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Burgess Meredith

Oliver Burgess Meredith, or Burgess Meredith, 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: Acting

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

Died: 1997-09-09

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	The Scoundrel	Flop House Bum	63
2	1936	Winterset	Mio Romagna	57
3	1937	There Goes the Groom	Derek "Dick" Matthews	53
4	1938	Spring Madness	The Lippencott	39
5	1939	Idiot's Delight	Quillary	61
6	1939	Of Mice and Men	George	73
7	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Steve Rockford	68
8	1940	San Francisco Docks	Johnny Barnes	60
9	1941	Second Chorus	Hank Taylor	58
10	1941	The Forgotten Village	Narrator	52
11	1941	That Uncertain Feeling	Alexander Sebastian	65
12	1941	Tom, Dick and Harry	Harry	56
13	1942	Street of Chance	Frank Thompson	53
14	1943	A Welcome to Britain	Self (uncredited)	70
15	1943	The United States Service Bands	footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)	20
16	1943	The Rear Gunner	Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams	52
17	1944	A Salute to France	Joe - the American Soldier	0
18	1944	Our Country	Self	0
19	1944	Hymn of the Nations	Narrator(voice)	49
20	1944	Tunisian Victory	American soldier (voice)	62
21	1944	Attack! The Battle for New Britain	Narrator (voice)	60
22	1945	Story of G.I. Joe	Ernie Pyle	64
23	1945	A Walk in the Sun	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	58
24	1946	The Diary of a Chambermaid	Captain Mauger	63
25	1946	Magnificent Doll	James Madison	59
26	1947	Mine Own Executioner	Felix Milne	70
27	1948	A Yank Comes Back	Self	0
28	1948	On Our Merry Way	Oliver M. Pease	55
29	1949	Jigsaw	Jack - Bartender (uncredited)	48
30	1949	The Man on the Eiffel Tower	Joseph Heurtin	53
31	1949	Golden Arrow	Dick	0
32	1950	Works of Calder	Narrator	0
33	1952	Mr. Lincoln	Avon Horsley Jr.	0
34	1957	Joe Butterfly	Joe Butterfly	58
35	1957	Albert Schweitzer	Narrator (voice)	61
36	1958	The Kidnappers	Louis Halliburton	0
37	1958	Sorcerers' Village	Narrator	0
38	1961	Waiting for Godot	Vladimir / Didi	60
39	1962	Advise & Consent	Herbert Gelman	72
40	1963	The Cardinal	Father Halley	65
41	1964	Fanfare for a Death Scene	Prof. George Bannerman	60
42	1965	In Harm's Way	Commander Egan Powell	66
43	1966	Madame X	Dan Sullivan	65
44	1966	A Big Hand for the Little Lady	Doc Scully	71
45	1966	Batman	The Penguin	64
46	1966	The Crazy-Quilt	Narrator (voice)	55
47	1967	Hurry Sundown	Judge Purcell	65
48	1967	Torture Garden	Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)	61
49	1968	Dear Mr. Gable	Narrator	0
50	1968	Stay Away, Joe	Charlie Lightcloud	53
51	1968	Skidoo	The Warden	48
52	1969	Mackenna's Gold	The Storekeeper	66
53	1969	The Father	Captain Ned	0
54	1969	Hard Contract	Ramsey Williams	47
55	1969	Winter of the Witch	Narrator	80
56	1969	The Reivers	Lucius / Narrator (voice)	64
57	1970	The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go	The Dolphin	46
58	1970	There Was a Crooked Man...	The Missouri Kid	68
59	1971	Clay Pigeon	Freedom Lovelace	34
60	1971	Lock, Stock and Barrel	Rev. Willie Pursle	0
61	1971	The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove	Henry Meade	60
62	1971	Such Good Friends	Kalman	49
63	1972	We the People	Narrator	0
64	1972	Getting Away from It All	Capt. Frank Coffin	0
65	1972	Probe	V.C.R. Cameron	55
66	1972	The New Healers	Dr. Simmons	0
67	1972	Beware! The Blob	Old Hobo	48
68	1972	A Fan's Notes	Mr. Blue	55
69	1972	The Man	Senator Watson	63
70	1973	Old Faithful	Chief Ranger	0
71	1974	Golden Needles	Winters	47
72	1975	The Day of the Locust	Harry Greener	65
73	1975	B. Must Die	Hector	40
74	1975	92 in the Shade	Goldsboro	55
75	1975	The Master Gunfighter	Narrator (voice)	45
76	1975	The Hindenburg	Emilio Pajetta	62
77	1976	Circasia	Clown	50
78	1976	Burnt Offerings	Arnold Allardyce	65
79	1976	Rocky	Mickey Goldmill	78
80	1977	The Sentinel	Charles Chazen	61
81	1977	Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye	John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald	20
82	1977	Tail Gunner Joe	Joseph Welch	60
83	1977	SST: Death Flight	Willy Basset	53
84	1977	The Last Hurrah	Cardinal Burke	0
85	1977	Golden Rendezvous	Van Heurden	49
86	1978	The Living Sands of Namib	Narrator (voice)	0
87	1978	The Manitou	Dr. Snow	54
88	1978	The Amazing Captain Nemo	Prof. Waldo Cunningham	50
89	1978	Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid	William Blackstone	50
90	1978	Foul Play	Mr. Hennessey	63
91	1978	Puff, the Magic Dragon	Puff (voice)	68
92	1978	The Great Bank Hoax	Jack Stutz	42
93	1978	Magic	Ben Greene	68
94	1979	UFOs: It Has Begun		70
95	1979	Rocky II	Mickey Goldmill	73
96	1979	Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies	Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)	68
97	1980	When Time Ran Out...	Rene Valdez	54
98	1980	Final Assignment	Zak	40
99	1981	Mr. Griffin and Me	Kenneth Griffin	0
