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

1.4

movie

Known For

Rocky

1976

as Mickey

Rocky Balboa

2006

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Rocky III

1982

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky II

1979

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky V

1990

as Mickey Goldmill

Clash of the Titans

1981

as Ammon

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Batman

1966

as The Penguin

Grumpy Old Men

1993

as Grandpa Gustafson

State of Grace

1990

as Finn

Rocky

1976 • as Mickey

★ 7.8

Rocky Balboa

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

★ 6.9

Rocky III

1982 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 6.9

Rocky II

1979 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 7.3

Rocky V

1990 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 5.8

Clash of the Titans

1981 • as Ammon

★ 6.9

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Batman

1966 • as The Penguin

★ 6.4

Grumpy Old Men

1993 • as Grandpa Gustafson

★ 6.7

State of Grace

1990 • as Finn

★ 6.9

In Harm's Way

1965 • as Commander Egan Powell

★ 6.6

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985 • as Ancient Elf

★ 6.4

Foul Play

1978 • as Mr. Hennessey

★ 6.3

Mackenna's Gold

1969 • as The Storekeeper

★ 6.6

Grumpier Old Men

1995 • as Grandpa Gustafson

★ 6.5

Burnt Offerings

1976 • as Arnold Allardyce

★ 6.4

Magic

1978 • as Ben Greene

★ 6.8

The Sentinel

1977 • as Charles Chazen

★ 6.1

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 • as The Missouri Kid

★ 6.8

The Cardinal

1963 • as Father Halley

★ 6.5

The Day of the Locust

1975 • as Harry Greener

★ 6.4

Camp Nowhere

1994 • as Fein

★ 6.0

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966 • as Doc Scully

★ 7.1

The Reivers

1969 • as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

★ 6.4

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987 • as Golobulus (voice)

★ 6.6

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995 • as Old Man (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Mastergate

1992 • as Wiley Slaughter

★ 6.3

When Time Ran Out...

1980 • as Rene Valdez

★ 5.3

Advise & Consent

1962 • as Herbert Gelman

★ 7.2

A Walk in the Sun

1945 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.9

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 • as Self

★ 6.8

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

Of Mice and Men

1939 • as George Milton

★ 7.3

The Manitou

1978 • as Dr. Snow

★ 5.4

Beware! The Blob

1972 • as Old Hobo

★ 4.5

The Hindenburg

1975 • as Emilio Pajetta

★ 6.4

True Confessions

1981 • as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

★ 6.1

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949 • as Joseph Heurtin

★ 5.2

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Steve Rockford

★ 7.0

Torture Garden

1967 • as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

★ 6.2

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978 • as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

★ 5.5

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Our Country

1944 • as Self

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946 • as Captain Mauger

★ 6.2

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988 • as The General

★ 6.0

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 • as Alexander Sebastian

★ 6.6

On Our Merry Way

1948 • as Oliver M. Pease

★ 5.7

Madame X

1966 • as Dan Sullivan

★ 6.5

Story of G.I. Joe

1945 • as Ernie Pyle

★ 6.5

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988 • as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 8.0

Skidoo

1968 • as The Warden

★ 4.7

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

Hot to Trot

1988 • as Don's Dad

★ 5.2

La Classe américaine

1993 • as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

★ 7.6

Hurry Sundown

1967 • as Judge Purcell

★ 6.4

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941 • as Harry

★ 6.0

Stay Away, Joe

1968 • as Charlie Lightcloud

★ 5.5

Mister Corbett's Ghost

1987 • as Mad Tom

★ 6.2

Golden Rendezvous

1977 • as Van Heurden

★ 5.5

movie

UFOs: It Has Begun

1979

★ 7.4

Winterset

1936 • as Mio Romagna

★ 6.0

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978 • as William Blackstone

★ 7.0

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986 • as Mr. Ben the Owl

★ 5.7

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019 • as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995 • as Self

