Burgess Meredith

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.

Born

Nov 16, 1907

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died

Sep 09, 1997

Known For

Acting

Movies

141 acting

13 crew

Popularity

1.5

movie

Known For

Rocky

1976

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky III

1982

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky II

1979

as Mickey Goldmill

Clash of the Titans

1981

as Ammon

Rocky Balboa

2006

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Rocky V

1990

as Mickey Goldmill

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Grumpy Old Men

1993

as Grandpa Gustafson

Batman

1966

as The Penguin

Foul Play

1978

as Mr. Hennessey

Rocky

1976 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 7.8

Rocky III

1982 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 6.9

Rocky II

1979 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 7.3

Clash of the Titans

1981 • as Ammon

★ 6.9

Rocky Balboa

2006 • as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Rocky V

1990 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 5.8

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Grumpy Old Men

1993 • as Grandpa Gustafson

★ 6.7

Batman

1966 • as The Penguin

★ 6.4

Foul Play

1978 • as Mr. Hennessey

★ 6.3

Mackenna's Gold

1969 • as The Storekeeper

★ 6.6

The Manitou

1978 • as Dr. Snow

★ 5.4

Grumpier Old Men

1995 • as Grandpa Gustafson

★ 6.5

In Harm's Way

1965 • as Commander Egan Powell

★ 6.6

State of Grace

1990 • as Finn

★ 7.0

Magic

1978 • as Ben Greene

★ 6.8

The Sentinel

1977 • as Charles Chazen

★ 6.1

Camp Nowhere

1994 • as Fein

★ 5.9

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985 • as Ancient Elf

★ 6.3

The Day of the Locust

1975 • as Harry Greener

★ 6.4

The Hindenburg

1975 • as Emilio Pajetta

★ 6.3

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987 • as Golobulus (voice)

★ 6.6

The Chaplin Puzzle

1992 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 10.0

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 • as The Missouri Kid

★ 6.8

La Classe américaine

1993 • as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

★ 7.6

A Salute to France

1944 • as Joe - the American Soldier

★ 10.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 • as Self

★ 6.8

True Confessions

1981 • as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

★ 6.1

Albert Schweitzer

1957 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5

Mastergate

1992 • as Wiley Slaughter

★ 6.3

The Reivers

1969 • as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

★ 6.4

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966 • as Doc Scully

★ 7.1

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

1977 • as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

★ 5.5

Hurry Sundown

1967 • as Judge Purcell

★ 6.4

When Time Ran Out...

1980 • as Rene Valdez

★ 5.4

Madame X

1966 • as Dan Sullivan

★ 6.4

Advise & Consent

1962 • as Herbert Gelman

★ 7.2

Stay Away, Joe

1968 • as Charlie Lightcloud

★ 5.5

Burnt Offerings

1976 • as Arnold Allardyce

★ 6.5

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995 • as Old Man (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Answers

1985 • as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Beware! The Blob

1972 • as Old Hobo

★ 4.6

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988 • as The General

★ 6.1

On Our Merry Way

1948 • as Oliver M. Pease

★ 5.7

The Cardinal

1963 • as Father Halley

★ 6.6

A Walk in the Sun

1945 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.9

Tail Gunner Joe

1977 • as Joseph Welch

★ 6.0

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

2020 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5

Torture Garden

1967 • as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

★ 6.2

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946 • as Captain Mauger

★ 6.2

movie

The Father

1969 • as Captain Ned

★ 7.0

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 • as Alexander Sebastian

★ 6.6

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949 • as Joseph Heurtin

★ 5.2

SST: Death Flight

1978 • as Willy Basset

★ 5.4

Of Mice and Men

1939 • as George Milton

★ 7.3

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1974 • as The Dolphin

★ 4.9

Story of G.I. Joe

1945 • as Ernie Pyle

★ 6.4

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978 • as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

★ 5.4

The Wickedest Witch

1989 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.3

Hot to Trot

1988 • as Don's Dad

★ 5.2

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964 • as Prof. George Bannerman

★ 7.0

A Welcome to Britain

1943 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

1987 • as Mad Tom

★ 6.3

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Quillary

★ 6.1

Golden Rendezvous

1977 • as Van Heurden

★ 5.5

Getting Away from It All

1972 • as Capt. Frank Coffin

★ 10.0

The Master Gunfighter

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 4.5

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

1990 • as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988 • as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Across the Moon