100	1981	The Last Chase	Captain J.G. Williams	36
101	1981	Clash of the Titans	Ammon	69
102	1981	True Confessions	Msgr. Seamus Fargo	61
103	1982	Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody	Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)	68
104	1982	Rocky III	Mickey Goldmill	69
105	1984	Thumbelina	Mr. Mole	60
106	1984	Wet Gold	Sampson	45
107	1985	Answers	Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")	0
108	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
109	1985	Broken Rainbow	Historical Voice (voice)	57
110	1985	Santa Claus: The Movie	Ancient Elf	63
111	1985	Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie	Self	50
112	1986	Outrage!	Judge Aaron Klein	50
113	1986	The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard	Mr. Ben the Owl	51
114	1987	G.I. Joe: The Movie	Golobulus (voice)	65
115	1987	Mr. Corbett's Ghost	Mad Tom	50
116	1988	King Lear	Don Learo	64
117	1988	Hot to Trot	Don's Dad	52
118	1988	John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick	Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	59
119	1988	Full Moon in Blue Water	The General	62
120	1989	The Wickedest Witch	Narrator (voice)	50
121	1990	Oddball Hall	Ingersol	0
122	1990	State of Grace	Finn	70
123	1990	Rocky V	Mickey Goldmill	58
124	1991	Night of the Hunter	Birdy	57
125	1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	Narrator (voice)	77
126	1992	The Chaplin Puzzle	Narrator (voice)	0
127	1992	Mastergate	Wiley Slaughter	20
128	1992	Lincoln	Winfield Scott (voice)	68
129	1992	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America	Guest	0
130	1993	Grumpy Old Men	Grandpa Gustafson	67
131	1993	La Classe américaine	The Helicopter Man (archive footage)	76
132	1994	Camp Nowhere	Fein	59
133	1994	Across the Moon	Barney	37
134	1995	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Self	80
135	1995	Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure	Old Man (uncredited)	62
136	1995	Grumpier Old Men	Grandpa Gustafson	65
137	2006	Tribute To Burgess Meredith	Self (archive footage)	60
138	2006	The Opponents	Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill	0
139	2006	Rocky Balboa	Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)	69
140	2019	The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration	Henry Bemis (archive footage)	100
141	2020	40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic	Self (archive footage)	76
142	2024	Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	93
143		Third Eye		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1948	Studio One	Gulley Jimson	50
3	1948	Lamp Unto My Feet	Narrator (voice)	0
4	1949	Lights Out		53
5	1949	The Big Story	Narrator	67
6	1949	The Big Story	Self - Narrator	67
7	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo	56
8	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Stage Manager	56
9	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
10	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
11	1950	Lux Video Theatre	David	63
12	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
13	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Sid Davis	86
14	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Cardinal Burke	86
15	1953	General Electric Theater	Thomas A. Edison	63
16	1953	General Electric Theater	Velvet Pants	63
17	1957	Suspicion	Ramskill	59
18	1958	Naked City	Duncan Kleist	55
19	1959	Rawhide	Tom Gwynn	71
20	1959	Rawhide	Matthew Higgins	71
21	1959	Rawhide	Hannibal H. Plew	71
22	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
23	1959	Bonanza	Owney Duggan	75
24	1959	The Twilight Zone	Henry Bemis	85
25	1959	The Twilight Zone	Luther Dingle	85
26	1959	The Twilight Zone	Romney Wordsworth	85
27	1959	The Twilight Zone	Mr. Smith	85
28	1961	Ben Casey		56
29	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
30	1962	Sam Benedict		60
31	1962	The Virginian	Tim Bradbury	63
32	1963	Burke's Law	Sidney Wilde	60
33	1963	Burke's Law	Burton Reese	60
34	1963	Burke's Law	Harold Harold	60
35	1963	Mr. Novak	Principal Martin Woodridge	65
36	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
37	1964	12 O'Clock High	Dr. Michael Rink	72
38	1964	Daniel Boone	Alex Hemming	69
39	1964	Profiles in Courage	John Peter Altgeld	50
40	1965	Branded		64
41	1965	Laredo		63
42	1965	The Wild Wild West	Orkney Cadwallader	75
43	1965	The Loner		57
44	1966	Batman	The Penguin	73
45	1966	The Monkees		65
46	1967	The Invaders	Theodore Booth	68
47	1967	Ironside		68
48	1967	Mannix		67
49	1969	Room 222		60
50	1969	Love, American Style	Harrison Merriweather	61
51	1969	Love, American Style		61
52	1970	The Bold Ones: The Senator	State Party Chairman Mallon	30
53	1970	Night Gallery	Charlie Finnegan	78
54	1972	Search	V.C.R. Cameron	69
55	1974	Korg: 70,000 B.C.		70
56	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
57	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Mr. Mole	81
58	1982	Gloria	Dr. Willard Adams	50
59	1988	In the Heat of the Night	Judge Cully	75