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

142 acting

13 crew

Popularity

1.9

movie

Known For

Rocky

1976

as Mickey

Rocky II

1979

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky III

1982

as Mickey Goldmill

Rocky Balboa

2006

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Clash of the Titans

1981

as Ammon

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

★ 7.8

Rocky II

1979 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 7.3

Rocky III

1982 • as Mickey Goldmill

★ 6.9

Rocky Balboa

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

★ 6.9

Clash of the Titans

1981 • as Ammon

★ 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

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

Mackenna's Gold

1969 • as The Storekeeper

★ 6.6

The Sentinel

1977 • as Charles Chazen

★ 6.1

Grumpier Old Men

1995 • as Grandpa Gustafson

★ 6.5

Magic

1978 • as Ben Greene

★ 6.8

The Day of the Locust

1975 • as Harry Greener

★ 6.4

Burnt Offerings

1976 • as Arnold Allardyce

★ 6.4

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 • as The Missouri Kid

★ 6.8

The Cardinal

1963 • as Father Halley

★ 6.5

The Reivers

1969 • as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

★ 6.4

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966 • as Doc Scully

★ 7.1

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

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995 • as Old Man (uncredited)

★ 6.2

When Time Ran Out...

1980 • as Rene Valdez

★ 5.3

The Hindenburg

1975 • as Emilio Pajetta

★ 6.4

Camp Nowhere

1994 • as Fein

★ 6.0

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987 • as Golobulus (voice)

★ 6.6

Advise & Consent

1962 • as Herbert Gelman

★ 7.2

True Confessions

1981 • as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

★ 6.1

Of Mice and Men

1939 • as George Milton

★ 7.3

Story of G.I. Joe

1945 • as Ernie Pyle

★ 6.5

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 • as Self

★ 6.8

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988 • as The General

★ 6.0

La Classe américaine

1993 • as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

★ 7.6

The Manitou

1978 • as Dr. Snow

★ 5.3

Hurry Sundown

1967 • as Judge Purcell

★ 6.4

92 in the Shade

1975 • as Goldsboro

★ 5.8

Madame X

1966 • as Dan Sullivan

★ 6.5

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Steve Rockford

★ 7.0

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941 • as Harry

★ 6.0

Beware! The Blob

1972 • as Old Hobo

★ 4.5

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978 • as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

★ 5.5

A Walk in the Sun

1945 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.9

Torture Garden

1967 • as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

★ 6.2

On Our Merry Way

1948 • as Oliver M. Pease

★ 5.7

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946 • as Captain Mauger

★ 6.2

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

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978 • as William Blackstone

★ 7.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 8.0

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Quillary

★ 6.1

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949 • as Joseph Heurtin

★ 5.2

Mister Corbett's Ghost

1987 • as Mad Tom

★ 6.2

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019 • as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Golden Needles

1974 • as Winters

★ 5.3

Hot to Trot

1988 • as Don's Dad

★ 5.2

Stay Away, Joe

1968 • as Charlie Lightcloud

★ 5.5

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988 • as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

The Man

1972 • as Senator Watson

★ 6.5

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

A Yank Comes Back

1948 • as Self

★ 9.0

Golden Rendezvous

1977 • as Van Heurden

★ 5.5

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986 • as Mr. Ben the Owl

★ 5.7

Skidoo

1968 • as The Warden

★ 4.6

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1974 • as The Dolphin

★ 4.9

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 • as Alexander Sebastian

★ 6.6

Such Good Friends

1971 • as Kalman

★ 5.1

The Last Chase

1981 • as Captain J.G. Williams

★ 3.9

Thumbelina

1984 • as Mr. Mole

★ 6.0

Second Chorus

1941 • as Hank Taylor

★ 5.8

Outrage!