1994 • as Barney

★ 4.0

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995 • as Self

★ 7.8

Sorcerers' Village

1958 • as Narrator

★ 7.0

Skidoo

1968 • as The Warden

★ 4.7

Such Good Friends

1971 • as Kalman

★ 5.1

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941 • as Harry

★ 6.0

movie

Lincoln

1992 • as Winfield Scott (voice)

★ 7.3

The Last Chase

1981 • as Captain J.G. Williams

★ 3.9

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978 • as William Blackstone

★ 7.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 8.0

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Steve Rockford

★ 7.0

The Rear Gunner

1943 • as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

★ 6.4

Night of the Hunter

1991 • as Birdy

★ 5.9

Jigsaw

1949 • as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5.0

Second Chorus

1941 • as Hank Taylor

★ 5.8

Hard Contract

1969 • as Ramsey Williams

★ 5.1

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978 • as Puff (voice)

★ 7.0

Final Assignment

1980 • as Zak

★ 5.5

King Lear

1988 • as Don Learo

★ 6.5

Outrage!

1986 • as Judge Aaron Klein

★ 5.3

Joe Butterfly

1957 • as Joe Butterfly

★ 6.5

Clay Pigeon

1971 • as Freedom Lovelace

★ 4.0

Winterset

1936 • as Mio Romagna

★ 6.0

The Great Bank Hoax

1978 • as Jack Stutz

★ 5.0

Street of Chance

1942 • as Frank Thompson

★ 5.4

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971 • as Rev. Willie Pursle

★ 8.0

Wet Gold

1984 • as Sampson

★ 5.8

92 in the Shade

1975 • as Goldsboro

★ 5.8

San Francisco Docks

1940 • as Johnny Barnes

★ 7.3

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as James Madison

★ 6.1

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

1971 • as Henry Meade

★ 7.0

Golden Needles

1974 • as Winters

★ 5.3

The Last Hurrah

1977 • as Cardinal Burke

Old Faithful

1973 • as Chief Ranger

Spring Madness

1938 • as The Lippencott

★ 4.9

A Yank Comes Back

1948 • as Self

★ 9.0

movie

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

1986

movie

Our Country

1944 • as Self

Golden Arrow

1949 • as Dick

★ 7.0

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019 • as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

★ 10.0

B. Must Die

1975 • as Hector

★ 4.5

movie

UFOs: It Has Begun

1979

★ 7.4

Mine Own Executioner

1947 • as Felix Milne

★ 7.0

There Goes the Groom

1937 • as Derek "Dick" Matthews

★ 6.3

The Man

1972 • as Senator Watson

★ 6.5

The New Healers

1972 • as Dr. Simmons

★ 10.0

The Crazy-Quilt

1966 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.5

Thumbelina

1984 • as Mr. Mole

★ 6.0

Tunisian Victory

1944 • as American soldier (voice)

★ 6.4

Hymn of the Nations

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.3

Circasia

1976 • as Clown

★ 5.0

Waiting for Godot

1961 • as Vladimir / Didi

★ 6.0

The Scoundrel

1935 • as Flop House Bum

★ 6.3

Broken Rainbow

1985 • as Historical Voice (voice)

★ 5.8

Mr. Griffin and Me

1981 • as Kenneth Griffin

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985 • as Self

★ 5.4

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

1979 • as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

★ 6.8

A Fan's Notes

1972 • as Mr. Blue

★ 6.4

Oddball Hall

1990 • as Ingersol

★ 9.0

movie

The Kidnappers

1958 • as Louis Halliburton

★ 7.0

The Living Sands of Namib

1978 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

Probe

1972 • as V.C.R. Cameron

★ 5.8

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

1982 • as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

★ 6.8

Dear Mr. Gable

1968 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986 • as Mr. Ben the Owl

★ 5.7

movie

The Forgotten Village

1941 • as Narrator

★ 5.6

Winter of the Witch

1969 • as Narrator

★ 7.7

movie

We the People

1972 • as Narrator

Works of Calder

1950 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

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

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

1992 • as Guest

The United States Service Bands

1943 • as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

★ 4.5