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 |