeries
1959RawhideTom Gwynn, Matthew Higgins, Hannibal H. Plew · 2 episodesSeries
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1958Naked CityDuncan KleistSeries
1958Sorcerers' VillageNarratorFilm
1958The KidnappersLouis HalliburtonFilm
1957Albert SchweitzerNarrator (voice)Film
1957SuspicionRamskillSeries
1957Joe ButterflyJoe ButterflyFilm
1953General Electric TheaterThomas A. Edison, Velvet PantsSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSid Davis, Cardinal BurkeSeries
1951Tales of TomorrowSeries
1950What's My Line?SelfSeries
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSelf - Guest Host / Frank Hugo, Stage ManagerSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreDavidSeries
1950Your Show of Shows · 2 episodesSeries
1950Works of CalderNarratorFilm
1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerJoseph HeurtinFilm
1949JigsawJack - Bartender (uncredited)Film
1949Lights Out · 3 episodesSeries
1949The Big StoryNarrator, Self - NarratorSeries
1949Golden ArrowDickFilm
1948On Our Merry WayOliver M. PeaseFilm
1948Studio OneGulley JimsonSeries
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries
1948A Yank Comes BackSelfFilm
1948Lamp Unto My FeetNarrator (voice)Series
1947Mine Own ExecutionerFelix MilneFilm
1946The Diary of a ChambermaidCaptain MaugerFilm
1946Magnificent DollJames MadisonFilm
1945A Walk in the SunNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1945Story of G.I. JoeErnie PyleFilm
1944Tunisian VictoryAmerican soldier (voice)Film
1944Hymn of the NationsNarrator (voice)Film
1944Attack! The Battle for New BritainNarrator (voice)Film
1944A Salute to FranceJoe - the American SoldierFilm
1944Our CountrySelfFilm
1943The Rear GunnerPvt. L.A. Pee Wee WilliamsFilm
1943A Welcome to BritainSelf (uncredited)Film
1943The United States Service Bandsfootage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)Film
1942Street of ChanceFrank ThompsonFilm
1941That Uncertain FeelingAlexander SebastianFilm
1941Second ChorusHank TaylorFilm
1941Tom, Dick and HarryHarryFilm
1941The Forgotten VillageNarratorFilm
1940Castle on the HudsonSteve RockfordFilm
1940San Francisco DocksJohnny BarnesFilm
1939Of Mice and MenGeorge MiltonFilm
1939Idiot's DelightQuillaryFilm
1938Spring MadnessThe LippencottFilm
1937There Goes the GroomDerek "Dick" MatthewsFilm
1936WintersetMio RomagnaFilm
1935The ScoundrelFlop House BumFilm
Directing (3)
1957The Jet-Propelled CouchDirectorFilm
1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerDirectorFilm
1943A Welcome to BritainDirector, WriterFilm
Production (3)
1976CircasiaProducerFilm
1950Works of CalderProducerFilm
1948On Our Merry WayProducerFilm
Writing (4)
1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1948A Yank Comes BackWriterFilm
1946The Diary of a ChambermaidScreenplay, ProducerFilm
1944A Salute to FranceScreenplayFilm