★ 7.8

92 in the Shade

1975 • as Goldsboro

★ 5.8

SST: Death Flight

1978 • as Willy Basset

★ 5.4

Golden Needles

1974 • as Winters

★ 5.3

A Welcome to Britain

1943 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Such Good Friends

1971 • as Kalman

★ 5.1

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

1977 • as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

★ 5.5

Joe Butterfly

1957 • as Joe Butterfly

★ 5.7

Wet Gold

1984 • as Sampson

★ 5.8

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Quillary

★ 6.1

Second Chorus

1941 • as Hank Taylor

★ 5.8

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978 • as Puff (voice)

★ 7.0

Night of the Hunter

1991 • as Birdy

★ 5.8

King Lear

1988 • as Don Learo

★ 6.5

Probe

1972 • as V.C.R. Cameron

★ 5.8

A Salute to France

1944 • as Joe - the American Soldier

★ 7.5

The Man

1972 • as Senator Watson

★ 6.5

Hard Contract

1969 • as Ramsey Williams

★ 5.1

Tail Gunner Joe

1977 • as Joseph Welch

★ 6.0

B. Must Die

1975 • as Hector

★ 4.5

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971 • as Rev. Willie Pursle

★ 8.0

Albert Schweitzer

1957 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5

Across the Moon

1994 • as Barney

★ 4.2

Clay Pigeon

1971 • as Freedom Lovelace

★ 3.9

Getting Away from It All

1972 • as Capt. Frank Coffin

★ 10.0

Answers

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

Mine Own Executioner

1947 • as Felix Milne

★ 7.0

The United States Service Bands

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

★ 4.5

Street of Chance

1942 • as Frank Thompson

★ 5.4

The Last Chase

1981 • as Captain J.G. Williams

★ 3.9

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985 • as Self

★ 5.4

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964 • as Prof. George Bannerman

★ 7.0

Outrage!

1986 • as Judge Aaron Klein

★ 5.3

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as James Madison

★ 6.1

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

1971 • as Henry Meade

★ 7.0

The Living Sands of Namib

1978 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

Spring Madness

1938 • as The Lippencott

★ 4.9

Thumbelina

1984 • as Mr. Mole

★ 6.0

A Yank Comes Back

1948 • as Self

★ 9.0

The Wickedest Witch

1989 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.3

The Last Hurrah

1977 • as Cardinal Burke

Final Assignment

1980 • as Zak

★ 5.5

Jigsaw

1949 • as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5.0

movie

Lincoln

1992 • as Winfield Scott (voice)

★ 7.3

There Goes the Groom

1937 • as Derek "Dick" Matthews

★ 6.2

Winter of the Witch

1969 • as Narrator

★ 7.7

Mr. Griffin and Me

1981 • as Kenneth Griffin

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1974 • as The Dolphin

★ 4.9

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

The Great Bank Hoax

1978 • as Jack Stutz

★ 5.0

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

Broken Rainbow

1985 • as Historical Voice (voice)

★ 5.8

The Master Gunfighter

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 4.5

The New Healers

1972 • as Dr. Simmons

★ 7.5

San Francisco Docks

1940 • as Johnny Barnes

★ 7.3

Dear Mr. Gable

1968 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

Tunisian Victory

1944 • as American soldier (voice)

★ 6.4

Waiting for Godot

1961 • as Vladimir / Didi

★ 6.0

The Scoundrel

1935 • as Flop House Bum

★ 6.3

Golden Arrow

1949 • as Dick

★ 7.0

The Rear Gunner

1943 • as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

★ 6.4

Old Faithful

1973 • as Chief Ranger

movie

The Father

1969 • as Captain Ned

★ 7.0

The Crazy-Quilt

1966 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.5

Oddball Hall

1990 • as Ingersol

★ 9.0

South of Reno

1988

★ 4.9

The Chaplin Puzzle

1992 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 10.0

Hymn of the Nations

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.3

A Fan's Notes

1972 • as Mr. Blue

★ 6.4

Circasia

1976 • as Clown

★ 5.0

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

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

1992 • as Guest

movie

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

1986

movie

The Forgotten Village

1941 • as Narrator

★ 5.6

Sorcerers' Village

1958 • as Narrator

★ 7.0

movie

The Kidnappers

1958 • as Louis Halliburton

★ 7.0

movie

We the People

1972 • as Narrator

Works of Calder

1950 • as Narrator

★ 10.0