
Burgess Meredith
Biography
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.
Acting (131 movies)

Rocky
1976

Rocky II
1979

Rocky III
1982

Rocky V
1990

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019

State of Grace
1990

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988

The Amazing Captain Nemo
1978

Clash of the Titans
1981

Batman
1966

The Day of the Locust
1975

Grumpy Old Men
1993

Jigsaw
1949

True Confessions
1981

Castle on the Hudson
1940

Skidoo
1968

There Was a Crooked Man...
1970

Magic
1978

Burnt Offerings
1976

The Manitou
1978

The Last Chase
1981

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985

Full Moon in Blue Water
1988

Torture Garden
1967

Street of Chance
1942

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992

Madame X
1966

A Yank Comes Back
1948

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966

That Uncertain Feeling
1941

Idiot's Delight
1939

Foul Play
1978

In Harm's Way
1965

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946

92 in the Shade
1975

The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949

Story of G.I. Joe
1945

The Hindenburg
1975

When Time Ran Out...
1980

Advise & Consent
1962

Golden Rendezvous
1977

Hard Contract
1969

Camp Nowhere
1994

Wet Gold
1984

Mackenna's Gold
1969

The Sentinel
1977

Stay Away, Joe
1968

King Lear
1988

G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987

Of Mice and Men
1939

On Our Merry Way
1948

Mine Own Executioner
1947

San Francisco Docks
1940

Tom, Dick and Harry
1941

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970

Winterset
1936

The Rear Gunner
1943

The Great Bank Hoax
1978

Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964

Albert Schweitzer
1957

Rocky Balboa
2006

Golden Needles
1974

Hurry Sundown
1967

Such Good Friends
1971

B. Must Die
1975

Probe
1972

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020

The Man
1972

Oddball Hall
1990

Magnificent Doll
1946

The New Healers
1972

Outrage!
1986

There Goes the Groom
1937

Joe Butterfly
1957

Tunisian Victory
1944

The Living Sands of Namib
1978

SST: Death Flight
1978

Tail Gunner Joe
1977

The Cardinal
1963

Grumpier Old Men
1995

Winter of the Witch
1969

Works of Calder
1950

The Reivers
1969

A Salute to France
1944

The Chaplin Puzzle
1992

Answers
1985

Final Assignment
1980

Spring Madness
1938

The Scoundrel
1935

The Last Hurrah
1977

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

A Walk in the Sun
1945

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978

Second Chorus
1941

Clay Pigeon
1971

A Welcome to Britain
1943

Broken Rainbow
1985

Golden Arrow
1949

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995

Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| A Welcome to Britain | 1943 | Writer |
| A Salute to France | 1944 | Screenplay |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | 1946 | Screenplay |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | 1946 | Producer |
| A Yank Comes Back | 1948 | Writer |
| On Our Merry Way | 1948 | Producer |
| Works of Calder | 1950 | Producer |
| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Circasia | 1976 | Producer |