1986 • as Judge Aaron Klein

★ 5.3

Getting Away from It All

1972 • as Capt. Frank Coffin

★ 10.0

The Great Bank Hoax

1978 • as Jack Stutz

★ 5.0

Tail Gunner Joe

1977 • as Joseph Welch

★ 6.0

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964 • as Prof. George Bannerman

★ 7.0

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971 • as Rev. Willie Pursle

★ 8.0

Mastergate

1992 • as Wiley Slaughter

★ 6.3

The Master Gunfighter

1975 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 4.5

Night of the Hunter

1991 • as Birdy

★ 5.8

Clay Pigeon

1971 • as Freedom Lovelace

★ 3.9

King Lear

1988 • as Don Learo

★ 6.5

A Welcome to Britain

1943 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Mine Own Executioner

1947 • as Felix Milne

★ 7.0

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978 • as Puff (voice)

★ 7.0

SST: Death Flight

1978 • as Willy Basset

★ 5.4

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

1977 • as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

★ 5.5

Joe Butterfly

1957 • as Joe Butterfly

★ 5.7

Winter of the Witch

1969 • as Narrator

★ 7.7

B. Must Die

1975 • as Hector

★ 4.5

A Salute to France

1944 • as Joe - the American Soldier

★ 7.5

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

Jigsaw

1949 • as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5.0

Probe

1972 • as V.C.R. Cameron

★ 5.8

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985 • as Self

★ 5.4

Hard Contract

1969 • as Ramsey Williams

★ 5.1

There Goes the Groom

1937 • as Derek "Dick" Matthews

★ 6.2

Tunisian Victory

1944 • as American soldier (voice)

★ 6.4

Magnificent Doll

1946 • as James Madison

★ 6.1

Final Assignment

1980 • as Zak

★ 5.5

Wet Gold

1984 • as Sampson

★ 5.8

The Last Hurrah

1977 • as Cardinal Burke

The United States Service Bands

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

★ 4.5

Winterset

1936 • as Mio Romagna

★ 6.0

San Francisco Docks

1940 • as Johnny Barnes

★ 7.3

movie

Our Country

1944 • as Self

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

1971 • as Henry Meade

★ 7.0

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

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

1992 • as Guest

Answers

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

movie

UFOs: It Has Begun

1979

★ 7.4

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995 • as Self

★ 7.8

Mr. Griffin and Me

1981 • as Kenneth Griffin

Albert Schweitzer

1957 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5

Spring Madness

1938 • as The Lippencott

★ 4.9

The New Healers

1972 • as Dr. Simmons

★ 7.5

movie

Lincoln

1992 • as Winfield Scott (voice)

★ 7.3

Broken Rainbow

1985 • as Historical Voice (voice)

★ 5.8

The Living Sands of Namib

1978 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 7.0

The Rear Gunner

1943 • as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

★ 6.4

Circasia

1976 • as Clown

★ 5.0

The Scoundrel

1935 • as Flop House Bum

★ 6.3

Street of Chance

1942 • as Frank Thompson

★ 5.4

The Wickedest Witch

1989 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.3

Golden Arrow

1949 • as Dick

★ 7.0

Across the Moon

1994 • as Barney

★ 4.2

Hymn of the Nations

1944 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.3

A Fan's Notes

1972 • as Mr. Blue

★ 6.4

movie

The Father

1969 • as Captain Ned

★ 7.0

The Chaplin Puzzle

1992 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 10.0

Old Faithful

1973 • as Chief Ranger

Dear Mr. Gable

1968 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

South of Reno

1988

★ 4.9

movie

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

1986

Waiting for Godot

1961 • as Vladimir / Didi

★ 6.0

movie

The Kidnappers

1958 • as Louis Halliburton

★ 7.0

The Crazy-Quilt

1966 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.5

Oddball Hall

1990 • as Ingersol

★ 9.0

movie

The Forgotten Village

1941 • as Narrator

★ 5.6

Sorcerers' Village

1958 • as Narrator

★ 7.0

Works of Calder

1950 • as Narrator

★ 10.0

In the Ring: The Making of Rocky

2006

★ 6.5

movie

We the People

1972 • as Narrator